Procurement Specialist

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As an industry leader Balfour Beatty offers employees a comprehensive benefits package with competitive salaries and more including:

• Medical, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
• Health Savings Account
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Dependent & Medical Reimbursement)
• Vacation Time
• Sick Time
• Holidays
• Paid Volunteer time
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Bonus

Summary

Balfour Beatty is seeking a Procurement Specialist for our Jacksonville, Florida-based procurement team. This hybrid role offers a mix of remote work and in-person teamwork. The candidate should live near a Balfour Beatty U.S. office.

The Procurement Specialist plays a pivotal role in driving strategic sourcing and supplier management initiatives that deliver measurable value. This is a high-impact position focused on strategy, analysis, and relationship management - not transactional purchasing or routine purchase order processing. In this role, you'll leverage data-driven insights to develop sourcing strategies, negotiate complex contracts, and build strong supplier partnerships that align with organizational goals. Successful candidates will bring proven experience in strategic procurement and thrive in a collaborative, analytical environment.

• Develop and manage a comprehensive preferred supplier network across categories, contributing to robust category plans.
• Establish and monitor supplier performance metrics and benefits tracking to demonstrate the ongoing value of procurement initiatives.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships to influence behaviors and ensure Procurement is appropriately engaged in all relevant sourcing activities.
• Support strategic savings projects-including RFPs, RFIs, and direct negotiations-under the guidance of department leadership.
• Analyze, consolidate, and rationalize historical spend data within assigned categories to inform sourcing strategies.
• Serve as the subject matter expert on strategic procurement procedures for your categories and act as the primary resource for internal stakeholders.
• Develop and deliver clear communication strategies to keep stakeholders informed of key procurement activities and outcomes.
• Assist in preparing category-level forecasts and financial performance reports to support planning and decision-making.
• Implement robust Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) processes, ensuring governance, metrics, and continuous improvement actions are in place.

• Education: Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university with 0-2 years of related professional experience preferred; OR equivalent experience in procurement or finance-related activities may be considered in lieu of a degree.
• Analytical Skills: Strong aptitude for data analytics tools and methodologies; comfortable working with raw datasets.
• Technical Expertise: Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel (Power Pivot, VLOOKUP, complex formulas); experience with business analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI) is a plus.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent listening skills with the ability to focus on issues critical to stakeholders; proven ability to work independently while contributing to team objectives.
• Critical Thinking: Sharp, detail-oriented thinker with a proactive and tenacious approach to problem-solving.
• Customer Focus: Strong commitment to meeting and exceeding stakeholder expectations.
• Procurement Knowledge: Familiarity with contracts and contract negotiation processes.
• Reporting & Presentation: Ability to prepare detailed, error-free analyses and present findings clearly and concisely.
• Industry Experience: Exposure to the construction industry is advantageous.

Balfour Beatty US is an industry-leading provider of general contracting, at-risk construction management and design-build services for public and private sector clients across the nation. Performing heavy civil and vertical construction, our teams build the unique structures and infrastructure that play an important role in how people live, work, learn and play in our communities. Our teammates have an instinctive passion for innovating that is fueled by a relentless curiosity, a drive to employ lean practices and processes and the determination to find a better way. Through Zero Harm, we are challenging the construction industry's assumptions about safety. We believe that no level of harm should come to anyone as a result of our business.

Consistently ranked among the nation's largest building contractors by Engineering News-Record, our US business is a subsidiary of London-based Balfour Beatty plc (LSE: BBY).

Balfour Beatty is an equal opportunity employer that recognizes the value of a diverse workforce. All qualified individuals will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other criteria protected by federal, state or local law.