Global Procurement

Job Description

As a member of the SGS Global Procurement & Real Estate team, this role is focused on following up and supporting countries Procurement & Real Estate departments to achieve their targets and constantly improve, while staying aligned with SGS Procurement & Real Estate agenda.

Responsibilities:

Animate and align assigned countries on Global and Local Procurement & Real estate agendas Active partnering in countries, including participation to local management team meetings and local Procurement committees when relevant Engage frequently with respective local and regional finance managers Align and validate countries targets year on year Monthly follow-up with all assigned countries Provide mentoring, coaching and intelligence as required on categories to support pipeline development and execution Validate reported savings and take accountability for countries performances Ensure consistency of global and local Procurement & Real Estate activities This role also entails the negotiation and follow-up of competitive deals: Together with procurement teams and various stakeholders, develops a pipeline of sourcing projects based on internal and external analysis and fully aligned with the stakeholders’ requirements Ensures tenders are executed in a way that they deliver best value (price / product or service) with minimum risk to SGS Ensure that the procurement process is run in the most efficient way and according to SGS standards Evaluate the proposals and make recommendations Prepare negotiation strategy Involves all parties that need to bring input or participate in decisions Pro-actively and effectively collaborate with relevant internal stakeholders that need to bring input and take decisions Accountable for contract finalization and related timelines Initiate implementation of the contract when required and follows up on the progress Ensures that price evolution during the contract life cycle is aligned with procurement objectives guaranteeing price competitiveness and stability, by constantly monitoring the market evolution and challenging contracted suppliers Conducts regular performance reviews with suppliers to review the evolution of relationship and spend, ensure compliance with the contracts and relevant SLAs Assist business when required in the operational supplier relationship management

Qualifications

University degree in Business Administration, Procurement or Supply Chain Proven strong negotiation and contractual experience, both at strategic and operational levels Very good understanding of contract laws and standard forms of contracts Strategic thinker but also hands-on - “roll up the sleeves” mentality is crucial Strong Leadership, Influencing and Change Management skills to work in a matrix organization Clear and fast thinker able to talk “stakeholder language” and convince them Entrepreneurial skills, allowing to take independent decisions when appropriate Pragmatic, self-starter, efficient and highly driven by objectives Strong but diplomatic personality with high ambitions, able to build trust, respect and confidence Acts quickly and decisively, able to make tough calls Ability to work under pressure with shifting priorities, interacting, and adjusting to diverse cultures and time-zones Full fluency in English and Spanish Ability to collaborate fully virtually with teams, stakeholders and suppliers Very good Excel and data management skills Excellent interpersonal communications and presentation skills Detail and process-oriented, and analytical with strong work organization capability Teamwork and oriented to internal customer service At least ten years of experience in a strategic Procurement role in a multinational organization

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