Sourcing Specialist - World Wide Inspection

LRQA; Mumbai; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

LRQA is seeking a Technical Subcontractor Recruiter to build a sustainable global ecosystem of subcontractor agencies, inspectors, expeditors, and specialists to support LRQA’s Inspection and other businesses.

The role focuses on identifying, attracting, qualifying, onboarding, and maintaining a high-quality network across disciplines to fulfill client requirements quickly while ensuring compliance and quality. This position supports LRQA’s global growth strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering is required.
• 5-8 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Resource Management, Procurement, or Vendor Management.
• Demonstrated experience sourcing technical professionals globally.
• Experience supporting multinational operations with geographically dispersed resources.

Responsibilities

• Source, recruit, and onboard inspectors, auditors, expeditors, and technical specialists globally.
• Build and maintain subcontractor and freelance pools across multiple sectors.
• Develop proactive recruitment campaigns for strategic regions and disciplines.
• Forecast resource requirements with Sales and Operations teams.
• Coordinate technical assessments with LRQA SMEs and client teams.

Skills

Data Analytics

Power BI

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Professional certification in recruitment or supply chain management (preferred)

Job description

The Technical Subcontractor Recruiter - WWI is responsible for developing and managing a sustainable global ecosystem of subcontractor agencies, independent inspectors, expeditors, technical specialists and auditors to support LRQA's Inspection and other businesses. The role serves as the critical link between business demand and external talent supply, ensuring qualified technical resources are available globally at the right cost, quality and speed.

The role will focus on identifying, attracting, qualifying, onboarding, and maintaining a high-quality network of technical professionals across multiple disciplines, ensuring rapid fulfillment of client requirements while maintaining compliance, quality standards and competitiveness.

This position is critical to supporting LRQA's global growth strategy and ensuring availability of qualified competent technical resources in key markets.

Key Responsibilities

Subcontractor Pool Management:

• Source, recruit, & onboard inspectors, auditors, expeditors, and technical specialists globally.
• Build and maintain subcontractors and freelance specialists pool (warm bench) across sectors (viz. Oil & Gas, Renewable Energy, Power & Utilities, Petrochemical, Manufacturing, Mining & Metals, Food & Beverage, ESG and Sustainability Services and other sectors
• Develop proactive recruitment campaigns for strategic regions and technical disciplines.
• Proactively engage with Sales and operations teams to forecast resource requirements.
• Utilize direct sourcing, LinkedIn, referrals, professional associations, industry networks, recruitment platforms, and market mapping techniques to identify suitable resources.
• Own and continuously optimize the global resource database, ensuring visibility of competencies, certifications, geographic coverage, availability, rate cards and performance history.
• Ensure profiles, certifications, competencies, language skills, and availability are regularly updated.
• Develop a robust subcontractor screening and evaluation process

Technical Qualification & Screening

• Conduct detailed screening and interviews of candidates. Verify: Technical qualifications, Industry certifications, competencies, work permits and legal eligibility
• Coordinate technical assessments with LRQA subject matter experts / Client facing teams.

Contract Management

• Lead negotiation with subcontractor agencies or direct inspectors and secure competitive contracts in terms of pricing, payment terms and risks coverage
• Ensure smooth onboarding of subcontractors in LRQA systems
• Develop relationships and review performances of existing subcontractors
• Proactively negotiate and renew existing subcon contracts to ensure contractual compliances
• Develop supplier scorecards and performance metrics.
• Monitor subcontractor performance, responsiveness, quality, compliance and commercial competitiveness.
• Drive supplier rationalization and strategic supplier partnerships.
• Closure and exiting resources: Review and establish proper closure procedures for termination. Feedback / evaluation form for non-performing / non-conforming subcontractors

Stakeholder Management

• Partner with Sales and Operations teams to forecast resource requirements by geography, service line and discipline.
• Develop capacity planning models to identify future talent shortages / recruitment priorities.
• Support business growth initiatives through proactive talent pipeline development.
• Provide monthly talent intelligence and resource capacity reports to the Leadership, highlighting current activities, talent gaps, sourcing risks and mitigation plans.
• Manage relationships with subcontractor agencies / independent inspectors
• Evaluate sourcing effectiveness and recruitment ROI.
• Negotiate recruitment terms where appropriate.
• Identify emerging technical skills and talent shortages
• Recommend sourcing strategies and new recruitment channels
• Benchmark compensation and contractor rates.

Process Excellence & Compliance

• Ensure compliance with LRQA policies, Employment legislation, Data privacy requirements, Contractor onboarding processes
• Support continuous improvement of recruitment processes and systems.

Qualifications & Experience

• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering; Professional certification in recruitment, talent acquisition, procurement, or Supply Chain Management is preferred.
• Experience: 5-8 years of experience in Talent Acquisition, Resource Management, Procurement, or Vendor Management
• Demonstrated experience sourcing technical professionals globally
• Experience supporting multinational operations with geographically dispersed resources.
• Proven track record in recruiting and/or procuring: Inspectors, Technical Experts, NDT Personnel, Welding Inspectors, HSE Specialists, Engineering Consultants, Auditors
• Experience within TIC (Testing, Inspection & Certification), Engineering Services, Industrial Services, Energy, Renewables, Manufacturing, or Certification sectors preferred.

Commercial and Technology Skills

• Contract Negotiation & Commercial Acumen
• Knowledge and experience of using technology platforms
• Data Analytics & Reporting | Microsoft Office / Power BI

Core Competencies

• Business & Commercial: Strategic thinking | Cost optimization | Negotiation and influencing | Financial awareness | Demand forecasting
• Operational: Process improvement | Resource planning | Risk management | Quality and compliance management
• Leadership & Interpersonal: Stakeholder management | Cross-cultural communication | Relationship building | Customer focus | Results orientation | Problem-solving | Resilience and adaptability

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Time to source
• Supplier evaluation prior to onboarding
• Cost savings through negotiations
• Completion of onboarding and compliance requirements before deployment
• Growth of active subcontractor talent pools by geography, discipline, and service line
• Database accuracy and completeness
• Client acceptance rate of proposed resources
• Audit readiness of subcontractor documentation.
• Compliance with LRQA recruitment, data privacy, and contractor onboarding requirements

Pre-Employment Checks

• If you are successful in securing a role with us, you will be subject to pre-employment checks, depending on the legal requirements and practices in your country of employment.
• If eligible these checks will include right to work, identification, verification of employment history, education, and criminal records where permitted by local law.
• All checks will be conducted in accordance with applicable privacy and data protection regulations.
• We will involve the third party supplier to run the background checks as needed and your data will be retained for a period as needed for the purpose of recruitment.
• To the extent to be permitted by the applicable local law, your data may be stored outside of your employment country dependent on our operation structure.
• Your application of this role will constitute as your consent on this paragraph.