Senior Project Procurement Manager

Senior Procurement Manager

Location:

Vancouver, Canada

Summary
The Senior Procurement Manager will lead the Owner’s Procurement function for a major mining project, overseeing the strategic procurement of equipment, materials, and services required to successfully execute a multi-billion-dollar capital project. This senior leadership role is responsible for developing and implementing procurement strategy, providing governance and oversight of EPC/EPCM procurement activities, and ensuring that procurement outcomes are commercially competitive, technically compliant, delivered on schedule, and aligned with project execution requirements.

The successful candidate will work closely with Project Management, Engineering, Construction, Project Controls, Contracts, Finance, Operations, HSE, and EPC/EPCM partners to ensure procurement is fully integrated with the overall project execution strategy. This position is ideal for an experienced procurement leader with a strong background in large-scale mining, infrastructure, energy, or heavy industrial capital projects and complex international supply chains.

Job Duties
Procurement Strategy & Leadership
Develop and implement the overall Owner Procurement Strategy aligned with the project’s capital execution strategy.
Establish procurement plans, sourcing approaches, governance frameworks, and performance standards suitable for a mega-project environment.
Develop and implement procurement policies, procedures, systems, standards, and reporting structures.
Establish procurement organization structures, staffing plans, roles, responsibilities, and interfaces across Owner and EPC/EPCM teams.
Provide strategic leadership and direction to the project procurement organization.
Ensure procurement activities support project schedule, budget, technical requirements, construction sequencing, commissioning, and start-up objectives.

EPC/EPCM Procurement Governance
Provide oversight and governance of EPC/EPCM procurement activities to ensure alignment with approved project strategies and contractual requirements.
Establish procurement reporting and performance management requirements for EPC/EPCM organizations.
Monitor key procurement activities including supplier qualification, tendering, bid evaluations, negotiations, purchase order management, manufacturing progress, inspection, expediting, logistics, and delivery.
Review and challenge procurement recommendations where necessary to protect project interests.
Ensure appropriate participation in critical and high-value procurement decisions.

Strategic Sourcing & Commercial Management
Lead sourcing strategies for major equipment, materials, and services.
Develop market intelligence and supplier strategies for critical commodities and long-lead equipment.
Implement commercial strategies to manage cost escalation, foreign exchange exposure, inflation, commodity volatility, logistics constraints, supplier capacity, and geopolitical risks.
Lead or support negotiations with strategic suppliers and international vendors.
Ensure sourcing decisions consider total installed cost, lifecycle cost, schedule, quality, risk, and operational requirements.

Expediting, Inspection & Logistics
Establish procurement progress monitoring, supplier expediting, inspection, logistics, and material readiness requirements.
Integrate procurement activities with material management and construction readiness plans.
Maintain visibility of critical equipment and materials from purchase order award through site delivery.
Support construction work-front requirements and commissioning priorities.
Develop escalation processes for delayed or at-risk deliveries.

Cost & Schedule Management
Ensure procurement commitments align with approved project budgets and cost baselines.
Monitor procurement commitments, forecasts, savings opportunities, contingencies, allowances, and commercial exposures.
Collaborate with Project Controls to identify and mitigate procurement impacts on project cost and schedule.
Support procurement cash-flow forecasting and financial planning activities.
Identify opportunities for value engineering, cost optimization, alternative sourcing, and commercial improvement.

Team Leadership
Lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement team.
Establish clear accountability, performance metrics, and professional development objectives.
Build procurement capabilities across sourcing, supplier quality, expediting, materials management, and supply chain risk management.
Promote a collaborative,…