Procurement & Strategic Sourcing Consultant

Role Overview

• Deliver consulting engagements across procurement strategy, operating model design, category management, sourcing optimization, and procurement transformation.
• Collaborate with the extended teams and clients to design and implement effective supply chain transformation projects for diverse industries.
• Perform advanced spend analytics to identify value creation opportunities.
• Translate procurement and operational data into strategic recommendations to enhance competitiveness, reduce costs, and optimize the supply chain.
• Assess the maturity level of procurement processes and initiate improvements to the current processes and systems/technologies.
• Conduct procurement benchmarking across operating models, organization structures, processes, sourcing outcomes, and supplier rates and develop fact-based recommendations.
• Assess procurement operating models and design future-state target governance frameworks, organizational structures, capability requirements, and sourcing delivery models.
• Support strategic category management through fact-based market intelligence.
• Analyze supplier markets, industry trends, inflationary pressures, and cost drivers.
• Review and validate data and further build optimization models, analytical reports, dashboards and presentations.
• Support digital procurement and AI-enabled transformation initiatives.
• Evaluate and implement procurement technologies and automation opportunities.
• Acquire knowledge of new age procurement tools; such as Ariba, COUPA, Ivalua, SAP MM, PP etc. and work on process design/ reengineering/ implementation projects related to the process and/or tool.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, procurement transformation, category management, or supply chain advisory.
• Knowledge of Procurement Methodologies: Procurement Matrix, Vendor selection and evaluation methods
• Sourcing, offer analysis and benchmarking
• Strategic approach and negotiation skills
• Understanding of legal and contractual requirements
• Expertise in end-to-end procurement process covering one or more of the following areas: spend analytics, E2E process redesign, Source to Contract, Procure to Pay, data integration, etc.
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, design thinking and passion for improvement and optimization.
• Experience in Data Visualization using Tableau /Power BI / QlikView etc.
• System Knowledge like Ariba, Coupa, SAP modules etc.
• Knowledge of other languages (German, French) will be an additional asset.

Tech Stack

• Tableau

Benefits

• Continuous learning : You’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you : We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership : We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.