PDS Sourcing & Procurement Lead (Construction)

Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and/or execute on strategy for direct oversight of Sourcing & Procurement (sourcing, contract, risk management, and vendor management) functions.
• Provide superior client service through providing objective recommendations.
• Provide strategic vision for all Sourcing and Procurement aspects of the PDS business including best practices and innovation.
• Drive the use of the PDS preferred supplier program (Synergy) to drive value to Project Managers, Accounts, Clients, and our Synergy supplier partners.
• Identify risks and opportunities to management and recommend strategies to achieve company goals.
• Effectively develop and lead complex short-term and longer term sourcing strategies, effectively manage suppliers and internal networks to deliver best in class performance.
• Responsible for Business Intelligence spend analysis to identify sourcing and value creation opportunities.
• Effectively manage supplier(s) to ensure overall performance expectations are met across the region and associated accounts.
• Continually manage/assess suppliers through scorecards.
• Own sourcing compliance and controls across PDS.
• Identify and develop opportunities for improvement.
• Develop and maintain systematic, analytical, and results-based method for savings, monitoring supplier’s performance, sourcing effectiveness and communicate these results to the business.
• Establish and maintain relationships within Americas’ Leadership across all business lines.
• Comply with all JLL and client policies and procedures, including but not limited to ethics and business practice.
• People Management
• Work closely with HR to track internal and external bench, assess needs and fit, and manage HR requests such as IPMP, Talent Review, Promotions, and other corporate talent development initiatives.
• Provide superior employee management in a matrixed organization.
• Establish defined Career Paths for teams, and succession and growth planning concepts.

Requirements

• Excellent Inter-personal skills, Organization skills, Strong Analytical Ability, Proven ability to lead teams in decentralized environment.
• 3+ years of PDS / Construction sourcing experience
• Self-motivated and able to perform the role with minimal supervision; takes ownership and demonstrates sense of urgency while managing multiple priorities in a dynamic environment.
• Excellent communication skills – oral and written.
• Bachelor's degree (BA/BS) from four-year college or university and 15+ years strategic sourcing or related experience; MBA preferred.
• 5+ years of supervisory experience
• Project management and business transitions experience preferred.
• Excellent PC skills, proficient in MS Office applications