Senior Consultant - Procurement & Supply Chain Domain - Consulting Firm

Senior Consultant - Procurement & Supply Chain Domain - Consulting Firm

- As part of the consulting team, you will lead the delivery effort on our projects. This includes playing a critical role in every aspect of the consulting engagement, from opportunity assessment through final implementation. You will also have the opportunity to assist with sales, business development. You will be based in our Bangalore office (currently remote), working directly with the teams in both the US and India. Specific responsibilities include:

- Build relationships with client stakeholders by helping them manage and resolve various operational issues

- Conduct interviews with key stakeholders to develop a current state assessment, evaluate against industry leading standards to suggest savings opportunities/operational improvements

- Analyze client spend data and create project deliverables, conduct in-depth research into various markets and industries

- Collaborate with client stakeholders to draft and release RFPs

- Support client stakeholders as well as suppliers during the bid evaluation and supplier selection process

- Develop financial models (TCO) to understand the true cost of owning a particular good/service, present to key decision makers/stakeholders

- Evaluate suppliers- pricing proposal to identify cost reduction levers and draft negotiation strategy presentations

- Review contracts to ensure alignment with negotiated procurement terms, facilitate redlines from legal team as necessary

Requirements:

- 1-4 years of prior experience in Procurement at a top-tier consulting firm. Specific experience with Financial Services clients will be preferred

- Excited about working in a competitive atmosphere, comfortable with ambiguity and have an ownership-driven mindset

- Proven problem-solving and time management ability

- Excellent quantitative, analytical, and communication skills

- Highly motivated team player with the ability to work autonomously and utilize presentation and interpersonal skills daily

- Advanced proficiency in MS Office Suite: including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (ability to create complex formulas and analyze large data sets)

- Flexible to work in global time zones as per client requirements