Senior Procurement Manager

Capital Construction Bid Execution:

• Lead or support sourcing events for capital construction work including transmission distribution substation civil underground overhead line and related electric infrastructure construction services.

• Develop and maintain sourcing event plans bid calendars procurement trackers milestone schedules responsibility matrices action logs issue logs and decision logs.

• Support development of RFIs RFPs RFQs bid forms pricing schedules evaluation criteria supplier instructions clarification logs negotiation materials and award recommendation packages.

• Ensure sourcing events are released to market with clear scopes of work commercial requirements pricing structures safety expectations schedule assumptions evaluation methodology and governance requirements.

• Coordinate supplier questions stakeholder responses bid clarifications addenda site visit requirements pricing updates evaluation meetings and negotiation preparation.

• Identify and escalate bid execution risks including incomplete scope definition unclear commercial positions unrealistic timelines supplier capacity constraints labor availability safety concerns or stakeholder alignment gaps.

• Drive sourcing activity to agreed timelines while maintaining appropriate governance documentation commercial discipline and decision quality.

Construction Procurement and Commercial Strategy:

• Advise on appropriate sourcing strategies and commercial models for construction work including lump sum unit price time and materials EPC EPCM framework agreements master service agreements contractor panels and project-specific awards.

• Support the development of negotiation strategies that address cost schedule productivity change management risk allocation payment terms warranties insurance bonding escalation claims avoidance and performance expectations.

• Apply total cost of ownership thinking to construction sourcing decisions including mobilization demobilization outage constraints productivity assumptions change order exposure contractor availability supplier switching costs and long-term delivery risk.

• Partner with Legal Risk Safety Finance Engineering Construction and Project Management to resolve commercial exceptions and align contractual positions with project delivery needs.

• Challenge unclear assumptions gaps in scope weak commercial positions or sourcing approaches that could create downstream delivery cost schedule safety affordability or governance risk.

• Prepare commercially sound recommendations that balance cost risk capacity safety schedule certainty supplier performance regulatory defensibility and stakeholder requirements.

• 7 years of experience in procurement strategic sourcing commercial management contract negotiation supply chain vendor management construction contracting or capital project procurement.

• Significant experience supporting construction sourcing infrastructure procurement utility procurement energy projects EPC/EPCM environments capital projects or complex field services.

• Demonstrated experience developing and managing RFPs RFQs bid packages pricing schedules evaluation models negotiation plans sourcing strategies and award recommendation materials.

• Strong understanding of construction procurement and contracting considerations including scope definition pricing structure schedule commitments safety requirements labor availability change orders claims risk insurance bonding warranties and payment milestones.