Highlights
The position will partner with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Category Management, suppliers, and other stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, lead RFPs and negotiations, manage supplier performance, mitigate project risks, drive cost savings, and support successful project execution. Our client is a leading biotechnology company that combines technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise, and process excellence and helps their customers deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases.
Numbers & Facts
| Location | Walkersville, MD (Remote) |
| Industry | Computer/IT Services |
| Salary | $55–$60 |
| Company Size | 100 to 499 employees |
| Year Founded | 2009 |
| Website | http://www.tekwissen.com/ |
Description
Overview:
TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide. Our client is a leading biotechnology company that combines technological insight with world-class manufacturing, scientific expertise, and process excellence and helps their customers deliver new and innovative medicines that help treat a wide range of diseases. Our client specializes in pharmaceutical ingredients, Bioscience, Biopharmaceuticals, Custom manufacturing, Biotechnology, Life science ingredients, Nutrition, Microbial Control, Agriculture, Materials Science, Personal Care, and cell and gene therapy.
Job Title: CAPEX Procurement Lead
Location: Walkersville Maryland 21793
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Remote
Location: Walkersville Maryland 21793
Duration: 12 Months
Job Type: Temporary Assignment
Work Type: Remote
Summary:
The Project Lead Buyer / CAPEX Procurement Lead will lead Capex procurement activities for strategic growth projects across the Americas, supporting projects ranging from $10 million to $500 million. This hands-on player/manager role will oversee the end-to-end procurement process for capital equipment, construction services, and engineering services. The position will partner with Project Management, Engineering, Procurement, Category Management, suppliers, and other stakeholders to develop sourcing strategies, lead RFPs and negotiations, manage supplier performance, mitigate project risks, drive cost savings, and support successful project execution.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute procurement strategies for capital equipment, construction services, and engineering services.
- Coordinate procurement activities for strategic growth and investment projects exceeding $10 million.
- Lead the end-to-end Capex RFP and competitive bidding process.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders, Category Managers, Engineering, Project Management, and external suppliers to support vendor selection.
- Lead commercial negotiations and negotiate contractual terms and supply agreements.
- Manage supplier relationships and serve as the primary procurement contact within assigned project teams.
- Identify supply risks and issues, assess business impact, and lead mitigation and resolution activities.
- Develop and implement project procurement risk mitigation strategies.
- Monitor supplier performance and work with Project Management to track and report supplier performance metrics.
- Develop and implement cost reduction strategies aligned with project and business requirements.
- Track and report project savings and maintain the project savings pipeline.
- Review and negotiate supplier change orders.
- Support procurement process improvement initiatives to increase efficiency and effectiveness.
- Lead or participate in projects focused on improving Capex procurement processes and procedures.
- Support the recruitment, onboarding, and training of project procurement resources for new Capex projects.
- Provide leadership and support to project procurement and order management personnel as required.
Required Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Purchasing, Engineering, Construction, or a related field.
- Experience in Capex-intensive industries such as pharmaceuticals, oil and gas, technology, or similar industries.
- Strong commercial experience in procurement, Capex procurement, or construction procurement.
- Experience with SAP, Oracle Unifier, and Ariba or similar procurement/P2P systems.
- CIPS, Six Sigma, Project Management certification, or equivalent is preferred.
- Experience procuring engineered equipment, construction services, and engineering services.
- Experience managing RFPs, competitive bidding, supplier selection, and commercial negotiations.
- Strong contract and agreement development and negotiation skills.
- Experience with supplier relationship and supplier performance management.
- Experience with cost reduction, savings tracking, risk mitigation, and supplier change orders.
- Strong project and procurement management skills.
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and business skills.
- Ability to lead teams and work effectively in a matrix organization and interdisciplinary environment.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and work collaboratively with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office.
TekWissen Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.
About Company
WE THE TEKWISSEN PEOPLE
TekWissen offers you a broader portfolio of services, industry-leading solutions, and the meaningful innovations that give you greater flexibility and speed to respond to market dynamics, reduced costs and risk to improve enterprise performance, and increased productivity to enable growth.
To keep pace with global market demands, TekWissen keeps its finger on the pulse of change. Our organized approach to guiding a project from its inception to closure. Managing projects is becoming more and more important as we enter the digital era. To cope with the pace that this transition demands, a method is required to manage projects so they can yield quality work, while incorporating efficient use of time and resources.
Project involves identifying which quality standards are relevant to the project and determining how to satisfy them.
It is important to perform quality planning during the Planning Process and should be done alongside the other project planning processes because changes in the quality will likely require changes in the other planning processes, or the desired product quality may require a detailed risk analysis of an identified problem. It is important to remember that quality should be planned, designed, then built in, not added on after the fact.
Capabilities and accomplishments in one TekWissen business enhance the opportunity for success in the others. Put simply, TekWissen's unique combination of attributes promotes success.