Strategic Sourcing Assistant

🔥 12 hours ago

🇨🇦 Canada – Remote

💵 $64.9k - $72k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟢 Junior

🟡 Mid-level

🛒 Procurement

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SGS

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10,000+ employees

Founded 1878

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🍽️ Food & Beverage

Consulting • Healthcare • Food & Beverage

SGS is the world's leading Testing, Inspection, and Certification (TIC) company, providing a comprehensive range of services designed to assure quality and integrity across various sectors. SGS is focused on sustainability, offering climate action services and an all-encompassing ESG portfolio under its IMPACT NOW suite. The company has ambitious targets for growth by 2027, driven by its strategy to address global megatrends. SGS operates globally, providing business assurance, connectivity and products, digital trust, health and nutrition, and solutions for industries and the environment.

📋 Description

• Support the Vice President, Procurement with administrative coordination, P2P activities, reviews, evaluations, follow-up actions, and procurement communications • Collect and analyze spend, supplier, pricing, and category data and prepare summaries and recommendations • Coordinate RFx activities, including requirements gathering, document preparation, RFI/RFP/RFQ launches, response tracking, clarifications, deadlines, and approvals • Assist with real estate, travel, fleet, facilities, operating supplies, logistics, and other procurement categories through research, benchmarking, evaluations, and stakeholder coordination • Support requisitions, purchase orders, invoice issue resolution, trackers, reports, dashboards, presentations, and procurement file maintenance • Assist with supplier evaluations, bid comparisons, savings validation, sourcing implementation, and action-item follow-up • Support supplier relationship and performance reviews by compiling reports, issues, action items, and evaluation information • Coordinate supplier review meetings, collect information, document decisions, and track agreed actions • Review supplier reporting to help validate SLAs, pricing, and key performance indicators • Maintain issue logs, follow up on open items, and escalate material concerns • Adhere to internal standards, policies, and procedures

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent • 2-3 years of procurement-related experience • Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) preferred • Strong planning, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills • Ability to handle multiple concurrent projects • Ability to work in a fast-paced, virtual and dynamic environment • Detail-oriented and comfortable working on your own initiative • Excellent MS Office Excel skills, including creating and manipulating pivot tables • Excellent written and verbal communication skills • Familiarity with eSourcing and eBuying tools and SharePoint • Ability to turn findings into executable plans to meet business objectives • Ability to work collaboratively with suppliers and key stakeholders • Ability to influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships • Ability to provide excellent customer service and meet internal/external stakeholder expectations

🏖️ Benefits

• 80% coverage Health, Dental and Vision • Paid time off • RRSP Program Eligibility • Remote work