One specialist.
The output of three.
I'm Amy-Marie Holland - a contract procurement specialist with 15 years in Alberta oil & gas and construction. I use AI tools to deliver the quality and speed of a full procurement team.
The most expensive problem you're not solving.
Your ops manager reviews contracts between site visits. Your PM runs RFQs off the side of their desk. This is hitting your bottom line whether you see it or not.
Cost leakage is invisible
Industry benchmarks show 3-5% of construction spend is lost to invoice fraud, duplicate payments, and unauthorized purchasing. On a $50M project, that's $1.5M-$2.5M walking out the door.
Your people are stretched too thin
Procurement is its own discipline - with its own skill set, tools, and pitfalls. Asking your PM to do it is like asking them to run your books. They can try. You won't like the results.
A full-time hire doesn't pencil
A procurement specialist in Alberta runs $150-230K fully loaded. For most companies, that's hard to justify - especially when project loads fluctuate. You need the expertise without the overhead.
You wouldn't ask your PM to run your books. So why ask them to negotiate a $500K contract?
- The thesis, in one line
Numbers don't lie.
Cost savings on addressable spend
Companies with dedicated procurement save 6–12% compared to those managing it off the side of someone's desk.
Source · The Hackett GroupOf revenue flows through procurement
When nobody's watching that spend, small inefficiencies add up to six- and seven-figure problems fast.
Source · CAPS ResearchOf companies don't manage supplier relationships
The rest are running on autopilot - paying whatever gets invoiced without a second look.
Source · Deloitte Global CPO Survey
Amy-Marie Holland.
15 years in Alberta oil & gas and construction procurement. Trans Mountain Pipeline, Inter Pipeline, Fortis, ExxonMobil, ATCO Gas Storage, Aveda Transportation - I've managed contracts and run RFPs across major capital projects in Western Canada.
I use AI tools to handle the grunt work - invoice matching, spend categorization, compliance tracking, contract analysis. That means I deliver the thoroughness of a full procurement team, on my own, faster than you'd expect. The judgment calls, negotiations, and relationships are all me.
Based in Calgary. Available for contract and project work across Western Canada.
Have a project? Let's talk.
If you need contract procurement support - whether it's running an RFP, cleaning up vendor files, or covering a leave - I'd like to hear about it. I work on contract and project-based engagements across Western Canada.
- Phone403-519-9044↗
- Emailinfo@procurawest.ca↗
- LinkedIn/company/procura-west↗
- OfficeCalgary, Alberta↗