Strategic Sourcing Specialist
SGS North America Inc.

Rutherford, New Jersey

Posted in Consultancy


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Job Info


Company Description

SGS is the world's leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 89,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

Job Description

The Strategic Sourcing Specialist is involved in the strategic sourcing of multiple sourcing categories mostly across in US and Canada. They are responsible for source selection, contract negotiations and administration of complex multi-million-dollar contracts. In addition, they perform internal spend analysis, prepare bid packages, proposal analysis and evaluation, contract provision negotiation, supplier selection/recommendation, contract award and administration.

  • Category Management - Manages the strategic sourcing of various products and services across multiple business lines; performs the end-to-end sourcing and stakeholder engagement process. Utilizes multi-step sourcing to gather requirements, launch RFx initiatives, evaluate and analyze results, and communicate recommendations to all levels of the organization and external supply base. Drafts, negotiates, develops, and executes supplier agreements, statements of work, service level agreements, and RFx documents with the objective of creating strategic business opportunities and savings for the organization.
  • Relationship Management - Partners, interfaces, and builds relationships with internal customers to understand their requirements for products and services.
  • Supplier Management - Builds and maintains strategic supplier relationships to help reduce costs and eliminate inefficiencies. Ensures that suppliers and service providers comply with all service level agreements and regulatory requirements for the products and/or services that they provide.


Qualifications

Education and Experience
  • Bachelor's degree in Procurement and Supply Management, or Business Administration, or in a related discipline
  • 2-4+ years of Strategic Sourcing experience
  • Outlined above education and experience with a concentration on Professional Services, including HR, Legal, Real Estate, etc. (Preferred)
  • Experience working in E-Sourcing tool, Oracle iProcurement (Preferred)
Licenses and Certifications
  • Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) certification (Preferred)
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
  • Strong planning, organization, analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Exceptional customer service, client support and business service consulting skills
  • Negotiation skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to recommend solutions and implement changes
  • Proven time management skills and strong attention to detail
  • Ability to effectively present and discuss information (Preferred)
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment
  • Possess the qualities of self-motivation and results-orientation
  • Ability to build effective professional business-related relationships
Computer Skills
  • MS Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) and other web-based communication tools - Intermediate user proficiency
  • E-Sourcing tool, Oracle iProcurement - Intermediate user proficiency (Preferred)



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