Procurement

• Define and communicate the vision and strategy for Commercial & Contract Management within IFS Construction & Engineering
• Establish a differentiated market position spanning contract management, procurement, subcontract management, and commercial controls
• Translate customer feedback, market trends, industry insight, and competitive intelligence into focused product investments
• Own and evolve a roadmap balancing innovation, architectural modernization, adoption, customer retention, and commercial growth
• Drive alignment across project management, project controls, procurement, finance, project accounting, risk management, and document management
• Engage directly with construction and engineering customers to understand commercial processes, procurement workflows, contractual risk, and operating models
• Build trusted relationships with customers, partners, and industry experts
• Validate customer problems and product opportunities before committing investment
• Establish lighthouse customers and design partners for discovery, prototyping, validation, and early adoption
• Define product specifications covering customer problems, business outcomes, user workflows, acceptance criteria, and success measures
• Lead functional prototyping and validate solutions with real users before development
• Work closely with engineering and design as part of a high-performing product triad
• Ensure coherent end-to-end commercial management experiences across contracts, procurement, project execution, change management, cost control, revenue management, and commercial risk
• Build investment cases with clear customer, strategic, and financial outcomes
• Partner with engineering and design to move from validated problems to adopted products
• Support positioning, enablement, launch planning, and customer engagement
• Represent the product area with customers, prospects, partners, analysts, and internal stakeholders
• Drive adoption from early customers to repeatable market scale
• Measure customer outcomes, adoption, retention, revenue influence, and commercial impact
• Identify AI-driven innovation opportunities across procurement, supplier management, contract administration, obligation management, commercial risk, and contract change management
• Leverage AI to accelerate discovery, research, prototyping, and product definition
• Build reusable product capabilities supporting multiple construction and engineering business models globally
• Work with construction and engineering organizations across Europe and North America, engaging commercial managers, contract managers, quantity surveyors, project directors, procurement leaders, project controls teams, and finance stakeholders

Senior Product Manager – Commercial & Contract Management, Construction & Engineering

• Develop and execute sourcing strategies for approximately $50M in indirect spend
• Lead a team of Category Managers and strategic sourcing activities
• Partner with Finance, IT, R&D, Marketing, Logistics, and Global Supply Chain teams
• Drive cost savings, improve supplier performance, manage risk, and ensure reliable service delivery
• Guide functional groups in discovery, contract negotiation, economic value optimization, delivery, cost management, risk mitigation, and scope-of-work development
• Influence stakeholders to achieve business objectives through recommended sourcing strategies
• Manage performance against contract terms and recommend corrective actions
• Develop, implement, and enforce internal spend management procedures
• Develop and implement supplier scorecards covering quality, supply performance, cost improvements, and innovation support
• Bring should-cost modeling capabilities for key indirect spend categories
• Lead contract negotiations and perform first-pass contract reviews
• Lead cross-functional supplier engagement and continuous improvement
• Monitor market trends and identify new technologies and solutions
• Hire, develop, and manage the indirect category team
• Perform other duties as required

Director, Direct Procurement

• Own end-to-end category management for partners beyond Amazon
• Manage the launch pipeline, category forecast, and category performance
• Partner with Operations to gather and validate SKU-level specifications, production feasibility, and fulfillment requirements for new product launches
• Drive adoption of the NPI workflow, currently piloting on Jira, from pilot to steady-state process
• Build and maintain category-level volume, revenue, and margin forecasts
• Extend forecasts to weekly granularity and track actuals versus forecast
• Support product lifecycle management execution, including independently running PLM when the Senior Category Manager is unavailable
• Drive cross-functional alignment across Channel, Operations, Product Owners, Production, and Fulfillment
• Define and supervise category KPIs and flag risks proactively
• Present category performance, forecasts, and risks to the Senior Category Manager and broader leadership as scope grows
• Work with the Senior Category Manager on overall category strategy and Amazon execution

