Major Projects Procurement Mgr

W3R Consulting; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

W3R Consulting in Columbus, OH, seeks a Procurement Manager for Major Projects to partner with project teams and drive procurement integration across materials, equipment, services, and construction to enable on-schedule delivery.

The role influences procurement readiness, ensures alignment with milestones, and provides executive visibility into performance. Requires broad experience in large capital projects and strong stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 8+ years relevant experience.
• Associate's degree with 10+ years
• HS diploma with 12+ years
• Led complex cross-functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Knowledge of procurement processes, contracting, supplier management, and markets.
• Experience on large capital utility/energy infra projects.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Establish accountability, decision paths, and escalation for procurement issues and risks.
• Communicate readiness, risks, mitigation plans, and decisions to project leadership.
• Serve as primary procurement liaison for major projects, partnering with project managers and leadership.
• Develop and drive integrated project procurement plan aligned with milestones.
• Translate schedules and objectives into coordinated procurement, sourcing, and contracting plans.
• Represent material and capacity requirements in portfolio planning and prioritization.
• Maintain dashboards and risk registers for milestones, supplier capacity, and issues.
• Coordinate cross-functional execution across Generation, Transmission COE, and other stakeholders.
• Address supplier performance, capacity constraints, and commercial considerations with Procurement teams.
• Leverage analytics and continuous improvement to enhance sourcing effectiveness and visibility.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Procurement processes

Supplier management

Contracting

Education

Bachelor's degree

Associate's degree

High School Diploma

Job description

The Procurement Manager, Major Projects, serves as the primary Procurement partner for assigned major generation or transmission capital projects or programs. Embedded within the project team, this senior individual contributor leads procurement integration across materials, equipment, services, construction, supplier capacity, and contracting activities to support successful project delivery. Working through influence across Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Construction, and Project Controls, the role develops and oversees the integrated procurement plan, anticipates and mitigates risks, aligns procurement activities with project milestones, and provides executive‑level visibility into procurement readiness and performance. While not responsible for category strategy, supplier relationship ownership, material tracking, or overall project execution, this position coordinates these capabilities into a unified procurement strategy that supports project success.

Essential Job Functions

• Establish clear accountability, decision paths, and escalation processes to resolve procurement issues and risks.
• Communicate procurement readiness, key risks, mitigation plans, and critical decisions to project leadership.
• Serve as the primary procurement liaison and single point of coordination for assigned major projects, partnering closely with Project Managers, Project Directors, and project leadership.
• Develop, maintain, and drive the integrated project procurement plan, ensuring alignment with engineering, construction, commissioning, and project milestones.
• Translate project schedules and business objectives into coordinated procurement, sourcing, contracting, supplier, and material execution plans.
• Represent project material and capacity requirements within Generation and/or Transmission COE portfolio planning process and incorporate prioritization decisions into project execution plans.
• Maintain procurement dashboards and risk registers that provide visibility into milestones, supplier capacity, material status, commercial issues, actions, decisions, and executive reporting.
• Coordinate cross‑functional execution across Generation, Transmission COE, Category Management, PPO, Sourcing, Contracts, Engineering, Project Controls, Construction, Logistics, and other stakeholders.
• Partner with Procurement teams to address supplier performance, capacity constraints, category strategies, and commercial considerations.
• Leverage analytics, systems, and continuous improvement practices to enhance sourcing effectiveness, contract visibility, supplier performance, and project outcomes.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field and 8 years of relevant experience.
• Associate's degree in a related field and 10 years of relevant experience; or
• High School Diploma/GED and 12 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated success leading complex cross‑functional initiatives without direct authority.
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes, contracting, supplier management, supply markets, manufacturing lead times, and delivery assurance.
• Experience supporting large capital, utility, energy, generation, transmission, infrastructure, industrial, or engineering projects.
• Strong stakeholder management, collaboration, and executive communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting generation, transmission, utility, energy, EPC, or infrastructure capital projects.
• Knowledge of project controls, critical path scheduling, commissioning, and construction sequencing.
• Experience managing procurement risks on projects exceeding $100M in capital investment.
• PMP, CPSM, CPSD, SCM, or similar professional certification.
• Experience operating in matrixed and portfolio‑based organizations.