Senior Procurement & Contracts Manager

Turner & Townsend
Houston
Workplace: HybridFull timeFunction: Procurement & SourcingExperience: 12+ yearsSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Risk management","Contract negotiation","Claims management","Commercial leadership"]

Lead end-to-end procurement and contract negotiations for major packages within a highly regulated capital program, shaping pricing, schedules, risk allocation, and performance incentives. Own the full contract lifecycle—drafting through closeout—while serving as the commercial lead and advisor to project leadership, engineering, and supply chain teams. Manage claims and dispute resolution, support change/variation evaluation, and maintain commercial governance and compliance, including potential SOX controls.

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Turner & Townsend
Turner & Townsend
19 hours ago

Senior Procurement & Contracts Manager

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Job Summary

Lead end-to-end procurement and contract negotiations for major packages within a highly regulated capital program, shaping pricing, schedules, risk allocation, and performance incentives. Own the full contract lifecycle—drafting through closeout—while serving as the commercial lead and advisor to project leadership, engineering, and supply chain teams. Manage claims and dispute resolution, support change/variation evaluation, and maintain commercial governance and compliance, including potential SOX controls.
Location: Houston
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Procurement & Sourcing
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead end-to-end procurement and contract negotiations for major packages, including pricing, schedule, risk allocation, escalation mechanisms, and performance incentives.
  • •Develop and execute procurement and commercial strategies aligned with project cost, delivery, and risk objectives.
  • •Manage the full contract lifecycle (drafting, negotiation, execution, administration, and closeout) for high-value complex agreements.
  • •Act as commercial lead/advisor to project leadership and cross-functional teams; partner with Legal, Project Controls, and Engineering to ensure robust, executable, risk-balanced contracts.
  • •Lead claims management and dispute resolution, including evaluation of variation orders and driving related contractual entitlement and change management processes.
Travel: Medium travel

Key Requirements

  • •12–15+ years of experience in procurement, contract management, or commercial management within capital projects or regulated industries.
  • •Lead high-value contract negotiations across construction, engineering, manufacturing, or infrastructure.
  • •Strong understanding of contract forms, risk allocation, and claims management.
  • •Experience in highly regulated environments (e.g., nuclear, energy, infrastructure) is highly preferred.
  • •Experience with tools such as SAP, Primavera P6, and Excel for commercial and project controls integration; professional certifications (e.g., CIPS, CCM, PMP) are an asset.
Experience:12+ yearsConstructionCapital projectsRegulated industries
Skills:Stakeholder managementRisk managementContract negotiationClaims managementCommercial leadership
Certifications:CIPSCCMPMP
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SAPPrimavera P6Excel

Company Brief

Turner & Townsend
Global professional services firm providing program, project and cost management, advisory and consulting services across property, infrastructure and natural resources sectors to public and private clients worldwide.
Industry: Consulting
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Established Company
Headquarters: Leeds, United Kingdom
Founded: 1946
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