Sourcing Specialist

The role will focus on end-to-end procurement and sourcing activities beyond initial RFPs already completed (Project Management and Design), ensuring the timely and compliant delivery of additional sourcing waves including main contractor, relocation services, IT infrastructure, and ancillary vendors.

The successful candidate will work closely with Corporate Real Estate, Finance, Legal, and key stakeholders including SG Group Sourcing Division members from the Head office in France to deliver sourcing outcomes aligned with governance, cost efficiency, and project timelines. He/she will be in charge of ensuring the respect of SG’s Sourcing processes and best practices as well as using SG’s sourcing.

Key Responsibilities:

Sourcing & Procurement Execution

• Lead end-to-end sourcing processes (RFI / RFP / RFQ) for remaining project categories, including but not limited to: 
  • Main contractor / fit-out contractor
  • Relocation / move management services
  • IT cabling / infrastructure vendors
  • Furniture, fixtures & equipment (FF&E)
  • Security, access control, and specialist vendors
• Develop and manage sourcing strategies, ensuring competitiveness and alignment with project requirements

• Prepare commercial evaluation models and manage bid analysis

  Stakeholder Management

  
  
• Act as a procurement partner to Corporate Real Estate and project stakeholders
• Facilitate vendor clarification sessions, proposal reviews, and negotiation workshops
• Provide ongoing reporting to senior management on sourcing progress, risks, and savings opportunities

Commercial Negotiation & Contracting

• Lead commercial negotiations to optimize cost, delivery, and risk allocation
• Coordinate with Legal to draft, review, and finalize contracts
• Ensure alignment with internal policies, regulatory expectations, and audit requirements

Supplier Management & Risk Control

• Conduct vendor due diligence, risk screening, and onboarding
• Ensure vendors meet compliance, ESG, and risk management standards
• Monitor supplier performance during sourcing phase and transition to execution teams

Governance & Reporting

• Ensure all sourcing activities comply with internal procurement policies and banking regulatory standards
• Maintain audit-ready documentation across all sourcing events
• Provide structured project reporting (timeline, savings, risk, decision logs)

Education

• University Bachelor’s Degree and above

The candidate should ideally have:

• 10+ years experience in Sourcing / Vendor Management and ideally from Banking industry
• Strategic sourcing vision
• Strong knowledge in Asia market benchmark and local regulatory requirements
• Strong analytical, negotiation and interpersonal skills
• Excellent oral and written communication skills (English). 
• Operating knowledge of e-Sourcing tool would be a significant plus
• Proven track records of negotiation (commercials and contract) on big tickets
• Good coordination skills and project management 
• Knowledge and understanding of contracts and legal clauses
• Be able to work under pressure plus self-starter

Behavioral Skills

• Responsibility - Courage: I express my convictions and make decisions with courage and respect.
• Commitment - Exemplarity: I embody the Group’s values 
• Responsibility - Performance: I strive for high performance
• Responsibility - Risk awareness: I am constantly on the lookout for risks 
• Innovation - Thinking out of the box/Creativity: I propose new ideas and solutions
• Team Spirit - Conflict Management: I deal with conflicts proactively and in a positive mode
   

Our Culture:

At Societe Generale, we live by our 4 core values of commitment, responsibility, team spirit and innovation. We are engaged and demonstrate consideration for others. We act ethically and with courage. We focus our talent and energy on collective success. We experiment and propose new ideas. This way, we maximize our ability to serve client needs and anticipate market changes. Societe Generale is committed to strengthening bonds with colleagues, communities, and the world in which we live, because relationships are at the heart of how we operate. Please visit our APAC career website: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/building-your-career-with/ for more information. 

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I):

Our mission: Recruit, develop, advance, and retain a diverse workforce that is united in our efforts to enhance our competitive position and deliver innovative solutions to our clients.

Our vision:

• Engaged workforce that is demographically diverse in a way that reflects the communities in which we operate
• Inclusive culture and workplace that recognizes employees' unique needs and utilizes their diverse talents 
• Engage our community and marketplace, and position the organization to meet the needs of all its clients

Check out our DE&I initiatives: https://www.societegenerale.asia/en/careers/diversity-equity-inclusion-dei/

Societe Generale is committed to offering an inclusive recruitment experience to all candidates.  If you require any reasonable accommodations of assistance during the recruitment process, please do not hesitate to let our HR staff know.