Senior Procurement Manager

Capital Project Procurement Manager – Northeast & Southeast Regions

Arcadis is the world’s leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets. We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Arcadis is seeking a Capital Project Procurement Manager who will oversee the acquisition of high‑value equipment, materials, and services for major construction or industrial projects. This role operates at the intersection of site engineering, capital procurement & supply chain, and finance to ensure complex, multi‑million‑dollar projects are delivered on time and within budget.

• The role encompasses work task and management through the source, tender, contract, and procurement of services and equipment for specific projects.
• Stakeholder engagement; joint assessment and analysis of the project scope and investment timeline.
• Work with the Project Management Team in setting out tasks and activities through all project phases – develop RACI.
• Develop and define the Plan – Project Procurement Planning (PPP) and Contract Management Planning (CMP) for the project.
• Early and continuous estimation using techniques such as Analogous, Parametric, Bottom‑Up, Three‑Point or fact‑based data.
• Develop and execute project‑specific sourcing methodologies for capital investments within the plan.
• Contracting & execution model, task activity planning, and scheduling in project schedule development work to capital procedures.
• Assess differing strategies such as EPCMV, Design‑Bid‑Build, Design‑Design‑Build, A/E CM ‘As Agent’ v ‘At Risk’ and differing pricing strategies.
• Pre‑qualification: define RFI and pre‑qualification steps with the project team; conduct supplier, vendor, and third‑party market screen; manage with team support.
• Tender scope development & tender management: lead large‑scale tender policy & processes, tender management cross‑functionally with the team.
• Negotiation strategy and plan – develop and set out targets for required schedule, scope, and pricing to ensure we meet schedule and control baseline and contingency.
• Contract negotiation & conformance: manage contractual and commercial negotiations for complex designer/construction/specialist third‑party supply & build elements.
• Cross‑functional stakeholder collaboration – partnering with global engineering, site engineering, finance, health & safety, legal teams (internal/external) and risk teams.
• Vendor & supplier relationship management (SRM): monitor vendor and supplier performance from pre‑award through to warranty completion time frames – weekly/biweekly/vendor plant & site visits may be required.
• Benchmarking throughout all phases of development – identify, discuss and detail benchmark requirements and data sources (historic/current or third‑party). Use global volume to derive competitive benchmark data for proposal/negotiations.
• Targeted savings plan – define savings strategy and work methods into the PPP project procurement plan with the global category manager for design & construction.
• Change order management – define the process within the contract, assess and analyze data, and determine with key stakeholders whether we have a go/no‑go in terms of change order requirements throughout development phases (compared to financial/schedule/scope parameters).

• Ideal candidate will have a background in engineering or contracts management in large capital projects USD $50m+.
• Technical skills: proficiency in digital procurement and project management platforms like Coupa, Ariba, Autodesk, and ERP systems.
• Task and management experience for this role with 20+ years of experience in large‑scale capital projects.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, Procurement & Supply Chain Management, or Quantity Surveying.
• Professional credentials such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply) or PMP (Project Management Professional)…