Senior Procurement Lead

Linesight; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 108,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Linesight is seeking a Senior Procurement Lead in Raleigh to lead end-to-end sourcing strategies for equipment and services in complex projects. You will align with client teams, evaluate bids, and drive supplier performance while mitigating risk.

The role requires a decade of procurement leadership in construction or EPC contexts, a related degree, and CIPS progression. It offers an opportunity to shape procurement practices and contribute to a diverse, dynamic team at Linesight.

Qualifications

• 10 years of procurement leadership experience.
• Experience in construction environments within pharmaceutical/medical device sectors or EPC oil & gas.
• Degree in procurement or supply chain management.
• CIPS certification or on the path to complete it.
• Strong problem-solving with a commercial mindset.
• Excellent communicator and relationship builder.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and manage equipment sourcing strategies from partner identification to on-site receipt of materials.
• Monitor industry trends, identify gaps, and recommend actions to support the business.
• Act as strategic partner with client technical teams to ensure alignment with strategies.
• Lead bid evaluations and recommend awards based on market knowledge and value.
• Gather market intelligence on prices, capacity, and supplier strategies.
• Manage bids, contracts, and documents with legal and finance teams as needed.
• Develop statements of work and SLAs for projects.
• Monitor supplier performance and mitigate risks to ensure supply continuity.
• Ensure procurement practices comply with all laws and stage-gate approvals.

Skills

Procurement leadership

Strategic sourcing

Supplier management

Market intelligence

Contract negotiations

Risk management

Communication skills

Education

Procurement / Supply Chain degree

Tools

Procurement systems

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
• Understands industry trends, identifies gaps & recommends actions to ensure support of Business
• 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
• Gathers commodity- and product-specific market intelligence, including but not limited to price trends, industry capacity, and supplier strategies
• 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
• Monitors and manages supplier performance. Ensures continuity of supply and risk mitigation activities.
• 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!