Senior Consultant Procurement, Labor Services

Job title:

Senior Consultant Procurement, Labor Services

Company

SGS

Job description

Company DescriptionWe are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Our 98,000 employees operate a network of 2,650 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.Job DescriptionSGS Maine Pointe is a global supply chain and operations consulting firm trusted by many chief executives and private equity firms to drive compelling economic returns for their companies. We achieve this by delivering accelerated, sustainable improvements in EBITDA, cash, resilience and growth across their procurement, logistics, operations and data analytics. Our hands-on implementation experts work with executives and their teams to rapidly break through functional silos and transform the plan-buy-make-move-fulfill digital supply chain to deliver the greatest ethical value to customers and stakeholders at the lowest cost and risk to business. We call this .Maine Pointe’s engagements are results-driven and deliver between 4:1-8:1 ROI. We are so confident in our work and our processes that we provide a unique 100% guarantee of engagement fees based on annualized savings.Come join our team…..As a Senior Consultant – Procurement, Labor Services Workstream Lead you will be responsible for applying your experience to collaborate with our Delivery Teams to deliver to our clients superior results, based upon scope of the assignment. You will be assigned to the Procurement category/work stream and collaborates with other SGS Maine Pointe resources to identify and analyze issues/inefficiencies and develop a road map for improved procurement processes during Phase I (Analysis), and/or during Phase 2 (Engagement). You will engage with the client and your SGS MP team to implement the appropriate solutions the result in quantifiable cost savings, improved sourcing capabilities and strategic procurement processes for assigned clients.You will:

• Provide timely delivery against detailed study/work stream plans meeting of milestones and delivery outcome.
• Engage clients to develop tools and processes transfer knowledge to transform strategic procurement capabilities.
• Develop category strategies to achieve the proposed results; this may include market analysis, supplier analysis, total cost analysis and needs analysis.
• Support execution of strategy by qualifying supplier participants, gathering detailed customer needs and executing RFXs.
• Understand and analyze existing client procurement spend, processes, strategies, and results.
• Establish and build effective working relationships with key client stakeholders. Be a trusted advisor to the client.
• Identify and escalate add-on sales opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in management, supply chain, engineering, operations management, business, or relevant field. Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 10 years of procurement strategy, purchasing, strategic sourcing, or suppler relationship management experience including experience with traditional purchasing processes with a combination of top-tier consulting firm and in-house/industry experience with a proven record of rapid career progression.
• Experience with maintenance and repairs is a must.
• Must have previous work experience in the downsteam oil and gas business
• Experience with leading and driving complex operation transformation engagements in a customer environment where change management was critical to success.
• Strategic sourcing approaches and methodologies
• Ability to develop, sustain and proactively manage value-added customer relationships.
• Capability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to solve complex business issues.
• Demonstrated ability to adapt quickly to changing customers and multi-task multiple assignments on one engagement.
• Demonstrated negotiation, change management and influence skills.
• Proven initiative, drive and focus on details.
• Ability to effectively manage change.
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Outstanding written and oral communications, facilitation, and presentation skills. Proven ability to communicate positively, directly and with impact to all levels.
• Detailed oriented problem solver with a proven ability to recognize a problem and implement corrective action when needed.
• Willingness to travel extensively, up to 85% (Canada and US travel)
• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodation. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.
• This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.
• **Candidate could be located anywhere in North America**
• Applicants need to be eligible to work in Canada or the USA.

Additional InformationSGS is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such we recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job classifications without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression and Indigenous status, or any other characteristics protected by law.To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily with or without reasonable accommodations. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skills, and/or abilities required.This job description should not be construed as an exhaustive statement of duties, responsibilities, or requirements, but a general description of the job. Nothing contained herein restricts the company’s rights to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities to this job at any time.Accommodations are available on request for qualified candidates during each stage of the recruitment process.Please note that candidates applying for Canadian job openings should be authorized to work in Canada.#IND

Expected salary

Location

Calgary, AB

Job date

Sun, 01 Dec 2024 23:18:06 GMT

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