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Your Impact:

Our People & Places Solutions business – reinforces our drive to improve the lives of people everywhere and epitomizes the "why" of what we do – the tremendous positive impact and value our solutions bring to our communities and society as a whole. From facilities delivering life-saving therapies and ensuring clean water to enabling the connection of people through all modes of transportation and providing access to technology – we're integrating a multitude of these solution elements to build the smart environments of tomorrow.

Start your Jacobs career with a company that inspires and empowers you to deliver your best work so you can evolve, grow and succeed – today and into tomorrow.

Key duties of the role include:

• Preparation of Procurement Strategies

• Development of Vendors lists and assembling of Requests for Quotations (RFQ's)

• Evaluation and conditioning of Vendor responses

• Carrying out commercial checks for Vendors and past performance

• Conducting negotiations to enable the shortlisting of Vendors

• Make shortlist recommendations to the Manager of Procurement, project team and the Client, highlighting distinguishing factors between Vendors and the rationale behind recommendations

• Conducting final negotiations with selected Vendors and the preparation of subcontracts/purchase orders in compliance with the procurement governance

• Monitoring Vendor performance and managing claims/change orders. Reviewing of invoices for accuracy. Tracking procurement status and delivery performance. Closing out complete subcontracts and purchase orders

• Liaise with the project team to assist with the resolution of supply issues and when required:

• Provide monthly reports on procurement and Vendor performance

• Monitor the supply market to identify potential new Vendors and products and meet with Vendors to understand their products

• Understand the market, keeping abreast of market developments, demand trends and risks

• Focus on exceeding minimum service expectations by delivering an agile, value adding service with a deep understanding of the Client’s requirements, functional knowledge and process efficiency

• Establish performance led, long term Vendor relationships focusing on value for money, service & product quality and continuous improvement to drive competitive advantage for the project

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Here’s what you’ll need :

• Bachelors degree or high school diploma

• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in supply management or related fields in the EPCM industry

• Proven capability of working within a procurement team carrying out procurement activities, Vendor relationships including negotiation, production of subcontracts/purchase orders documents and process compliance

• Overall knowledge of industry business: understands major technical and organizational business issues related to purchasing. Extensive knowledge of commercial procurement laws and standards as they relate to Jacobs operations management and project delivery.

• Good understanding of construction subcontracting

• Good communications and writing skills, ability to effectively author contractual commitment documents, as well as internal and external communications

• Knowledge of written and spoken English and Italian

• Availability to travel for short/long term assignments

Why Jacobs:

At Jacobs we value people. Having the right balance of diversity, career and lifestyle enables us to consistently deliver and exceed clients’ expectations.

Please submit your resume in English.

We know that if we are inclusive, we’re more connected, and if we are diverse, we’re more creative. We accept people for who they are, regardless of age, disabilities, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, mental health, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. Find out more about life at Jacobs (https://www.jacobs.com/about/inclusion-and-diversity?_ga=2.177185317.1602347835.1688374070-5x0pheppwtdhy8do) .

As a Disability Confident employer, we will interview all disabled applicants who meet the criteria for a vacancy.

If you require further support or reasonable adjustments with regards to the recruitment process (for example, you require the application form in a different format), please contact the team Jacobs Italia jacobsita@jacobs.com

At Jacobs, we’re challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world’s most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. With $15 billion in revenue and a talent force of more than 60,000, Jacobs provides a full spectrum of professional services including consulting, technical, scientific and project delivery for the government and private sector.

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