Project Procurement & Logistics Manager

Job Description Summary

The PPLM serves as the primary interface for the Project Manager,
coordinating all Sourcing, Procurement and Logistics activities across a portfolio of projects. Responsibilities include ensuring procurement commitments are met-including on-time delivery, quality, and cost-in alignment with sourcing team negotiations.

Job Description

Responsibilities:

• Proactively monitor and communicate updates on procurement status to Project Management team
• Manage equipment delivery in coordination with Logistics team
• Owning quality, costs (as negotiated by sourcing) and on time delivery of the material and services for the Project.
• Work with cross functional teams like Engineering, Sourcing to ensure the on-time delivery of documents (drawings, quotations, etc.) required to be obtained from suppliers
• Establishes the procurement schedule and periodic progress monitoring
• Coordinate to ensure the on-time issuance of purchase requisitions in the respective system to ensure timely placement of POs
• Follows up timely closure of NCPs related to suppliers
• Supports Sourcing in obtaining technical specifications from engineering on-time.
• Participates in and/or initiates periodic project meetings with the participation of quality, lead engineering, planning, logistics, project engineering manager etc. and generates notes/actions from these meetings and follows up on the actions.
• Regularly reviews the fulfilment of suppliers against all contractual requirements in regard to Customs and duties with the support of the required functions
• Oversees claim management with the suppliers in coordination with Commodity leader/Buyer of the project
• Responsible for reporting monthly progress, supplier claims and project cost summary
• Represents procurement in Project meetings internally and externally, if applicable
• Supports compliance with the Quality and EHS rules as applicable to the sourcing function
• Supports in fulfilling the overall project targets and works in alignment with Procurement, Sourcing, and Logistics

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited university or college
• Minimum of 5 years procurement experience in high voltage electrical construction projects or services environment
• Ability and willingness to travel domestic 10% of the time. Must comply with all relevant company travel and tax policies.
• Ability to work a flexible work schedule that includes overtime as required.

• Experience as Project Manager, Tender Project Manager, Senior Purchasing Manager, Senior Sourcing Manager or Sales Project Manager
• Good understanding of legal/contractual aspects of an EPC contract
• Risk management knowledge.
• Ability to work efficiently in cross-functional teams.
• Good communicator and teamwork capability
• Negotiation skills either with supplier base or with customers
• General knowledge of purchasing standards, policies, procedures, and Sourcing management
• Decision making, problem solving, ability to independently resolve issues with difficult suppliers
• Basics in scheduling/planning of large and complex projects
• Technical knowledge of products purchased and power plant familiarity