Analyst - Consulting - Sourcing & Procurement

Job Description :

An analyst in the Sourcing and Procurement team within the Capability Network(CN) would be a part of globally diverse consulting team entrusted with the task of delivering sourcing and procurement engagements for clients across industries. The analyst is expected to work as part of a global team to successfully execute individual sourcing and procurement related work streams, such as strategically sourcing a commodity, conducting spend analytics / market intelligence, identifying cost reduction or process improvement opportunities etc.

Required Experience and Skills :

- In-depth understanding of sourcing and procurement fundamentals coupled with consulting / industry experience across sourcing direct or indirect commodities, supplier development, supplier risk management, procurement operating model design / implementation and procure to pay process transformation

- Experience in a consulting firm and global exposure is desirable

- Excellent data analytics / data interpretation and presentation skills are essential

- Strong written and verbal communication skills are a must

- Should have good project and people management skills

- This role would involve a certain amount of travel. There needs to be flexibility from this perspective

Functional Capability and Expertise :

- Ability to Identify evaluate and prioritize sourcing opportunities in alignment with financial objectives, ability to perform spend analysis

- Ability to Identify and pursue involvement in areas within the company in which the Strategic Sourcing organization can add value

- Conduct effective market research on industry best practices systems and products, and apply Porter 5 Forces, SWOT analysis

- Interpret data quickly and elevate potential issues to appropriate level of review

- Effectively request analyze and evaluate vendor proposals(RFI/RFQs) and present findings

- Ability to endorse and embed effectively the strategic sourcing process

- Assist in developing long and short term sourcing strategies objectives and scope for defined commodities

- Actively influence key business partner decisions by recommending best sourcing strategy

- Assist in setting direction for supplier development and evaluation programs

- Familiarity with sourcing and procurement related modules of ERP systems (SAP, Ariba) or business intelligence tools such as Emptoris, Zycus, Sievo would be an added advantage

- Knowledge of MS Access, SQL would be an additional advantage