AVP, Procurement Solutions & Operational Excellence

Job Description

WSP is currently seeking an Assistant Vice President of Procurement Solutions & Operational Excellence to join our team. The position can be based out of any WSP US office location. This is a strategic role responsible for automation, data integration, reporting infrastructure, and operational efficiency across Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Subcontracting, Vendor Management, Fleet, and Asset Management. Focused on accelerating billing cycles, improving cost transparency, enabling data-driven decision-making, and increasing procurement value delivery.

• Design and implement procurement automation solutions
• Integrate operational systems via APIs (Samsara, Holman, Smartsheet, etc.)
• Support development of executive dashboards (Power BI) for procurement KPIs
• Support CLM implementation and process optimization
• Accelerate billing cycle velocity and cost allocation transparency
• Build supplier performance analytics and vendor management reporting
• Support Federal and Commercial Subcontracting workflow optimization
• Develop business-line level reporting to enable performance benchmarking
• Support category management through spend analytics and reporting
• Partner with internal reporting teams to define and track KPIs
• Identify automation opportunities that reduce manual workload
• Support billable project work when applicable
• Enhance the regional team's access to real-time data from both global and regional data centers
• Support simplification of US Federal Government and related procurement processes

• 10+ years of related experience
• Bachelors degree or equivalent
• Experience with API integrations (Samsara, Holman, Smartsheet or similar platforms)
• Advanced Power BI expertise
• Strong data modeling and reporting design capability
• Project management experience
• Expertise implementing automation in operational environments
• Understanding of procurement and subcontracting workflows

• Process simplification mindset
• Finance acumen (billing, cost allocation, overhead vs project costing)
• Cross-functional collaboration
• Executive communication capability
• Bias towards measurable outcomes

• Reduced billing lag
• AP capacity release
• Improved data integrity
• Increased procurement value creation
• Enterprise-wide transparency

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Expected Salary (all locations): $ - $. WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $ - $.

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.  

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. At WSP, we want to give our…