Category Manager

• Define and communicate the vision and strategy for Commercial & Contract Management within IFS Construction & Engineering
• Establish a differentiated market position spanning contract management, procurement, subcontract management, and commercial controls
• Translate customer feedback, market trends, industry insight, and competitive intelligence into focused product investments
• Own and evolve a roadmap balancing innovation, architectural modernization, adoption, customer retention, and commercial growth
• Drive alignment across project management, project controls, procurement, finance, project accounting, risk management, and document management
• Engage construction and engineering customers to understand commercial processes, procurement workflows, contractual risk, and operating models
• Build relationships with customers, partners, and industry experts
• Validate customer problems and product opportunities before investment
• Establish lighthouse customers and design partners for discovery, prototyping, validation, and early adoption
• Define product specifications, customer problems, business outcomes, user workflows, acceptance criteria, and success measures
• Lead functional prototyping and validate solutions with real users
• Work with engineering and design as part of a high-performing product triad
• Ensure a coherent end-to-end commercial management experience across contracts, procurement, project execution, change management, cost control, revenue management, and commercial risk
• Build investment cases with customer, strategic, and financial outcomes
• Partner with engineering and design to move from validated problem to adopted product
• Support positioning, enablement, launch planning, and customer engagement
• Represent the product area with customers, prospects, partners, analysts, and internal stakeholders
• Drive adoption from early customers to repeatable market scale
• Measure customer outcomes, adoption, retention, revenue influence, and commercial impact
• Identify AI-driven opportunities across procurement, supplier management, contract administration, obligation management, commercial risk, and contract change management
• Leverage AI for discovery, research, prototyping, and product definition
• Ensure AI-enabled capabilities deliver tangible business outcomes and trusted decision support
• Build reusable product capabilities for construction and engineering business models globally
• Mentor others and improve product-management practices

• Lead global sourcing and procurement strategy for packaging materials
• Develop and execute supplier agreements supporting business growth, supplier performance, risk mitigation, and total cost of ownership reduction
• Lead sourcing events, supplier evaluations, competitive bids, benchmarking, and negotiations for packaging materials, components, tooling, specifications, and supplier services
• Partner with Packaging Engineering, Quality, Operations, Supply Planning, and Manufacturing teams to meet quality, regulatory, capacity, service, and cost requirements
• Establish collaborative relationships with packaging suppliers and senior management teams
• Hold suppliers accountable through business reviews, action tracking, scorecards, quality reviews, and corrective action plans
• Ensure packaging material availability, continuity of supply, and reliable production support
• Serve as escalation point for supplier, capacity, service, quality, and shortage-related issues
• Maintain cost reduction, productivity, packaging improvement, supplier consolidation, and specification optimization opportunities
• Drive projects improving gross margin, working capital, service reliability, lead times, packaging utilization, and operational resilience
• Provide cost/benefit analysis, should-cost modeling, supplier performance reporting, and packaging cost analysis
• Identify packaging solutions that reduce waste, improve material efficiency, and support sustainability goals
• Perform other duties and lead projects as required

Category Manager, Direct Materials

• Lead sourcing initiatives supporting approximately $100M in direct and indirect spend for Pall Aerospace
• Partner with Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Global Sourcing teams
• Drive sourcing, outsourcing, insourcing, subcontract management, and supplier strategies
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies
• Manage supplier relationships and contract negotiations
• Analyze market conditions and supply alternatives
• Deliver results against cost reduction, margin enhancement, supplier performance, DPO, and global value sourcing metrics
• Support supplier development
• Collaborate on design and manufacturability reviews to optimize cost and performance
• Provide guidance to tactical purchasing teams
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, supplier governance, and sourcing best practices
• Continuously evaluate the existing supply base for improvement opportunities
• Design, lead, negotiate, and implement multiyear Pall contracts, including RFQs, RFIs, LTAs, Pricing Level Agreements, and Stocking Agreements
• Assist in vendor transitions, including outsourcing, insourcing, and vendor-to-vendor transitions
• Maximize year-over-year working capital improvements
• Interface with procurement teams to align local manufacturing site inputs and requirements with center-led strategy
• Report to the Senior Director of Supply Chain within the Supply Chain organization
• Work additional hours and weekends as needed to support business needs

Procurement jobs in Massachusetts

Senior Product Manager – Commercial & Contract Management, Construction & Engineering

Director, Direct Procurement

Category Manager

Senior Product Manager – Commercial & Contract Management, Construction & Engineering

Category Manager, Direct Materials

Senior Strategic Sourcing Agent