Procurement Director

About the Role

Parsons is seeking a Procurement Director to join its team in Riyadh, Riyadh. This full-time role involves managing the entire procurement lifecycle, from strategic development and route-to-market planning through sourcing, negotiation, contract award, mobilization, and ongoing supplier performance management.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and implement procurement strategies for facilities management, asset operations, and recurring operational services.
• Lead category management across areas including hard and soft facilities management, engineering and building maintenance, asset maintenance, security, cleaning, waste management, landscaping, utilities, and other operational contracts.
• Define route-to-market approaches, sourcing models, and commercial structures, aligning contract packaging and procurement plans with operational requirements.
• Establish appropriate commercial models such as fixed-price, performance-based, gainshare, reimbursable, and hybrid arrangements.
• Lead complex, end-to-end procurement activities from strategy to contract award and implementation.
• Prepare procurement plans, sourcing strategies, tender documentation, evaluation methodologies, and contract award recommendations.
• Manage competitive tenders, negotiations, clarifications, commercial evaluations, and supplier due diligence, ensuring compliance with governance and regulatory requirements.
• Lead contract mobilization and transition activities to support uninterrupted service delivery.
• Develop and maintain effective contract management frameworks, ensuring contracts include clear scopes of service, pricing mechanisms, performance standards, KPIs, SLAs, incentives, remedies, and governance arrangements.
• Manage contract variations, extensions, renewals, claims, disputes, and commercial changes.
• Monitor supplier performance against agreed KPIs, SLAs, and reporting requirements.

Stakeholder and Supplier Management

• Establish and maintain strategic relationships with key suppliers and service providers.
• Lead supplier performance reviews, governance meetings, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate with operational stakeholders to understand service requirements and resolve supplier or contract-related issues.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders, operational teams, finance, legal, risk, technical, and project functions.
• Provide commercially sound advice on procurement, supplier performance, contract risks, and market opportunities.

Procurement Governance and Leadership

• Strengthen procurement governance, controls, policies, processes, and reporting.
• Maintain oversight of procurement risks, dependencies, commercial exposures, and supplier resilience.
• Promote transparency, consistency, competition, and integrity across procurement activities.
• Develop procurement performance reporting, category dashboards, savings tracking, and supplier performance metrics.
• Lead, manage, and develop procurement professionals across relevant categories and operational workstreams.
• Allocate resources effectively across multiple concurrent procurement and contract management activities.
• Establish clear objectives, performance expectations, and professional development plans for the procurement team.
• Represent the procurement function at senior leadership, steering committee, and governance forums.

Qualifications and Experience

• A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience in procurement and contract management.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex procurement lifecycles and lead strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Experience in developing and implementing procurement strategies and category management.
• Strong negotiation and contract management skills.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Riyadh, within a professional and collaborative environment focused on operational excellence.