Principal Project Procurement Manager

Are you interested in being part of an innovative team that supports Westinghouse’s mission to provide clean energy solutions? At Westinghouse, we recognize that our employees are our most valuable asset and we seek to identify, attract and recruit the most qualified talent while recognizing and encouraging the value of diversity in the global workplace.

Westinghouse is looking for passionate and driven Principal Project Procurement Manager to join our growing team to support multiple major projects in the US and Asia. Supporting the roadmap to qualifications of components within Nuclear Fuels, you will join a team who are driving real change in the nuclear energy market.

 

Acting as Procurement lead responsible for nuclear fuel projects you will work with cross-functional teams to build and execute project strategies, procurement plans, and contracting strategies for end-to-end delivery from concept to close.

 

As Part of the Global Supply Chain Solutions (GSCS) Project Procurement Team, the candidate will preferably have a strong Supply Chain (Strategy, RFx, Supplier Relationship, Contract Negotiation, and Contract Management) background with experience in purchasing of services and equipment for major projects, including Engineering Procurement Construction and Commissioning (EPCC). You will be a direct interface to our internal customers: Business Unit, Engineering, Quality and Sales Departments, and Project Managers. You will have strong commercial relationship skills towards suppliers with the goal to provide clear, timely and innovative solutions to the organization’s requests.

 

An advanced level of spoken and written English, any additional language is a plus (Czech, Romanian, Polish, French, Italian, Spanish,…).

 

Your Day to Day:

The Principal Procurement Program Manager:

• is responsible for defining a Procurement strategy according to the demand of the project and represent GSCS in a project team for any type of goods and services necessary for the project in compliance with the set requirements (cost, quality, deadline, etc.).
• will provide guidance and recommendations to the stakeholders to ensure commercial compliance with regulatory requirements and Westinghouse's procurement policies and procedures are fully integrated into the project.
• Will be acting according to the demand from the project, he/she will be interacting with the different pillar of the GSCS organization to make sure a proper sourcing strategy is developed and deployed.
• will have a good understand of the Nuclear market and his customer demand and stay update on the new technology from the market.
• is responsible to report weekly / monthly progress  on the GSCS procurement activities related to the project.
• Visibility on cost (Actual vs Budget) and Execution vs Plan.
• Work with Category Managers for any external communication with suppliers.  
• Take the ownership on Escalation process

Latitude of action

• Work independently as part of a project team
• Interact autonomously with stakeholders (internal and external) to ensure compliance with the various milestones on its projects.
• deliver savings on the overall project
• is responsible to develop a sourcing strategy and follow the full execution together with Project Team.
• Identify and capture the demand, identify potential suppliers, and establish a communication channel towards the suppliers.
• Establish pricing, delivery, terms and conditions to satisfy financial, quality and delivery requirements.
• Preparation and coordination of the RFx Process and establish sourcing strategies for suppliers and services: