Procurement Specialist (Saudi National)

About the Role

Parsons Corporation is seeking a Procurement Specialist (Saudi National) to join its team in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. This full-time role involves supporting the Procurement team with day-to-day tendering activities, focusing on tender administration, procurement systems management, bidder engagement, and governance compliance. The position requires 5-10 years of relevant experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end tender administration activities, from RFP/RFQ issuance through clarification, evaluation, recommendation, and award.
• Administer procurement and e-tendering systems, ensuring accurate and timely maintenance of all tender records, documentation, and workflows.
• Coordinate bidder engagement activities, including issuing invitations, managing inquiries and clarifications, organizing bidder meetings, and monitoring submission compliance.
• Support technical and commercial evaluation processes by coordinating stakeholder inputs and preparing approval documentation.
• Maintain procurement trackers, dashboards, tender logs, and reporting tools, providing regular status updates to Procurement Managers and project stakeholders.
• Ensure procurement activities adhere to established governance frameworks, policies, procedures, approvals, and audit requirements.
• Collaborate with Procurement Managers to manage multiple concurrent tenders, proactively identifying and resolving issues, risks, and delays.
• Assist in the development and continuous improvement of procurement processes, templates, tools, and systems to enhance efficiency and compliance.
• Prepare procurement reports, tender summaries, recommendation documents, and management presentations as required.
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to ensure procurement requirements, timelines, and deliverables are clearly defined and achieved.

Required Experience and Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in procurement.
• Previous experience supporting large-scale city operations, infrastructure, government, or public-sector procurement programs.
• Professional procurement certification such as CIPS, CPSM, or equivalent.
• Experience developing procurement dashboards, trackers, and performance reports.

Desired Skills

• Strong stakeholder management and coordination skills across internal teams, vendors, and external bidders.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process improvement opportunities and support procurement transformation initiatives.
• Collaborative, proactive, and service-oriented mindset with a commitment to accountability, integrity, and compliance.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, within a team focused on delivering day-to-day tendering activities for Parsons Corporation.

Application Process

Interested candidates who meet the qualifications are encouraged to apply.