Procurement Project Lead

Dematic is seeking a Procurement Projects Lead to join our successful team. This prominent role requires working closely with Procurement Regional Category Leads, Project Management, Engineering, Solutions Development, Finance, A/P, Quality, and others. The goal is to develop, communicate, and implement outstanding strategies for projects that achieve timely completion, reduce risk, support revenue growth, and increase savings.

Requirements

• Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the Project team to the Procurement organization.
• Support Project Success and BU Goals by contributing to a Safe project. Deliver on schedule and budget. Monitor and control supply risks. Ensure compliance, optimize efficiency, and maintain quality.
• Review and approve the Resale scope, budget, and schedule for assigned Projects.
• At Project Handover, ensure the full baseline is understood and begin development of Procurement Plan to actively manage throughout the Project lifecycle.
• Attend weekly project and risk management meetings to fully understand project scope, procured content with ‘as-is’ risks, and installation schedules with critical achievements.
• Lead weekly project meetings to review Procurement Plan, Tracker, and Command Center data.
• Collaborate with sourcing Category teams to identify qualified sources of Resale equipment to develop the Project sourcing plan.
• Prepare Resale project requirements content sheet for Category teams to fill in the project sourcing plan.
• Communicate supplier lead-times to establish equipment “just in time” order dates to ensure equipment is ordered with sufficient time to enable timely supplier deliveries to project schedule.
• Guide the Delivery Assurance and Tactical Procurement team on project-specific expediting, ensuring supplier delivery dates are met, and synchronizing SAP delivery dates with the project timeline.
• Participate in Gate review meetings and show Project Procurement preparedness. Notify the team of any Procurement-related concerns.
• Conduct supplier gate reviews (based on content/risk) with key/critical suppliers per checklist.
• Track negotiated resale savings (net of increases) to determine Procurement savings – this includes comparing “as-sold” Resale content budget compared to resale purchase actuals. Work with Project Finance for alignment.
• Perform as the main Procurement liaison between Project Management and Engineering for project-related activity.
• In the post-project assessments, lead a Procurement Lessons Learned meeting with the Project Team and devise proactive responses to supplier-related challenges for future projects.
• Align with Business Unit Program Management project support structure, as well as large customer accounts.
• Travel required to Company and Project sites up to 25% of time as well as a hybrid of remote/in-office working time.

Benefits

• Career Development
• Competitive Compensation and Benefits
• Pay Transparency
• Global Opportunities