Assistant Cost Manager, Procurement

Sccsinternational; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner and Townsend in Bengaluru seeks an Assistant Cost Manager with a procurement focus to support across procurement operations and cost management for multiple projects. The role covers contract administration, cost analysis and supplier negotiations, with responsibilities spanning sourcing, RFQs, bid evaluation and PO issuance.

Applicants should have a bachelor’s degree in a related field and 5–8 years’ experience in procurement, cost management or commercial work within construction or

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, supply chain, procurement, engineering, construction management, finance or related discipline.
• CIPS, RICS, PMP or equivalent advantageous.
• 5–8 years in procurement, cost management, sourcing or commercial work in construction, infrastructure, real estate, engineering or manufacturing.
• Proven record in supplier negotiation, contract administration and cost optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Procurement operations across projects: strategy execution, sourcing, RFQ/Proposal, bid evaluation, negotiation and purchase orders.
• Supplier/subcontractor evaluation for pricing and quality.
• Cost management tasks: cost analysis, benchmarking, budgeting support, forecasting and cost planning.
• Monitoring procurement costs against budgets; producing cost reports and dashboards.
• Assessing commercial risk and proposing mitigations; governance with project teams.

Skills

procurement

cost management

supplier negotiation

contract administration

cost optimisation

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Turner and Townsend is recruiting an Assistant Cost Manager with a procurement focus in Bengaluru, released on its board on 8 September 2026.

The advert frames the role around procurement operations and cost management across projects, covering:

• contract administration
• cost analysis

The procurement work runs from executing strategies aligned with project objectives, through sourcing, requests for quotation and proposal, bid evaluation and negotiation, to the issue of purchase orders, with supplier and subcontractor evaluation for competitive pricing and quality.

The cost work covers:

• cost analysis
• benchmarking and market intelligence to find savings
• support to budgeting
• forecasting and cost planning
• monitoring procurement cost against approved budgets
• cost reports and dashboards
• the evaluation of commercial risk with proposed mitigation

Contract administration covers:

• drafting
• reviewing and administering supplier and subcontractor agreements
• managing contractual obligations
• commercial terms and service levels
• support to claims management, variations and contract closeout

Supplier performance management, collaboration with project, finance, legal and operations teams, and procurement governance complete the list.

The firm asks for a bachelor's degree in quantity surveying, supply chain, procurement, engineering, construction management, finance or a related discipline, with CIPS, RICS, PMP or equivalent an advantage, and five to eight years in procurement, cost management, sourcing or commercial work in construction, infrastructure, real estate, engineering or manufacturing, with a proven record in supplier negotiation, contract administration and cost optimisation.

The post is full time. No salary and no closing date are published.

The details above are taken from the employer's own posting, read on 08-09-2026. Where the posting does not state something, this page says so rather than estimating it. SCCSI is not the employer, is not a recruitment agency and takes no part in the selection.