Senior Purchasing Lead (LSNA-IN)

At Jacobs, we’re not just building structures, we’re helping our clients innovate and grow by designing, engineering, and executing the construction of their state-of-the-art facilities that are changing our world.

As a Senior Purchasing Lead for Life Sciences North America, you will be responsible for managing the activities of Purchasing Managers and teams of Procurement Professionals on Mega-Projects (Projects with a Total Installed Cost of $1B+). The Senior Purchasing Manager is accountable for all purchasing and expediting activities on a project.

Bring your experience and expertise to a company that embraces tough challenges while you conduct and coordinate all procurement transactions associated with purchasing materials/equipment, as assigned.

The Senior Purchasing

Lead has extensive knowledge and understanding of procurement concepts, principles and practices, and the techniques of ensuring task completion, serves as an expert. They understand the role of procurement and its integration with other project functions, accomplishes value-added expectations, and performs assignments in accordance with established policies and procedures.

The Senior Purchasing Lead reports directly to the Manager of Procurement Services (MOPS) for the office which they are assigned. While supporting Jacobs’ Projects, the Senior Purchasing Manager will report indirectly to the assigned Project Procurement Manager (PPM) or Project Manager.

Bring your curiosity, passion for innovation, and talent for multi-tasking in a fast-paced environment and we will help you grow, pursue and fulfill what inspires you - so we can make big impacts on the world, together!

Some responsibilities will include

• As a Purchasing Lead, develop upfront Procurement planning activities such as the Purchasing section of the Supply Management Execution Plan (SMEP), establishing Purchasing Strategies, and developing project-specific templates, reports and tools<