WNS - Senior Consultant - Solutions - Procurement/Supply Chain Domain

Designation: Sr. Consultant - Solutions

Reporting to: Lead Consultant - Solutions

Location: Mumbai/Pune/ Gurgaon

Overall Experience: 8+ Years

Functional Experience:

- Have Procurement, Sourcing and Project Management experience within a similar role

- Experience in procurement outsourcing;  having worked in any industry in a procurement role would be an added advantage.

- Solution design/presales experience in procurement/supply chain domain. Should have experience of Transition /diagnostics/due diligence, for the deals managed.

- Strong knowledge of procurement technologies, tools and platform with hands on experience

- Adept at business writing which is flavored by industry knowledge

- Good understanding of procurement solution components such as pricing, tools and technology, location strategy etc.

Education / Qualification:

Post Graduate / Graduate

Scope of Work / Area of Influence:

Would be responsible for pre-sales, end-to-end solutioning, business development for opportunities in procurement and supply chain. S/he would be responsible for responding to all RFPs and RFIs, providing pre-sales support to this segment and helping the practice development.

Span of Control: Individual Contributor with an aptitude for handling small teams in a couple of years.

Job Responsibilities:

- Lead and anchor creation of customized solutions which address client business constraints and leverage strengths of our Organization.

- Maintain knowledge of industry trends in procurement domain - Research competition and updates on global market trends

- Conjuncture business challenges which are specific to target client and leverage our analytical experience.

- Propose delivery alternatives which address risk and investment appetite, stand out against industry competition and increase chance of our Organization's success in bid process.

- Sales Support - Understand total solutions, Opportunity Assessment, Analysis of RFP/RFI/RFQ Documents, Discoveries & Scoping Workshops, Interview and collect requirements directly from clients / prospects, present capabilities,

- Lead or act as Subject Matter Expert, Create scope documents, Design global delivery models, Create Work Orders/Change Orders for existing customers, Establish business architecture

- Contribute to development of procurement frameworks and process, inclusive of development of negotiation strategy for larger and complex deals

- Develop and maintain working relationships with relevant stakeholders providing satisfactory support in areas within your responsibility.

Personal Attributes:

- Strong communication skills - should be able to communicate with various levels in client organization at the same time.

- Strong communication skills (Written, Verbal & Aural), networking and interpersonal skills through which you can engage across hierarchy of colleagues and stakeholders

- Ability to represent our Organization to clients

- Excellent presentation skills

- Prioritizing and Organizing Skills.

- Ability to work with a team.

- Analytical and problem solving skills.

- Exposure to quality and understanding of quality resources & their requirements

- Hands-on with Visio, Excel, PPT, other MS office tools, other presentation & project management tools

- Reporting and Co-ordination Skills

- Open to travel for diagnostics/solution presentations/customer meetings

- Degree in Business Management/ Economics or Supply Chain would be an added advantage

- Fluent written / verbal English