Supply Chain and Procurement Management - All Levels

Turner & Townsend; Boise (ID); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Turner & Townsend is seeking experienced professionals to lead procurement initiatives across major utility programs in the US. This full-time role focuses on developing procurement strategies, managing end-to-end lifecycles, and ensuring regulatory alignment across FERC/NERC frameworks.

The position requires deep procurement leadership across multi-contract programs, strong negotiation, and stakeholder collaboration with engineering, regulatory teams, and clients.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of procurement experience in the utilities or infrastructure sector, with a focus on transmission or energy projects.
• Deep understanding of FERC, NERC, and other regulatory frameworks impacting utility procurement.
• Proven leadership in managing complex, multi-contract procurement programs.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.
• Demonstrated experience managing procurement in North American utility markets, with familiarity in regional regulatory and commercial practices.
• Experience managing procurement programs in the Northeast U.S., with knowledge of regional utility regulations, permitting processes, and supply chain dynamics.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of procurement strategies for large-scale utility and transmission projects.
• Provide expert guidance on procurement models tailored to regulated utility environments.
• Oversee the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including RFP development, vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, and award.
• Collaborate with engineering, construction, and regulatory teams to ensure procurement aligns with technical and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with utility clients, regulatory bodies, and key suppliers.
• Drive innovation in procurement practices, including sustainability, digital procurement tools, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Mentor and lead a team of procurement professionals across multiple project sites.
• Ensure adherence to industry standards, regulatory frameworks, and internal governance.
• Bring expertise in EPC/EPCM delivery models for large-scale, complex utility and transmission programs.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Vendor management

Contract negotiation

Stakeholder engagement

Regulatory compliance (FERC/NERC)

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or related field

Master’s preferred

Job description

Supply Chain and Procurement Management - All Levels

• Full-time

Turner & Townsend is a global professional services company with over 22,000 people in more than 60 countries.

Working with our clients across real estate, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, we transform together delivering outcomes that improve people’s lives. Working in partnership makes it possible to deliver the world’s most impactful projects and programmes as we turn challenge into opportunity and complexity into success.

Our capabilities include programme, project, cost, asset and commercial management, controls and performance, procurement and supply chain, net zero and digital solutions.

We are majority-owned by CBRE Group, Inc., the world’s largest commercial real estate services and investment firm, with our partners holding a significant minority interest. Turner & Townsend and CBRE work together to provide clients with the premier programme, project and cost management offering in markets around the world.

Due to continued growth in the transmission and utilities sector, Turner & Townsend are seeking a all levels of Supply Chain/Procurement Management to lead strategic procurement initiatives across major infrastructure programs within the US.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development and execution of procurement strategies for large-scale utility and transmission projects.
• Provide expert guidance on procurement models tailored to regulated utility environments.
• Oversee the end-to-end procurement lifecycle, including RFP development, vendor evaluation, contract negotiation, and award.
• Collaborate with engineering, construction, and regulatory teams to ensure procurement aligns with technical and compliance requirements.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with utility clients, regulatory bodies, and key suppliers.
• Drive innovation in procurement practices, including sustainability, digital procurement tools, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Mentor and lead a team of procurement professionals across multiple project sites.
• Ensure adherence to industry standards, regulatory frameworks, and internal governance.
• Bring expertise in EPC/EPCM delivery models for large-scale, complex utility and transmission programs.
• SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, engineering, business, or related field (Master’s preferred).
• 10+ years of procurement experience in the utilities or infrastructure sector, with a focus on transmission or energy projects.
• Deep understanding of FERC, NERC, and other regulatory frameworks impacting utility procurement.
• Proven leadership in managing complex, multi-contract procurement programs.
• Strong commercial acumen and negotiation skills.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication abilities.
• Demonstrated experience managing procurement in North American utility markets, with familiarity in regional regulatory and commercial practices.
• Experience managing procurement programs in the Northeast U.S., with knowledge of regional utility regulations, permitting processes, and supply chain dynamics.

*On site requirements might change based on client needs*

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change. We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

It is strictly against Turner & Townsend policy for candidates to pay any fee in relation to our recruitment process. No recruitment agency working with Turner & Townsend will ask candidates to pay a fee at any time.

Turner & Townsend does not accept any speculative or unsolicited CV’s that have been sent to our internal recruitment team or hiring managers from agencies outside of our preferred supplier list. Any speculative or unsolicited CV’s will be treated as a direct application.

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