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Procurement Lead – Transport Links Jobs in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia at Parsons

Job Snapshot

Role:
Procurement Lead – Transport Links

Location:

Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Transportation-Trucking-Railroad
Function:
Purchasing

Experience:

15 years in procurement for transport or infrastructure programs
Job Type: Full-time

Position Overview

Procurement Lead
– Transport Links in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia is a Transportation-Trucking-Railroad hiring opportunity for a senior procurement professional who can lead end-to-end sourcing strategy, tender management, contract award, supplier engagement, and procurement governance for major regional transport infrastructure programs. The role is focused on high-value packages covering inter‑city rail, highways, bus corridors, logistics corridors, civil works, rail and road systems, transport hubs, depots, consultancy services, and associated infrastructure.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end procurement strategy and execution for regional transport links, including rail, highways, bus corridors, logistics corridors, depots, hubs, and associated infrastructure.
  • Develop procurement strategies aligned with program objectives, funding requirements, commercial priorities, risk profile, and delivery milestones.
  • Define category strategies for civil works, structures, rail systems, road systems, transport equipment, buildings, depots, hubs, consultancy services, and multidisciplinary professional services.
  • Establish procurement schedules, tender milestones, approval routes, resource plans, and sourcing priorities for multiple concurrent projects.
  • Lead market engagement, supplier intelligence, pre‑qualification, bidder evaluation, and shortlisting for large and complex transport contracts.
  • Oversee preparation of tender documentation, including instructions to tenderers, scope of work, technical requirements, commercial conditions, pricing schedules, evaluation criteria, and contract requirements.
  • Manage the full tendering process, including clarifications, addenda, tender receipt, technical evaluation, commercial evaluation, negotiations, recommendation for award, and approval submissions.
  • Ensure tender processes are fair, transparent, auditable, competitive, and compliant with internal policies, public procurement requirements, and applicable regulations.
  • Recommend suitable contracting strategies such as EPC, Design and Build, DBFM, PPP, concession models, framework agreements, and package‑based procurement routes.
  • Collaborate with legal, finance, commercial, technical, planning, and delivery teams to develop balanced contract terms and effective risk allocation.
  • Lead commercial negotiations to secure best value while protecting the client’s contractual, delivery, safety, cost, and performance interests.
  • Develop and maintain a qualified supplier base for regional transport infrastructure, including local and international contractors, designers, consultants, systems suppliers, and specialist service providers.
  • Monitor market capacity, procurement trends, pricing movement, supply chain constraints, and contractor appetite to guide sourcing timing and strategy.
  • Drive supplier performance management through KPIs, commercial reviews, relationship management, performance improvement plans, and lessons learned.
  • Implement procurement governance frameworks, policies, procedures, approval gates, and audit controls across regional link projects.
  • Ensure compliance with public procurement laws, funding agency requirements, internal audit standards, ethics expectations, and transparency requirements.
  • Identify, assess, and manage procurement and commercial risks, ensuring alignment with program‑wide risk registers and mitigation plans.
  • Prepare procurement reports, tender recommendations, award papers, commercial briefings, and executive committee submissions.
  • Work closely with project directors, engineers, planners, cost managers, legal teams, and commercial leads to align procurement with design maturity, construction sequencing, budgets, and project delivery needs.
  • Support change management activities related to procurement variations, claims, contract amendments, scope adjustments, and commercial risk exposure.
  • Ensure procurement timelines support project delivery, critical…

Title: Procurement Lead – Transport Links

Company: Parsons

Location: Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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