Senior Procurement Lead

Linesight; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 87,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking a Senior Procurement Lead to orchestrate equipment sourcing strategies and lead end-to-end procurement activities on complex projects. You will partner with client technical teams and internal stakeholders to ensure best value and adherence to specifications.

The role requires a decade of procurement experience with escalating leadership, a background in construction-related sectors, and a recognized certification path such as CIPS.

Qualifications

• Ten years of procurement experience with increasing leadership
• Construction environment in pharmaceutical/medical device sectors or EPC background in oil & gas
• Degree in procurement or supply chain management
• CIPS certification or on the path to complete it
• Strong problem-solving skills with a commercial mindset
• Ability to build positive relationships with team and clients
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement and manage equipment sourcing strategies from supplier identification to on-site receipt
• Act as strategic partner with business and client technical teams to ensure alignment
• Lead bid evaluations and supplier awards based on market knowledge
• Review quotations and proposals against specs and terms
• Coordinate bid requests and contract development with legal/finance
• Develop statements of work and service level agreements
• Ensure compliance with procurement processes and stage-gate approvals
• Identify and drive procurement innovation

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strong communication

Problem solving

Commercial mindset

Relationship building

Education

Degree in procurement or supply chain management

CIPS certification

Job description

Overview

As a Senior Procurement Lead at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.

The Opportunity

In this role you will:

• Develop, implement, and manage equipment sourcing strategies, from identification of supply chain partners through to receipt of materials on site , including expediting of orders
• Act as a strategic partner and maintain alignment with business partners , including client technical teams to ensure ongoing support of the strategies agreed
• Lead the decision-making process and make recommendations on awards based on your expert market knowledge
• Own the evaluation of bids to determine the best overall value, reviewing quotations and proposals against specifications and terms and conditions
• Manage various bid requests and contract developments with rigorous attention to detail, partnering with legal and finance teams when needed
• Develop statements of work, performance terms and Service Level Agreements for the project
• Utilise client specific procurement systems and processes as required , ensuring compliance with all stage gate approvals
• Review procurement practices on an ongoing basis to ensure compliance with relevant laws
• Use your expert knowledge to identify and drive innovation in the procurement and supply chain process

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have grown your procurement experience over the last 10 years with increasing levels of leadership
• Have experience in a construction environment within the pharmaceutical/medical device sectors or from an EPC background in the oil and gas sector
• Have a degree in a procurement or supply chain management related discipline
• Have a CIPS certification or are on the path to complete it. We can help
• Have strong problem-solving skills and a commercial mindset to build balanced solutions and recommendations
• Thrive on building positive relationships with your team and clients through a shared purpose and sense of openness and fun
• Are an excellent communicator both verbally and in writing

All interviews are conducted either in person or virtually with video required.

The salary range for this role is between $108,000 to $145,067 but actual salary offered is dependent on experience, skill set and education.

About Us

Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment.We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!

Diversity, inclusion and accessibility

Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices.

We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves.

We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be.

We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace.

If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you!