Project Procurement Manager

Wood is currently on the lookout for a Project Procurement Manager to act as the Owner's representative within the PMC organisation. This role will provide strategic leadership, governance, oversight, and challenge to EPC contractors and suppliers across procurement, expediting, logistics, materials management, supplier performance, and procurement risk management activities.

The successful candidate will be a credible leader with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, shape procurement strategies, drive performance improvement, manage complex supplier networks, and proactively resolve delivery risks that could impact project outcomes.

This is a critical project procurement leadership role requiring a combination of strategic thinking, execution excellence, commercial acumen, and the ability to navigate complex EPC.

This requirement is immediate. 1 year Contract position and may be subject to further extension as required.

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Responsibilities

Strategic Procurement Leadership

• Develop and execute a project procurement strategy aligned with overall project delivery objectives.
• Establish procurement governance, processes, controls, and performance management frameworks.
• Champion a proactive, risk-based approach to project procurement and supplier management.
• Act as the senior procurement advisor to Project Manager.

Procurement Governance & Delivery Assurance

• Provide independent governance, assurance, and challenge of EPC contractor procurement execution, supply chain strategies, and overall delivery performance.
• Protect the Owner from procurement-driven schedule impacts by proactively identifying, challenging, and mitigating pre-order and post-order delays from EPC contractor, suppliers, and logistics provider.
• Ensure timely progression of all pre-order activities, including material requisition readiness, bidder engagement, bid evaluations, approvals, and purchase order awards, preventing impacts to engineering, procurement, and construction schedules.
• Critically review and assess procurement plans, sourcing strategies, supplier selection processes, and award recommendations to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Verify the readiness and completeness of procurement requisition packages, including Material Requisitions (MRs), specifications, datasheets, and engineering deliverables required for effective market engagement and RFQ issuance.
• Monitor and guide the end-to-end enquiry and award process, ensuring compliance with project governance requirements, procurement procedures, and industry best practices.
• Oversee and challenge EPC contractor execution of bidding activities, including RFQ issuance, bidder management, technical clarifications, bid evaluations, Technical Bid Evaluation (TBE) approvals, and award recommendations.
• Review supplier recommendations and award justifications to ensure robust evaluation, risk management, contractual compliance, and alignment with project requirements.
• Evaluate alternative supplier and sourcing proposals through commercial, contractual, technical, and market due diligence, including supplier capability assessments and prequalification reviews.
• Drive procurement execution strategies for critical and long-lead equipment packages, ensuring early identification and mitigation of schedule, commercial, and supply chain risks.
• Independently validate procurement progress, forecast accuracy, commitment dates, manufacturing readiness, and delivery schedules, providing transparent reporting to project leadership.
• Review, assess, and provide assurance on procurement-related deliverables, including procurement execution plans, procurement procedures, sourcing strategies, inspection and expediting plan, logistics plan, and materials management plan.
• Hold EPC contractors and suppliers accountable for procurement performance, schedule adherence, and delivery commitments.
• Lead escalation management, intervention strategies, and recovery planning where procurement activities threaten project milestones.
• Provide expert advice to project leadership on procurement risks, market conditions, EPC contractor performance, supplier challenges, and emerging procurement trends that may impact project execution.
• Lead procurement risk management; identify emerging procurement, manufacturing, logistics, geopolitical, commercial, and vendor-related risks.
• Develop mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and escalation protocols.
• Lead critical issue resolution workshops.
• Provide early warning and strategic recommendations to project leadership.

Procurement Risk Management

• Lead procurement risk management; identify emerging procurement, manufacturing, logistics, geopolitical, commercial, and vendor-related risks.
• Develop mitigation strategies, contingency plans, and escalation protocols.
• Lead critical issue resolution workshops.
• Provide early warning and strategic recommendations to project leadership.

Stakeholder & Contractor Management

• Influence and engage senior stakeholders across the Owner, PMC, EPC contractor, and supplier organisation.
• Build collaborative relationship while maintaining independent governance and assurance responsibilities.
• Facilitate effective communication and alignment across multiple project interfaces.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business, Procurement, Logistics, or a related discipline.
• 15 to 20 years of experience in project procurement, supply chain management, contract management, and supplier management within major EPC capital project environment.
• Proven procurement managerial experience in EPC, PMC, within the Oil & Gas, LNG, Petrochemical, Chemical, Energy, Infrastructure, or Industrial sectors.
• Extensive experience managing critical equipment procurement, supplier performance, logistics, and project delivery assurance.
• Track record of influencing senior stakeholders and driving performance improvements in challenging project environments.
• Experience working with Chinese EPC contractors, OEMs, and fabricators.
• Strong understanding of Chinese supply chain ecosystems, business practices, and manufacturing environments.
• Chinese speaking candidate preferred.

Key Competencies

• Strategic Leadership
• Procurement Transformation
• Stakeholder Influence & Negotiation
• Executive Communication
• Commercial Acumen
• Risk Management
• Procurement Governance
• Contractor Performance Management
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Manufacturing & Delivery Assurance
• Change Leadership
• Complex Problem Solving
• Cross-Cultural Collaboration
• Decision Making Under Uncertainty

If you are a Project Procurement Manager, ready for your next challenge - apply today!

Shortlisting will commence immediately.