Global Sourcing Manager

Company Description

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world.

We believe infrastructure creates opportunity for everyone. Whether it’s improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive.

Our clients trust us to bring together the best people, ideas, technical expertise and digital solutions to our work in transportation, buildings, water, the environment and new energy. We’re one global team – 47,000 strong – driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world.

Here, you will have freedom to grow in a world of opportunity.

We will give you the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion – a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

We will encourage you to grow and develop your career with us through our technical and professional development programs and diverse career opportunities. We believe in leadership at all levels. No matter where you sit in the organization you can make a lasting impact on the projects you work on, the teams and committees you join and our business.

We offer competitive pay and benefits, well-being programs to support you and your family, and the development resources you need to advance your career.

When you join us, you will connect and collaborate with a global network of experts – planners, designers, engineers, scientists, consultants, program and construction managers – leading the change toward a more sustainable and equitable future. Join us and let’s get started.

Job Description

We’re the leader in our industry because of our people and our suppliers. Given the importance of the procurement and supply chain capability to our success, we want to take it to the next level so we’re investing in several way: we’re growing the team, developing world class processes, and finding new and better ways to use technology and data.

We’ve created a new role at the core of our business to work with our consultants and suppliers on the most cutting-edge and innovative projects of our time, addressing the big challenges of today and shaping the built environment for generations to come.  We’re looking for someone who has experience of large-scale change programs, procuring services and embraces a data driven approach to procurement. The role will suit someone who is a results-orientated self-starter and enjoys working in teams comprising people from different countries and diverse backgrounds. 

In addition to a competitive salary and benefits, the successful candidate will join a team that is sociable and supportive, a workplace that encourages growth, flexibility, and creativity, as well as a company culture that champions inclusion, diversity and overall employee well-being through programs supported by company leadership. Our core values define who we are, how we act and what we aspire to, which comes down to not only delivering a better world but working to “make amazing happen” in each neighborhood, community, and city we touch. We are the environmental, social, and corporate governance (ESG) leader in our industry and the Procurement and Supply Chain team are central to that achievement. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

The role reports to the Global Category Manager. The location of the role is flexible, but the individual will live in Europe or North America close to a major transport hub.

Key responsibilities of the role:

• Lead strategic sourcing projects across multiple countries including analysis of demand and supply, development of the business strategy, management of the tender and overseeing implementation to achieve cost savings and improve quality and service levels
• Lead the commercial management of strategic contracts including the use of key performance indicators and escalation of performance issues where necessary.
• Implement supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers to deliver greater value
• Review end to end processes to improve management of supplier base, channel management, contract management, enable and improve purchase order compliance and adoption, workflow and approvals, payment processes and data and analytics
• Utilize procurement technology and data to improve efficiency and achieve high levels of compliance to the procurement policy and processes, for example, through the implementation of the no PO no pay policy and the use of catalogues
• Develop change and project management plans to support new ways of working
• Support the development of category plans
• Support the development and capability of the Procurement and Supply Chain team by demonstrating high standard of delivery and sharing best practice

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:

• BA/BS plus 6 years of relevant strategic sourcing experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education
• Experience in procuring services, ideally engineering or environmental services
• Strategic sourcing tools and techniques experience
• Tender and contract drafting experience
• Experience of exploiting procurement technology including procurement to pay systems, eCatalogues, eSourcing platforms and spend analytics tools
• Numerate with excellent analytical skills including advanced MS Excel skills
• Savings forecasting and recording experience
• Extensive negotiation skills 
• Good tactical cost reduction expertise
• Good contractual and commercial expertise
• Good knowledge of supplier performance improvement techniques
• Good change and project management tools and techniques including leadership, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent verbal and written English

Preferred Qualifications:

• Degree in engineering, science, or business
• Nationally recognized professional certification (eg Member of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply or Certified Purchasing Manager or equivalent professional procurement and supply chain qualification)
• Category management tools and techniques would be an advantage
• Bid winning support activity expertise would be an advantage
• Experience of working in joint ventures would be an advantage
• Experience in the construction, utilities, oil and gas, transport or professional services sector would be an advantage
• Knowledge of Coupa and PowerBI would be an advantage

Additional Information

• Sponsorship for US Employment Authorization, now or in the future, is not being offered for this position
• Relocation assistance is not being offered for this role

With infrastructure investment accelerating worldwide, our services are in great demand, and there’s never been a better time to be at AECOM! Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation and benefits programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We also provide a robust global well-being program. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

Join us and let’s get started.