Supplier Relationship Manager

About the role

The NS&E Supplier Relationship Manager provides GBU-level strategic leadership for the identification, development, governance, and performance of high-impact supplier and subcontractor relationships across NS&E business lines and regions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the NS&E SRM strategy, operating model, governance, and annual priorities.
• Segment the supplier and subcontractor portfolio based on business criticality, execution impact, spend, market leverage, risk, capability, innovation potential, and long-term strategic value.
• Establish executive sponsorship and structured engagement cadence for priority relationships.
• Prepare leaders for supplier interactions, define desired outcomes, document commitments, maintain escalation paths, and ensure follow-through across GBU, business line, regional, and project levels.
• Develop and maintain actionable engagement plans for high-impact partners.
• Partner with business lines and projects to identify critical suppliers and subcontractors early, align engagement with customer and execution strategies, integrate lessons learned, and prevent fragmented or duplicative project-level relationship management.
• Coordinate with Supply Chain Operations, Procurement, Subcontracts, Supplier Quality and Expediting, Engineering, Construction, Project Controls, Legal, Risk, Finance, Sustainability, Supplier Diversity, Category Management, and Marketing and Business Development to ensure relationship strategies are executable and aligned.
• Represent Bechtel in supplier forums, industry events, strategic meetings, and other external engagements.
• Build market credibility, strengthen access to supplier leadership, and communicate Bechtel expectations and long-term opportunity responsibly.
• Coach project and functional teams on relationship planning, executive engagement, issue escalation, and converting supplier interactions into long-term business value.

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor's degree (or international equivalent) and 10-13 years of progressive experience in Supply Chain, Procurement, Subcontracts, Supplier Management, Commercial Management, Project Management, Engineering, Construction or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.
• Significant experience supporting complex EPC programs, proposals, or project execution in regulated, quality-critical, government, nuclear, infrastructure, or similarly complex markets.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep functional experience in Procurement, Subcontracts, Supply Chain Operations, Supplier Quality, Category Management, or Commercial Management.
• Experience with nuclear, NQA-1, safety-related supply chains, government contracting, or other highly regulated environments.
• Experience developing supplier qualification strategies, engagement plans, executive briefings, agreements, contract documents, and customer-facing materials.
• Experience with strategic sourcing, enterprise agreements, localization, capacity reservation, pre-buy strategies, supplier development, or vertical integration assessments.
• Proficiency with Dynamics, Power BI, digital supply chain platforms, data analytics, automation, and AI tools such as Copilot.
• Demonstrated success piloting and scaling new processes, tools, datasets, dashboards, or operating models across projects, functions, or regions.
• Global experience working across cultures, business lines, regions, and distributed project teams.