Procurement Project Lead

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3 Locations
In-Office
70K-103K Annually
Senior level
Industrial • Manufacturing
The Role
The Procurement Project Lead manages procurement strategies for projects, ensuring timely completion, risk management, and budget compliance while liaising with various teams.
Summary Generated by Built In
Dematic is seeking a Procurement Projects Lead to join our successful team. This prominent role requires working closely with Procurement Regional Category Leads, Project Management, Engineering, Solutions Development, Finance, A/P, Quality, and others. The goal is to develop, communicate, and implement outstanding strategies for projects that achieve timely completion, reduce risk, support revenue growth, and increase savings. This opportunity is ideal for an experienced Procurement professional to manage significant spending for key customers while helping us grow.We offer:
  • Career Development
  • Competitive Compensation and Benefits
  • Pay Transparency
  • Global Opportunities

Learn More Here: https://www.dematic.com/en-us/about/careers/what-we-offer

Dematic provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

The base pay range for this role is estimated to be $70,125 to $102,850 at the time of posting. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as work location, education, experience, knowledge, and skills.

Tasks and Qualifications:

This is What You will do in The Role:

  • Act as the Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the Project team to the Procurement organization.

  • Support Project Success and BU Goals by contributing to a Safe project. Deliver on schedule and budget. Monitor and control supply risks. Ensure compliance, optimize efficiency, and maintain quality.

  • Review and approve the Resale scope, budget, and schedule for assigned Projects.

  • At Project Handover, ensure the full baseline is understood and begin development of Procurement Plan to actively manage throughout the Project lifecycle.

  • Attend weekly project and risk management meetings to fully understand project scope, procured content with ‘as-is’ risks, and installation schedules with critical achievements.

  • Lead weekly project meetings to review Procurement Plan, Tracker, and Command Center data.

  • Collaborate with sourcing Category teams to identify qualified sources of Resale equipment to develop the Project sourcing plan.

  • Prepare Resale project requirements content sheet for Category teams to fill in the project sourcing plan.

  • Communicate supplier lead-times to establish equipment “just in time” order dates to ensure equipment is ordered with sufficient time to enable timely supplier deliveries to project schedule.

  • Guide the Delivery Assurance and Tactical Procurement team on project-specific expediting, ensuring supplier delivery dates are met, and synchronizing SAP delivery dates with the project timeline. Participate in Gate review meetings and show Project Procurement preparedness. Notify the team of any Procurement-related concerns.

  • Conduct supplier gate reviews (based on content/risk) with key/critical suppliers per checklist.

  • Track negotiated resale savings (net of increases) to determine Procurement savings – this includes comparing “as-sold” Resale content budget compared to resale purchase actuals. Work with Project Finance for alignment.

  • Perform as the main Procurement liaison between Project Management and Engineering for project-related activity.

  • In the post-project assessments, lead a Procurement Lessons Learned meeting with the Project Team and devise proactive responses to supplier-related challenges for future projects.

  • Align with Business Unit Program Management project support structure, as well as large customer accounts.

  • Travel required to Company and Project sites up to 25% of time as well as a hybrid of remote/in-office working time.

What We Are Looking For:  

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in business, engineering, or a related field.

  • Certified Professional Supply Management (CPSM) preferred and/or Project Management Professional (PMP) preferred.

  • 5-8 years of relevant project-based Procurement experience.

  • Strong communication and presentation skills.

  • Operates with minimal business direction.

  • Demonstrated knowledge and experience in procurement processes and driving business results through influence and leadership.

  • Strong capabilities in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).

  • Preferred experience in SAP and MS Teams.

  • Embodies KION Group Values of Integrity, Collaboration, Courage, and Excellence.

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The Company
Hessen
2,544 Employees
Year Founded: 2006

What We Do

Looking to make your move? Then you’ve come to the right place! We are the KION Group, and the world of intralogistics is our home. Our solutions ensure the smooth flow of materials and information in production plants, warehouses, and distribution centers in over 100 countries.

We have around 41,000 employees who make a real difference, helping us to become who we are today: the biggest manufacturer of forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment in Europe, and one of the world’s leading warehouse automation providers.

Successful? We are, but it’s all down to the motivated, highly trained, and multi-talented people that work for us. Would you like to be part of an international, diverse team? We can offer you interesting jobs and exciting career opportunities in an innovative, rapidly-growing, and forward-looking industry.

With us, you benefit from numerous development opportunities in a globally active group, including the possibility of working at one of our locations abroad on a temporary basis.
No matter which of our sites you work at, the KION values—integrity, collaboration, courage, and excellence—shape our individual action and our collaboration with colleagues, managers, customers, suppliers, and applicants both nationally and internationally.

Who makes up the KION Group? With our international brands Linde Material Handling, STILL, and Baoli, as well as regional brands Fenwick and OM, we stand for exceptional technology and service expertise for forklift trucks and warehouse handling equipment around the world. Dematic expands the portfolio with its automated material handling solutions for intralogistics processes in warehouses, production, and sales

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