Procurement Analytics Specialist - Source-to-Pay Process - CPG/F&B

Procurement Analytics Specialist

Role :

Procurement Analytics lead will manage the delivery of Procurement Analytics services for company's clients; working with the company & client teams across business units and geographies, managing relationships across functions and geographies

Role and Requirements :

- Managing Analytics Service Delivery

Manage delivery and execution of Procurement analytics services for clients in the following area(s) :

- Spend Analytics, Supply Market Intelligence, Supplier Profiling, Compliance analytics, Cost modeling, Procurement risk analytics

- Deep specialization in one or more of the above areas will be an advantage

Managing Stakeholders :

- Manage relationships with key stakeholders - hold discussions on analytical insights, support with deployment strategy, manage delivery issues, plan for new analytics needs

- Collaborate across multiple geographies and functions

Building Analytics Capability :

- Leverage strength in Procurement fundamentals and knowledge of tools and technologies to conceptualize relevant analytics that meet client's business needs.

Professional and Academic Requirements :

- MBA/Masters/Engineering degree from Top Tier Institutes

- Good understanding of Source-to-Pay process across different types of spend (Direct / Indirect / Operations / Projects)

- Minimum 6-8 years of relevant experience across Industry, Consulting or Analytics organizations

- Candidates with experience in the CPG (F&B) industry preferred

- Strategic Sourcing & Category Management experience will be an advantage

- Global experience will be an advantage

- Ability to conceptualize business impact focused analytics

- Spend data mining and data preparation knowledge

- Experience and understanding of sourcing and analytical tools such as Zycus / Ariba / Emptoris, SAP MM/SRM, advanced MS Excel, MS Access, Database tools (SQL etc) desired.

- Strong business acumen and financials understanding

- Good team handling experience of having handled a team of 10+ analysts

- Experience in being part of or managing global or geographically dispersed teams is a plus

- Excellent communication skills

- Client management experience would be a plus

About Client :

We are one of the world's leading organizations providing management consulting, technology and outsourcing services, with more than 323,000 employees; offices and operations in more than 200 cities in 56 countries; and net revenues of $30.0 billion for fiscal 2014.

Our four growth platforms- Strategy, Digital, Technology, Operations- are the innovation engines through which we build world-class skills and capabilities; develop knowledge capital; and create, acquire and manage key assets central to the development of integrated services and solutions for our clients.