Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Contract/Procurement Specialist to join our team! In this role you will get to experience end-to-end procurement process and supply chain management.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Oversee procurement activities from approved requisition through sourcing, evaluation, award, purchase order administration and closeout, ensuring that required stage-gates are followed.
• Review procurement documents prepared by Buyers, Procurement Coordinators, project teams and support personnel for completeness, accuracy, approvals and procedural compliance.
• Monitor procurement plans, sourcing schedules, workload priorities, cycle times, pending approvals, key risks and delivery dates, providing clear dashboards and exception reports.
• Validate sourcing strategies, procurement methods and bidder lists, and oversee supplier registration, prequalification, due diligence and compliance screening.
• Review solicitation packages and oversee bidder communications, clarifications, addenda, submission controls, confidentiality and fair treatment of participating suppliers.
• Ensure technical evaluations are completed by accountable technical teams and review commercial evaluations, bid comparisons and Bid Analysis Summaries for accuracy and justification.
• Challenge unresolved deviations, abnormal pricing, inadequate competition, unsupported assumptions and material commercial risks, and confirm all required approvals before award or commitment.
• Monitor purchase order progress, delivery risks, amendments, documentation, invoicing issues and closeout actions, ensuring that procurement records remain complete and audit-ready.
• Provide technical guidance and quality feedback to procurement personnel, escalate non-compliance or supplier-performance concerns and recommend process improvements.
• What Required Skills You'll Bring:
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, Economics, Engineering or a related discipline.
• Minimum five years of relevant experience in procurement, purchasing, sourcing or supply-chain activities.
• Demonstrated responsibility for overseeing end-to-end procurement processes and reviewing the work of Buyers, Coordinators or project procurement personnel.
• Strong knowledge of competitive sourcing, supplier qualification, commercial evaluation, purchase order administration, procurement controls and closeout.
• Ability to assess sourcing risks, pricing concerns, procedural gaps, supplier risks and unsupported award recommendations using sound independent judgment.
• Strong analytical, negotiation, written communication, coordination and stakeholder-management skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• High standards of ethics, integrity, confidentiality, impartiality and professional conduct.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and enterprise resource planning, e-procurement, reporting and document-management systems, with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.

What Desired Skills You'll Bring:

• Experience within an engineering, construction, infrastructure, project-management or professional-services environment.
• Experience monitoring procurement portfolios, status dashboards, compliance indicators, supplier governance and procurement cycle times.
• Professional procurement or supply-chain certification, such as CIPS, MCIPS, CPSM or an equivalent qualification.
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