Aranca - Senior Consultant/Consultant - Procurement Intelligence

ABOUT ARANCA

Aranca (www.aranca.com) is a global firm providing diverse research, advisory, and valuation services across sectors and markets that empower decision makers with insights and opinions to act with confidence. Since our inception in 2003, Aranca is recognized as a leading provider of high end, customized research and advisory services and a trusted knowledge partner to diverse spectrum of clients including Fortune 500 companies, investment banks, venture capital/ private equity, asset managers, corporations, consulting firms, law firms and independent research providers across the globe.

Our service offerings are structured around four complementary business lines:

- Procurement Intelligence

- Investment Research

- Business Research

- Valuation & Advisory Services and

- Intellectual Property Research

We are a fast growing firm with 550+ strong team across India, US, Europe, Middle-East, and China.

Job description :

Designation : Consultant / Sr. Consultant

Post-Graduation :

B.E/B.Tech & MBA Finance

Work Experience : 2 or more years of relevant experience in procurement intelligence

Location : Mumbai

Other Notes : Work experience should be post qualification

Key Responsibilities : Consultant / Sr. Consultant

Responsible for all activities related to sourcing/procurement assignments. The assignments will include conducting Market Intelligence (MI) study, BCCS study, building cost models, price forecasting etc. The analyst is required to perform extensive secondary and primary research with respect to supply-demand, price, cost, supplier analysis, risk analysis etc. for the given spend category and analyze the data to derive actionable solutions for the category managers.

- Understanding assignment scope, conduct desktop & primary research on the relevant industry to understand its dynamics.

- Develop - solution design- for the sourcing assignments, in collaboration with the team

- Working closely with the client in developing actionable sourcing strategies for spend category

- Using frameworks such as Porter's five forces, SWOT, PESTLE, etc. to understand industry dynamics and competitor landscape

- Ensuring that the projects are delivered at top-notch quality and client's requirement are met without compromising on quality

- Excellent communication and presentation skills to interact with external clients and internal senior management teams

- Operational responsibility will include grooming talent, managing large and growing teams, developing internal methodologies and ongoing process improvement, ensuring high scores on customer satisfaction surveys.

- To write and publish thought leadership activities such as articles, white papers, proactive advisories etc. in reputed magazines & journals

Key Skills :

- 2 or more years of relevant experience

- Sound knowledge of procurement jargons & terms

- Knowledge of utilizing databases such as Thompson Reuters, Bloomberg, Factiva, etc. will be an advantage

- Proficiency in MS Office - Excel, Power point, and Word