Global Real Estate & Construction Procurement Lead

Solugenix; New York (NY); On-site; USD 117,000 - 167,000; Full time

Job summary

Solugenix seeks a Category Manager, Global Real Estate (Design & Construction) for an onsite New York, NY 24-month contract. You will lead strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and commercial contract activities across architecture, engineering, project management, construction, furniture, and workplace technology.

You will partner with Global Real Estate, Finance, Legal, Risk, and stakeholders to optimize cost, quality, schedule certainty, supplier performance, sustainability,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 10+ years of strategic sourcing, procurement, or commercial management.
• Minimum 5 years of direct experience supporting corporate real estate, workplace, design, or construction programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex RFPs and global sourcing initiatives.
• Experience negotiating professional services agreements, construction contracts, consulting agreements, and master service agreements.
• Strong financial acumen, contract management expertise, and commercial negotiation skills.
• Strong stakeholder management capabilities within a matrixed global organization.
• Proficiency with sourcing intake, contract lifecycle, procurement workflow, and supplier management technology platforms, including Zip, Ariba, or comparable enterprise systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global category strategies for design, construction, project management, furniture, workplace technology, facilities services, and related real estate spend categories.
• Conduct spends analysis, market intelligence, supplier benchmarking, and risk assessments to identify sourcing opportunities.
• Translate spend analysis and total cost of ownership insights into quantified savings targets.
• Establish multi-year sourcing roadmaps aligned with global workplace objectives.
• Monitor industry trends, pricing, and supplier capabilities; maintain supplier market maps.
• Identify opportunities for standardization and supplier consolidation across regions; drive cost optimization.

Skills

Strategic sourcing

Procurement

Commercial negotiations

Global supplier governance

Financial acumen

Stakeholder management

Contract management

RFx processes

Sourcing platforms (Zip, Ariba)

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Construction Management, Engineering, Architecture, Real Estate, or related field

Tools

Zip

Ariba

Job description

Solugenix seeks a Category Manager, Global Real Estate (Design & Construction) for an onsite New York, NY 24-month contract. You will lead strategic sourcing, procurement, supplier management, and commercial contract activities across architecture, engineering, project management, construction, furniture, and workplace technology.

You will partner with Global Real Estate, Finance, Legal, Risk, and stakeholders to optimize cost, quality, schedule certainty, supplier performance, sustainability,