Turner & Townsend is looking for an Associate Director of Procurement Delivery / Project Management to join our team. The Associate Director will be a member of the Procurement and Supply Chain team and will primarily be responsible to support the client in driving delivery of a key client commission. This is a senior, client-facing position requiring strategic judgment, disciplined governance, and hands-on execution in a complex project environment.
- Lead the procurement and supply chain workstream from mobilization through sourcing, contract execution, manufacturing, delivery, and closeout.
- Act as the principal interface between our firm, client procurement leadership, project disciplines, Tier 1 contractors, suppliers, and other delivery partners.
- Provide procurement services and recommendations while preserving Client’s direct contracting authority and complying with Client policies, procedures, systems, and governance requirements.
- Build an integrated, auditable approach that provides visibility of commercial status, supplier performance, quality, schedule, logistics, and risk.
Responsibilities:
Strategy, Governance, & Team Leadership
- Develop and maintain the Procurement Plan, delivery model, package strategy, procurement schedule, resource plan, governance calendar, stakeholder interfaces, and performance reporting.
- Ensure execution complies with Client policies, procedures, approval gates, confidentiality requirements, systems, and agreed review periods.
- Lead, coach, and coordinate the procurement team; define roles, decision rights, deliverables, escalation paths, and interfaces with engineering, construction, project controls, legal, quality, and site teams.
- The team will be responsible for:
Direct Procurement
- Lead supplier prequalification, market engagement, NDA verification, bidder-list development, and package-specific sourcing strategies.
- Direct the preparation and coordination of RFIs, RFPs, bid forms, scopes of work, technical specifications, drawings, commercial documents, and contract exhibits.
- Manage transparent bidding, bidder communications, clarifications, evaluation criteria, technical and commercial evaluations, governance submissions, and detailed recommendations for award.
- Coordinate contract formation with Client stakeholders and legal counsel, compile final contract documents, and support execution readiness.
Contractor oversight & commercial management
- Oversee Tier 1 contractor buyout activities not covered by fixed-price arrangements, reviewing procurement documentation, market engagement, bid processes, evaluations, and scope coverage.
- Promote commercial transparency, best value, and early closure of scope gaps while maintaining a collaborative relationship with construction contractors.
- Review change-order requests for contractual compliance, entitlement, justification, quantities, cost, and market alignment; develop negotiation strategies and lead or support negotiations as directed.
Supplier quality, expediting & delivery
- Establish risk-based inspection and surveillance requirements, equipment criticality ratings, inspection registers, hold and witness-point protocols, and reporting for directly managed purchase orders.
- Define processes for inspections, non-conformance reports, deviations, carry-over work, release certificates, manufacturing data books, and equipment-document traceability.
- Create and execute an expediting approach for critical equipment, specialist machinery, and long-lead items across engineering, procurement, manufacturing, testing, and delivery milestones.
- Integrate logistics and materials management, including shipment tracking, equipment coding, Material Movement Tickets, Material Receipt Reports, and overage, shortage, and damage reporting.
- Audit contractor-managed inspection and quality-control activities and establish data requirements that provide Client with consistent visibility across owner-furnished and contractor-furnished equipment.
Client service, reporting & risk management
- Provide concise, evidence-based recommendations and dashboards covering sourcing status, commitments, supplier performance, quality, cost, schedule, logistics, decisions, and emerging risks.
- Facilitate client and governance meetings, drive decisions and actions to closure, and escalate material issues with clear options and recommendations.
- Maintain complete and auditable procurement records and continuously improve delivery practices based on project needs, market conditions, and lessons learned.