Sr. Procurement Manager, Subcontracts

About Us:

BW Design Group is a fully integrated architecture, engineering, construction, system integration, and consulting firm committed to helping our clients realize their most critical goals from Strategy to Commercialization. As the only firm born from a manufacturing technology company to become an independent and fully integrated firm, we combine deep domain expertise in the manufacturing environment with an approach that is built to serve the dynamic needs of our clients. Rooted in our distinct culture of Truly Human Leadership, we cultivate the leaders who will define tomorrow and partner with our clients in the food & beverage, life sciences, industrial, and advanced technology industries to build the future of manufacturing and technology.

 

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief: to use the power of business to build a better world.

 

Job Description:

Who You’ll Work With
You will join one of our 45 offices in the US, be part of a committed team of over 1500 professionals, and work in teams and directly with our clients doing work that is shaping the world around us. You will be welcomed into a rapidly growing business and team and empowered to make an impact. You will be valued, cared for, and challenged on your path to becoming a world-class professional consultant and surrounded by leaders who are committed to creating an environment that enables you to realize your own success and fulfillment.
When you join Design Group as a Subcontract Procurement Manager, you are joining a team that will challenge you and position you for growth. In this role, you will work with a team of industry experts to help the world’s leading companies solve their most difficult problems. You will join our Construction Practice and partner with seasoned leaders, technical specialists, and subject matter experts to deliver the highest quality solutions to our clients with consistency and accuracy.

What You’ll Do
You'll work individually and in teams to support capital projects and implement solutions for our clients. Together, you will help our clients make critical changes to improve their performance and realize their most important goals.

• General

• Responsible for procurement processes of all subcontracted service, components and OEM systems on a project

• Lead and implement the standardization of processes associated with all subcontracted services and equipment

• As a partner with our pre-construction and construction teams, take responsibility for the project level procurement process from planning through supplier qualification, RFQ generation, bid leveling, negotiation, purchase order or subcontract processing, inspection, expediting, delivery, and invoice reconciliation. 

• Provide organizational oversight for all purchase orders, subcontract agreements, and other forms of supply agreements, with approval accountability based on predetermined thresholds.

• Define and implement data driven strategies to mitigate risk, reduce spending, improve cash flows, and optimize the firm's financial performance. 

• Support client trust initiatives for procurement activities within projects

• Utilize your knowledge of construction/installation work scopes to eliminate project risk

• Maintain strong working relationships with the Design Group team, clients, and outside vendors/contractors

• Identify opportunities for continuous improvement, optimize and ensure procurement process compliance, and help scale the supply chain function in a fast-paced growth environment

• Create and implement Procurement and Supply Chain KPI’s to measure performance and monitor trends to reduce spending, alleviate risks, and identify opportunities for improvement.

• Market Engagement

• Define and implement strategies to increase supplier partnerships through collaborative selling and project execution efforts to drive value for the firm. Define and implement a preferred supplier certification program. Monitor national construction trends to ensure the health and vitality of our supplier base.

• Grow relationships with national/regional partners

• Responsible for engaging sufficient number of qualified bidders

• Commercial Success

• Position Design Group