Procurement Supervisor

Company Description

We are SGS – the world's leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. Our 93,000 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories, working together to enable a better, safer and more interconnected world.

Job Description

Supervise and lead a team of procurement specialists, providing day-to-day guidance, coaching, performance monitoring, and workload prioritization to ensure timely and compliant execution of procurement activities.

• Oversee and manage strategic sourcing initiatives aligned with business requirements across diverse portfolios, including laboratories, services, operations, consumables, and corporate categories.
• Analyze, review, and optimize contracts to maximize value, mitigate commercial and operational risks, and ensure compliance with SGS procurement policies and regulatory requirements.
• Drive vendor life-cycle activities such as accreditation, evaluation, performance monitoring, and corrective actions, fostering strong, ethical, and mutually beneficial supplier partnerships.
• Lead negotiations with local and foreign suppliers to establish competitive agreements and ensure favorable commercial and technical outcomes.
• Identify supply-base risks, market trends, demand fluctuations, and technology developments to safeguard supply continuity and drive sourcing innovation.
• Develop, validate, and maintain annual savings pipelines covering OPEX savings, cost avoidance, and strategic initiatives, ensuring alignment with global procurement standards and reporting requirements.
• Monitor open Purchase Orders and ensure accurate and timely PO management, emphasizing the impact of procurement activities on the company's Profit & Loss (P&L) performance.
• Strengthen internal collaboration by coordinating closely with stakeholders across operations, laboratories, finance, legal, and other functions to ensure timely procurement, contract administration, and issue resolution.
• Promote a culture of integrity, compliance, and continuous improvement within the team, upholding SGS's QHSEE standards and procurement governance requirements.
• Strategic Sourcing
  
  Review and prioritize requests from end-users/business units, ensuring clarity of scope, compliance to timelines, and alignment with procurement procedures.
  
  Recommend awarding strategies and supplier selection decisions in accordance with sourcing procedures, DOA thresholds, and evaluation methodologies
• Oversee the creation, review, and approval of Purchase Orders in Oracle or equivalent ERP systems, ensuring accuracy and completeness of documentation.
  
  Coordinate with Finance for payment terms, supplier advances, and alignment of vendor master data as required.
  
  Supervise and validate importation monitoring tools, ensuring proper coordination with brokers, suppliers, and requesters.
  
  Lead the creation, renewal, and administration of contracts and blanket purchase agreements (BPAs) in Oracle to support operational continuity.
• Review and endorse monthly procurement KPI reports, savings updates, supplier performance assessments, and other operational dashboards prior to submission to the Procurement Manager.
• Ensure team compliance with QHSEE policies, including trainings, audits, incident reporting, waste disposal, EMS adherence, safety guidelines, and 5S standards.Supplier Management
  
  Ensures regular updating of vendor registry.
  
  Facilitates administration of Vendor-related activities such as registration, rating, onsite inspection, and evaluation of vendors.
  
  Analyzes spend information and recommends opportunities for reducing supplier costs.
  
  Manages and develops the existing and potential supplier pool.
  
  Creates supplier metrics that would optimize service levels.
  
  Searches for new potential suppliers and develops and sets up a supplier database.
  
  Evaluates new vendors based on set criteria and qualifications.
  
  Negotiates with local and international suppliers at the best possible terms (e.g. cost, delivery terms, payment terms etc.) and sets up frame contract.
  
  Knowledge Management
  
  Develops awareness of procurement processes.
  
  Ensure the knowledge of procurement processes and policies is recognized and documented in work instructions and procedures. Instructs and supports others in this area.
  
  Trains staff.
  
  Service Delivery
  
  Is first point of contact for escalations and knows how to solve the problems. Knows when to upscale escalations in case of complex/high risk issues and has excellent communications skills to explain problems/exceptions when escalation is needed.
  
  Process Improvement
  
  Identifies and implements improvements. Make sure parties involved are kept informed about improvements.
  
  Organizational Management
  
  Understands the different organization structures and types of reporting lines (formal, informal, hierarchical, product & function, geographical) adapts accordingly.
  
  Realizes changes relating to policy implementation and continuously improves services at team level.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or any related field.

Minimum of 6 years relevant experience in strategic procurement, sourcing, and contract management.

Minimum of 3 years experience in people management, supervising procurement or cross-functional teams.Strong leadership skills with demonstrated experience in coaching, developing, and managing a procurement team.

• Extensive knowledge of procurement processes, contract management, importation, customs regulations, and legal/commercial requirements.
• Proficiency in Oracle or similar ERP platforms, and advanced analytical capability with strong data skills.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to manage high-pressure situations and competing priorities.
• High integrity, professionalism, and commitment to ethical sourcing.
• Excellent negotiation and communication skills (written & verbal).
• Excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Strategically active in proposing innovative and proactive solutions
• Willingness to travel occasionally.
• Adequate knowledge of taxes and duties both domestic & international.
• Experience in import & export and knowledge of statutory & procedural requirements.
• Team Builder & Motivator

Proficiency in MS Office

Additional Information

Willing to report in the office 4x a week