Consultant/Assistant Manager - Procurement - ARIBA

- Deep understanding of Procurement related processes including Procure-to-Pay (both upstream and downstream), Contracts Management, Supplier Management, Category Management, Spend Analysis etc

- End to end implementation of procurement technology projects including design, configuration, testing, post go-live support, reporting, training

- Coordinate with onsite engagements teams and clients to gather requirements, develop workplan, determine expectations and finalize deliverables

- Perform project staffing activities as per workplan and manage budgeted hours for resources (on-going)

- Ensure quality project delivery of engagements led by self and those that are executed by direct reportees

- Effectively guide junior staff and manage escalations

- Support pre-sales activities, which includes: responding to RFPs; attending client orals; determining project staffing requirements and options (level mix); etc

- Collaborate with other service networks to solicit services required for success of the client engagement

- Support practice development initiatives, which includes knowledge management, point of view development, services standardization, etc

- Understand the overarching objectives of the practice, and help develop short-term and long-term strategy

- Implementation experience of upstream and downstream processes/modules, Network enablement, Ariba Contract Compliance

Required

Education / professional qualifications

MBA from a reputed college Prior Experience:

The candidate must have 4-7 years of relevant experience in a similar role, particularly in a professional services firm / consulting / Big 4 / Financial Industry.

Experience & Background

- Deep understanding of Procurement related processes including procure2pay (both upstream and downstream - P2P, S2C), Contracts Management, Supplier Management, Category Management, etc

- Strong analytical and critical thinking acumen

- Experience implementing procurement related applications such as Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, SAP SRM, etc

- Prefer Consulting background, global consulting experience - e.g. North American Region (NAMER), EMEA

- Experience operating in Shared Services or offshore-onshore teams

- People management experience

- Presales support experience

- Ability to perform in a fluid changing environment (consulting) with minimal supervision.

- Certifications/Trainings: PMP (plus), Lean, Six sigma and any other process/procurement methodology trainings

- Ariba certification would be a plus