Make an impact with SGS! With more than 94,000 employees and 2,600 offices and laboratories across the world, SGS is a silent force working hard behind the scenes to deliver quality and integrity to businesses across nine industries. As the world’s leader in providing inspection, verification, testing and certification services, Forbes ranked the SGS Group as one of the world’s top multinationals and one of the world’s most innovative companies. The Dow Jones Sustainability Index has also recognized the SGS Group for its sustainability processes. In Canada, SGS employs over 2,000 team members across 70 locations.

• Management of both EPC/EPCM and direct vendor management relationships
• Provide end-to-end procurement services including;
• Procurement strategy and planning
• Risk Mitigation
• Budget creation and project forecasts
• Spend analysis
• Contracting plan
• Competitive document formation and Template creation
• Vendor negotiation and award
• Contract formation and contract management
• Develop and execute highly complex competitive bid (RFx) processes that include:
• Clearly defined scope of work, key evaluation criteria and decision factors, including procurement and project risk factors and probability of occurrence
• Information to assess supplier capabilities, expertise, competencies and capacity
• Build and maintain working relationships with clients and stakeholders within the organization and guide cross-functional teams through the sourcing, negotiation and contract transitioning stages
• Track and monitor procurement milestones to ensure deliverables are achieved as scheduled/on-time 
• Provision of coaching/mentoring to procurement staff in the department
• Perform contract management duties for major equipment and supply & Install contracts; including identifying contract issues and problems, working collaboratively with other departments and recommending corrective actions to ensure the proper resolution is achieved, and participating in meetings, as necessary to discuss contract issues/disputes
• Manages vendor performance ensuring plans, metrics, and monitoring tools are in place to ensure quality, delivery, compliance to specifications, price, ethics and overall business conditions are met 
• Manage supplier relationships

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• Ten years’ experience providing relevant procurement and contract management services 
• Degree in related field - Engineering, Quantity Surveying or Construction management.
• Experience working in large scale civil construction projects involving significant engineering, environmental, technical and safety components,
• Proven success with planning complex procurement strategies and contract plans 
• Experience leading multi-discipline team in major procurement initiatives and working with large organizations 
• Understands different procurement models and methodologies and their applications 
• Exemplary written and oral presentation skills

SGS Canada is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to achieving greater accessibility by providing accommodation for people with disabilities during our hiring process.  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.