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Project Procurement Manager

Babcock & Wilcox Company87 open roles

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Akron, OH, USA
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The Project Procurement Manager (PPM) provides procurement guidance, coordination, and management between the Supply Management commodity organizations and proposal/project management organizations for a project from conception through project execution to ensure a coherent approach and transition. The PPM is responsible for development and execution of a project’s procurement strategy.

A PPM will also act as a Procurement Agent and place Purchase Orders for equipment and/or services. In this capacity, the PPM will be responsible for the strategic sourcing, procurement, and supplier management of assigned commodities, equipment, materials and services supporting project execution and operational requirements.

DUTIES

  1. Act as the Supply Chain contact/interface point for the proposal/project managers, Engineering, and Scheduling in coordinating activities with the Supply Management commodity organizations.
  2. Lead Supply Management in the development of appropriate proposal procurement plans and project procurement execution strategies for all purchased items in concert with category managers, procurement agents, and proposal/project managers to support the proposal/project.
  3. Develop Proposal Status document(s) to track and report activities to Project Management and Supply Management leadership.
  4. Review and evaluate Customer specification commercial and technical documents as to potential impact to the business and adjust Supply Management’s activities or strategies accordingly, including but not limited to (a) Customer supplier considerations/requirements, (b) unusual requirements that potentially add cost or risk (c) applicability for “commercial flow-down considerations”. Obtain Supply Management review of identified potential impacts.
  5. Provide comments and interface with proposal/project manager to understand the proposal strategy and how that impacts the suppliers.
  6. As appropriate, develop proposal RFQ packages for selected equipment/material as determined during the proposal stage in concert with procurement agents as to supplier considerations. As appropriate, coordinate supplier meetings and communications during the Proposal stage.
  7. Coordinate pertinent information from Supply Management for inclusion as part of the Company’s proposal to potential customers including deviations from customer documents whereby potential savings are identified.
  8. Ensure necessary documents substantiate pricing and schedules.
  9. After contract award, lead a “kick-off” meeting with commodity organizations. Discuss sourcing plan, special terms and conditions, schedules, and any commitments made during proposal stage.
  10. Based upon negotiated commercial terms with customer, coordinate in conjunction with Legal and Project Manager, development of applicable flow-down terms and conditions.
  11. Communicate deviations from B&W’s standard terms & conditions with commodity organizations. Support commodity buyers in supplier negotiations as required.
  12. Support claim resolution activities, including the gathering of substantiating documentation, developing recover strategy and lead negotiation efforts as necessary, ensuring maximum recovery from supplier.
  13. Report to executive leadership on overall project performance and Supply Management’s contribution to the successes or failures.
  14. Ability to effectively issue and manage strategic contracts.
  15. Perform duties of a procurement agent to lead strategic sourcing activities including supplier identification, qualification, competitive bid events, supplier evaluations, terms negotiations, and placing purchase orders.
  16. Perform all other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

  1. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or Business required
  2. 5+ years’ experience within a medium to large organization (complex commodity experience and/or project management experience is a plus)
  3. Experienced in one of the following rolls or departments: Buyer, Scheduler, Operations, Engineering, Accounting, Project Management
  4. Process improvement training and experience
  5. Project execution background/understanding
  6. Prior leadership experience
  7. Demonstrated ability to understand commercial language
  8. Written and oral communication skills on subjects that are technical or complex in nature
  9. Contract negotiation and project management experience is a plus
  10. Demonstrated teaming and collaboration skills with multiple disciplines at various levels of the organization.
  11. Knowledge of ERP, business software, Microsoft office suite programs
  12. Successful problem solving, conflict management, and customer relations skills
  13. Organizational skills and the ability to multi-task and balance time and resource demands appropriately
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