Proposal Procurement Lead

Veolia Group is a global leader in environmental services, operating across all five continents with nearly 218,000 employees. Specializing in water, energy, and waste management, Veolia Group designs and implements innovative solutions for decarbonization, depollution, and resource regeneration, supporting communities and industries in their ecological transformation. Within this framework, Veolia's Water Technology Business brings together a dedicated team of experienced professionals committed to tackling the world’s most complex challenges related to water scarcity, quality, productivity, and energy. Together, we pursue a shared mission to create a more sustainable future.

The Proposal Procurement Lead (estimator) is a strategic cost management professional responsible for determining current and expected material costs of Veolia-supplied equipment and third-party components to establish accurate project budgets during the proposal phase and throughout project execution. This role serves as a critical bridge between sales, engineering, and procurement functions, ensuring that cost strategies are optimized for project profitability while maintaining competitive positioning in the market.

Key Characteristics

• Effective communication
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills
• Capable collaborator with ability to communicate across all levels of the organization
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced and challenging environment
• Team Spirit

Duties & Responsibilities

Be a Strategic Partner to Help WIN Projects, Ensuring Successful Execution and Improving Margins

• Serve as the primary cost strategy architect, collaborating with Project Proposal/Sales, Category Teams, Engineering, Logistics, Quality, and Procurement stakeholders to develop optimized cost strategies that encompass materials, equipment, and procurement labor
• Lead and coordinate project procurement teams during the tender phase, ensuring alignment on cost objectives and timeline requirements
• Develop comprehensive project cost strategies by leveraging quotations, vendor contracts, material costing databases, cost standards, and historical project data to inform accurate estimations
• Establish and maintain cost standards, estimation tools, and detailed records that serve as reference materials for future project costing and continuous improvement
• Transfer cost strategy knowledge to project execution teams and facilitate Return-on-Experience (REX) sessions to capture lessons learned and refine future cost approaches
• Assess project risks and identify appropriate contingencies for inclusion in proposal material costing; maintain current knowledge of market conditions and supply chain dynamics that impact costs
• Provide expert cost estimation for third-party materials and equipment, ensuring comprehensive budget coverage across all project components
• Maintain proficiency with company software systems, including Google Suite and SAP, to ensure accurate data management and reporting
• Uphold company values, ethical standards, and safety policies in all procurement and costing activities

 

Hard Skills

• Above average mathematical skills and mechanical aptitude in an engineering environment
• Solid understanding of costing methodology, ability to apply logic and reasoning to properly develop costs with limited input
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings, fabrication drawings and specifications
• Above average knowledge in engineering equipment or manufacturing environment

Soft Skills

• Effective communication & Team Spirit
• Expert: Demonstrate subject matter expertise in the field.
• Strategic: Gets the big game. Understands long term. Respects short term but doesn’t get hung up in the noise.
• Inspirational: Ability to inspire/ motivate others.
• Curious: Ability to pose high impact questions, seeing opportunities in areas where others see problems.
• Courageous: Champions ideas and helps transform them into actions.
• Humble: Respectful towards peers, team members, leadership, and stakeholders.
• Holistic: Think Customer and Company first.
• Accountable: Demonstrates responsibility ownership and commitment. Taking responsibility for making tough calls when necessary.
• Ambitious: Identifies underlying truths and comes up with ideas that change the way we conceptualize issues, depicts a vision of the future that rallies teams to compete in new ways.

Education & Experience

Required:

• 7 + years’ combined work experience in Water & Wastewater sector or other EPC environment as Mechanical, Commercial engineer , Project management and Procurement, Supply chain background

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor Degree in Engineering
• Candidate with an MBA, Master's Degree and / or certification like CPM/CPSM, PMP, etc.
• Good understanding of procurement sub-functions and water treatment technologies (products and operations).

Working Conditions

• Annual travel required.<10

At Veolia, we realize diverse teams make smarter decisions, deliver better results, and build stronger communities. We’re an organization that champions diversity and inclusion at every rung of the ladder and are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.

To ensure transparency and compliance with employment laws, we provide the following details regarding this position:

Compensation: The compensation range is tied to the market for similarly benchmarked roles. The range is not an absolute, but a guide, and offers will be based on the individual candidate’s knowledge, skills, experience and market conditions, as well as internal peer equity. Depending upon all the preceding considerations for the final selected individual candidate, the offer may be lower or higher than the stated range: $94,863.00 - $104,273.00 annually&#xa0;&#xa0;+ 10% AIP.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Disclosure: We do not use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to screen, assess, or select applicants for this position.

Vacancy Status: This posting is for an existing vacancy.

Veolia does not accept unsolicited resumes from external recruiting firms. All vendors must have a current and fully executed MSA on file before submitting candidates. Any unsolicited resumes and candidate profiles will be deemed the property of the company and no fee will be due.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.

As an inclusive company, Veolia is committed to diversity and gives equal consideration to all applications, without discrimination.