Senior Manager - Shared Procurement/Indirect Buying Consulting - Manufacturing Firm - IIM/ISB/XLRI/TISS

Diverse group with large indirect spend base across various business is also looking to set up a shared service model for indirect procurement. The key categories include logistics, sales & marketing, professional services, FOS.

Key Responsibilities:

- Support in overall solution design and creation of detailed implementation road map.

- Baselining spend data, understand policies & procurement practices, and help in developing the operating plan for a shares service organization.

- Benchmarking & implementation of improvement initiatives at category level to deliver on identified KPIs.

- Understand supplier market structure, business priorities and come up with category level strategy for indirects.

- Set up and running of the PMO for various work streams. Track and report on progress, timelines, performance metrics, such as cost savings and SLAs.

- Support in onboarding of group companies & business units to a shared procurement platform

Requirements:

- Master's degree in business administration from a premier institute

- Minimum of 3 years of experience in consulting roles advising clients in operations / improvement projects

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with expertise in data analytics & data visualization tools. Good presentation skills

- Knowledge of procurement best practices

- Ability to work collaboratively with internal & external stakeholders.