Full time
Contract type: Standard
Company Description
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 Tech 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.
Job Description
The Proposal Procurement Lead (PPL) is responsible for determining current and expected material costs and engineering budgets for Veolia Water Technologies-supplied equipment during the ambiguity bidding phase. Reporting to the Senior Manager - Proposal Procurement, North America this role serves as an agile Strategy Enabler to optimize cost-competitiveness and manage operational supply chain risks.



The PPL leads complex project bids (approximate $200 M annual deal value), standardizing procurement workflows, leveraging proposal procurement SOPs and negotiating critical spend packages.
Duties & Responsibilities:
Strategic Thinking: Lead the procurement strategy and optimize bid competitiveness while identifying and mitigating supply chain risks
Champions the structured proposal procurement and tender SOP and utilizes digital Proposal Automation Tools and Standardized Flowsheets to drive standard tender processing.
Actively routes sourcing packages and collaborates with Global Category, Regional Technical Category, and Execution teams to secure competitive 'bottom costs' and avoid uncompetitive pricing.
Maintains accuracy in cost databases (including the NORAM Price Book) and tracks Return-on-Experience (REX) action plans to ensure execution feedback is applied to new bids.
Execute Proposal SOP: Leading proposal costing and the execution of proposal process from proposal kick off until cost finalization, bid submission, and project

📌 Proposal Procurement Lead (Oakville)
🏢 Veolia
📍 Oakville