SGS: Strategic Sourcing Assistant — Remote, Canada

About SGS

SGS provides testing, inspection and certification services. Its employer descriptions connect this work with quality, compliance and sustainability, using laboratory and other business facilities to deliver services. These activities address related but distinct needs: examining products or materials, assessing conditions against requirements, and establishing conformity with an applicable framework. The business provides organisations with evidence and assessments relevant to their operations, supported by scientific, technical and administrative work around the services delivered.

The position and its setting

SGS lists Strategic Sourcing Assistant in Remote, Canada, under reference REF91474W. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Management, General Administration and Support Functions
• Employment type: Full-time
• Employer listing date: 23 October 2026
• Contract Type: Standard
• Legal Entity: CA_SGS Canada Inc
• Brands: SGS

Responsibilities and work described

• The Strategic Sourcing Assistant supports the Vice President, Procurement with administrative, P2P, analytical, review, evaluation, and coordination activities, and supports the Procurement Manager with sourcing data, RFx events, supplier reviews, and assigned procurement categories
• Strategic Sourcing Support: Supports the Vice President with administrative coordination, P2P activities, reviews, quick evaluations, follow-up actions, and procurement communications
• Supports the Procurement Manager by collecting and analyzing spend, supplier, pricing, and category data and preparing summaries and recommendations
• Coordinates RFx activities by gathering requirements, preparing documents, supporting RFI, RFP, and RFQ launches, and tracking responses, clarifications, deadlines, and approvals
• Assists with real estate, travel, fleet, facilities, operating supplies, logistics, and other categories through research, benchmarking, evaluations, and stakeholder coordination
• Supports requisitions, purchase orders, invoice issue resolution, trackers, reports, dashboards, presentations, and procurement file maintenance
• Assists with supplier evaluations, bid comparisons, savings validation, sourcing implementation, and action-item follow-up
• Adheres to internal standards, policies and procedures
• Supplier Management: Supports supplier relationship and performance reviews by compiling reports, issues, action items, and evaluation information
• Coordinates review meetings, collects information, documents decisions, and tracks agreed actions
• Reviews supplier reporting to help validate Service Level Agreements (SLAs), pricing, and key performance indicators
• Maintains issue logs, follows up on open items, and escalates material concerns

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Education and Experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
• 2-3 years of procurement-related experience
• Licenses and Certifications
• Knowledge/Skills/Abilities
• Planning, organization, analytical, and problem-solving skills with the ability to handle multiple concurrent projects
• Work in a fast-paced, virtual and environment
• Must be detail-oriented and comfortable working on your own initiative
• MS Office Excel skills, including creating and manipulating pivot tables
• Written and verbal communication skills
• Familiarity: eSourcing and eBuying tools, SharePoint
• Analysis and Problem Solving – analytical skills with the ability to turn findings into executable plans to meet business objectives
• Teamwork – Ability to work collaboratively with both suppliers and key stakeholders
• To influence successfully within a matrix environment and build effective business partnerships with all levels of team members
• Customer Focus - Ability to provide customer service, identifying, understanding and meeting internal/external stakeholder expectations

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM). (Preferred)

Location, schedule and contract conditions

For this overseas or regional listing, confirm work authorisation and any location restrictions with the employer. The location does not establish visa sponsorship or permission to work remotely from India.

• Work arrangement: Remote
• Advertised location: Remote, Canada

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Strategic Sourcing Assistant vacancy is not an offer for reference REF91474W; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

A closing date is not confirmed in this article. Check the current employer page before submitting: an undated posting can change or be withdrawn.

How to apply to SGS

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official SGS posting below and match the title and reference REF91474W.

Compare your qualifications and experience with the essential conditions for the Remote, Canada position, then read the preferred criteria separately.

Prepare an accurate CV and the supporting items requested in that employer’s application. Provide only information and documents you are authorised to share.

Use the employer’s application option, complete the required fields and review the submission. Retain the acknowledgement when one is provided. Job Alerts World does not receive the application.

Practical preparation: Excel

Excel examples should identify the task, the data and the checks used to avoid an incorrect result. Explain whether you built a reporting workbook, reconciled records, automated a process or maintained an existing model.

Relevant skills

• Excel
• MS Office
• maintenance
• procurement
• logistics
• stakeholder management
• communication
• pricing
• customer support
• partnership development