Senior Procurement Director

For decades, CH2M HILL has been a global leader in engineering, consulting, design, program management, construction and operations, working on the most challenging and impactful projects around the world. Through these challenging projects, we develop our people — who transform complex and creative ideas into reality, every day. Join us and together we can work to build a sustainable world. We support you to reach your greatest career goals through continued professional development, a positive work life balance and undeniably cool engineering projects. Join employee-owned CH2M HILL and discover why our diverse team has been consistently ranked as one of the leading employers and repeatedly recognized by FORTUNE magazine as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For".

Description and Desired Qualifications

• CH2M HILL Senior Procurement Director-Los Angels, CA
• The Challenge: The Senior Procurement Director works with responsible Business Group and Procurement department Management to provide Procurement resources, systems and procedures to support operations and project requirements. Develops and maintains meaningful relationships with applicable internal peers. Develops and maintains meaningful relationships with external entities such as suppliers and contractors, professional associations, existing and potential new clients.  Provides support with the aid of subordinates to; Project Management, Construction Management, Business Development, Legal, Finance and Insurance during proposal preparation and project execution.
• The Logistics Director Oversees and where necessary approves the commitments made by operations and project procurement personnel within limits established in company procedures. Assures procurement staff and others comply with Procurement Policies and Procedures.   Responsible for recruitment, termination and discipline of Procurement staff assigned.

The Senior Procurement Director:

• Understands and is aware of changing market conditions with regard to availability and cost of procurement resources as well as movement    and trends in the pricing of materials, equipment and services.
• Reviews and updates working procedures, documents and systems to keep pace with legal requirements, competition and market innovations.
• Maintains performance metrics to measure the performance of those responsible with regard to cost savings, on time delivery and cost of rework
• Assists in the resolution of complex Purchase Order and Subcontract disputes
• Effectively communicates with CG/BG & Operations Management, Senior Procurement Management, internal departments and with Client on Procurement issues.
• Participates in development of complex Project / Program Execution Plans
• Recommends sources of supply, when requested, including minority and women owned businesses, where applicable

Basic Qualifications

• Minimum 20 years Procurement mgmt. experience with multinational Construction/Engineering firm