In 2004, the firm established its presence in the Indian market by opening the Bain Capability Center (BCC) in New Delhi. The BCC is now known as BCN (Bain Capability Network) with its nodes across various geographies. BCN is an integral and largest unit of Expert Client Delivery (ECD). ECD plays a critical role as it adds value to Bain's case teams globally by supporting them with analytics and research solutions across all industries, specific domains for corporate cases, client development, private equity diligence or Bain intellectual property. The BCN comprises of Consulting Services, Knowledge Services and Shared Services. Who you will work with: The Procurement Center of Expertise (COE) sits within the Operations Excellence COE of BCN and supports Bain's procurement cases globally. - Procurement COE supports procurement cost reduction programs for Bain clients enabling them to improve their competitive positioning - Our focus is on supporting Bain's case teams in rapid spend diagnostics, formulating category sourcing strategies and implementation support We are a bunch of enterprising, highly analytical, and motivated ~30 enthusiasts in India, with diverse backgrounds across Engineering, Business, Math and Economics and varied industry experience What you'll do: This position is based in the BCN's Gurgaon office and is an integral part of the Procurement Centre of Expertise, housed under the Operations Excellence COE. The individual will be responsible for owning Procurement transformation cases, leading client discussions and driving case delivery involving: - spend visibility through comprehensive spend cube build, - spend analytics to identify insights related to procurement cost optimization initiatives, - develop category sourcing strategies for direct as well as indirect category spend - execute the sourcing strategies to realize value for clients Individual will be expected to be an expert on procurement COE offerings and be a trusted advisor to Bain case teams. Over time, the individual will be expected to begin to develop, grow business and contribute to IP creation related to Procurement practice offerings. Individual will work under the guidance of the COE Director / Sr. Director, playing a key role in driving the team's overall answer, final materials, client communication, work planning, and team management. The position will require the individual to deliver cases in an expert individual contributor capacity as well as in a COE team setup (depending on the case scope). Provide thought leadership and significant direction to resolve complex procurement case issues and effectively manage client discussions, case teams and CoE team. About you: - Bachelor's degree in engineering / master's degree with a focus on operations - 6-11 years of relevant industry/consulting experience in the fields of procurement, strategic sourcing - Deep understanding of procurement within relevant industry (advanced manufacturing, automotive, consumer products, consumer electronics etc) and holds good command on relevant direct spend as well as indirect spend categories - Has worked in areas primarily like framing category sourcing strategies, strategic sourcing involving contracting/ tendering/ eauctions, supplier management, negotiations, should cost modelling, design to cost etc - Candidate must have relevant procurement consulting experience in a client facing role from a leading consulting firm along with prior relevant industry experience in procurement domain is preferred - Candidates should possess excellent analytical skills. Ability to understand the relevant analysis required to prove a hypothesis and ability to gather information around it and make informed/logical assumptions where required - Basic understanding of research techniques, information sources and statistical analysis/analytic techniques relevant to procurement - Candidate should possess work planning, communication and team skills. Prior experience with managing teams, coaching and mentoring is preferred - Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint is required. Experience in using analytics or data visualization tools like Alteryx, Tableau, Power BI is preferred - Knowledge/experience on e-procurement tools (e.g. spend analysis tools, RFQ tools, bottom up costing, etc.) is an advantage - Strong written and verbal communications skills

Gurgaon/Gurugram

Bangalore

Bain & Company - Manager - Procurement Center of Expertise 

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