Procurement Manager

Decima International is a professional services company, providing project management and controls services to clients in the United States and the Middle East. Our mission is to become the premier professional services provider across all industry sectors we are engaged in. To accomplish this, Decima International’s founders established a simple yet powerful formula:

Approach each client engagement as a partnership, create an environment that attracts the most talented professionals and allows them to flourish, and regulate growth to maintain excellence in our service standards.

If you are interested in a long and rewarding career working with high-profile clients on some of the most challenging projects in the world, then Decima is where you belong. At Decima, you will be able to explore incredible growth and professional development opportunities.

We are seeking a Procurement Manager to support hyperscale data center construction projects in an owner’s representative capacity. This role will support the owner through procurement planning, sourcing oversight, owner-direct procurement support, long-lead item tracking, procurement reporting, and procurement risk management.

This is not a back-office purchasing role or a replacement for the GC/CM’s procurement responsibilities. It is a project-focused role focused on procurement visibility, commercial alignment, schedule protection, and early identification of supply chain and vendor risks.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Act as the owner’s representative for procurement and sourcing activities on large-scale construction projects.
• Support procurement planning aligned with project scope, budget, schedule, contracting strategy, and required on-site dates.
• Provide owner-side review and oversight of GC/CM procurement activities, including procurement status, GC/CM prepared bid leveling summaries, award recommendations, and key procurement risks.
• Support owner-direct procurement activities, including OFCI/OFOI equipment, professional services, consultants, commissioning, testing, and other owner-managed packages.
• Review procurement packages, scopes, drawings, specifications, proposals, exclusions, assumptions, lead times, and commercial terms to support owner decision-making.
• Evaluate contractor and vendor proposals for alignment with scope, budget, schedule, delivery requirements, and commercial expectations.
• Track long-lead equipment and critical procurement items to support construction sequencing, commissioning, turnover, and schedule commitments.
• Maintain procurement logs for owner-direct packages, GC/CM procurement status, long-lead items, required-on site dates, delivery status, key milestones, and purchase order or contract values where applicable.
• Analyze vendor availability, lead times, pricing risks, and supply chain constraints to identify potential impacts on cost, schedule, and delivery.
• Identify procurement risks early and escalate issues that may impact project cost, schedule, scope, quality, or delivery.
• Coordinate with project managers, construction managers, cost managers, schedulers, contracts, legal, finance, GC/CM teams, vendors, and client stakeholders on procurement priorities, risks, approvals, and decisions.
• Partner with the Contracts Manager to ensure procurement recommendations, commercial clarifications, contract handoffs, and supporting documentation are complete and aligned with the owner’s interests.
• Monitor vendor, supplier, and GC/CM procurement performance against key commitments, including delivery dates, documentation, quality expectations, and commercial requirements.
• Prepare procurement status reports, risk summaries, lookaheads, decision logs, and recommendations for owner leadership.
• Support resolution of procurement-related issues and procurement closeout, including open commitments, final documentation, lessons learned, and performance feedback.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, Project Management, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in construction procurement, sourcing, supply chain, project procurement, preconstruction, construction management, or related project delivery roles.
• Owner-side, owner’s representative, developer, program management, construction management, or large capital project experience.
• Experience supporting large construction or capital projects in data center, mission-critical, healthcare, industrial, semiconductor, power, infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, or similar technical construction environments.
• Strong understanding of construction procurement, including RFP processes, bid leveling, vendor engagement, purchase orders, long-lead equipment, OFCI/OFOI coordination, delivery tracking, vendor qualification, logistics coordination, expediting, supplier performance reviews, and delivery risk management.
• Experience supporting or overseeing procurement for electrical, mechanical, design, engineering, commissioning, testing, equipment, professional services, MEP equipment, electrical gear, generators, switchgear, UPS systems, cooling equipment, or similar critical systems.
• Ability to review scopes of work, drawings, specifications, proposal documents, pricing sheets, exclusions, assumptions, alternates, lead times, and commercial terms.
• Experience supporting procurement activities under contract vehicles such as GMP, lump sum, design-build, CM-at-Risk, cost-plus, MSAs, or purchase order-based agreements.
• Experience coordinating procurement activities with owners, project teams, GC/CM teams, contractors, consultants, vendors, suppliers, legal, finance, and client stakeholders.
• Ability to identify procurement risks and explain the impact on project cost, schedule, delivery, and owner decision-making.
• Strong communication, negotiation, organization, documentation, reporting, and issue-resolution skills.
• Experience with procurement, project management, or reporting systems such as Procore, Unifier, e-Builder, Kahua, Oracle, SAP, Coupa, Smartsheet, Power BI, or similar platforms preferred.

POSITION DETAILS

• Location (On-site): Dubai, UAE
• Position: Procurement Manager
• Position Classification: Salary-based full-time hours

Please note: This position is part of our anticipated expansion in UAE. While we are excited about the opportunities this role will offer, the position is not currently active and is associated with the planned launch of our operations in the region. By applying, you acknowledge that this is a future opportunity and not an offer of immediate employment. We appreciate your interest and encourage you to express your intent to be considered once the role becomes available.

Decima International is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to the safety and well-being of all. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or medical conditions related to pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding), age, medical condition, marital or domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression and transgender status, mental disability or physical disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, citizenship, low-income status or any other status or characteristic protected by applicable law.