Consultant - Procurement Function

The professional in this position is expected to lead/execute Strategic Sourcing projects.

Responsibilities:

• Support other related procurement projects including spend analytics, procurement transformation, maturity assessments, supplier risk assessments, etc.
• Evaluate spend reports to identify opportunities and develop Total Cost Models for the spend categories in consideration.
• Create insightful dashboards and spend reports and publish them to multiple client stakeholders.
• Understand the UNSPC/eClass/NIGP/SIC among other classification schemas.
• Demonstrate excellent communication skills and prior experience of interacting independently with global stakeholders.
• Demonstrate strong customer service orientation and possess a good understanding of general project management principles.
• Develop and/or customize RFX templates and pricing worksheets.
• Analyze supplier responses, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and prepare business case presentations for clients.
• Be willing to do the US shift (on a project basis), 8 pm to 5 am.

Required skills:

• Deep understanding of the Strategic Sourcing process.
• Ability to perform in a fluid, changing environment (consulting) with minimal supervision.
• Extensive experience working on global projects.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills.
• Collaborate with clients - both in offshore and onshore models - to define current state maps (blueprinting), transformation strategy, and execution.
• Strong customer service orientation including demonstrated issue resolution and relationship management skills.
• Experience in dealing with large data sets and analyzing disparate data.
• Experience in creating Spend Taxonomy for different industries and proficiency in visualization tools such as QlikView, Qlik Sense, Tableau, etc.
• Manage end-to-end delivery for a project.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking acumen.