EY - Consultant/Senior Consultant - Procurement Transformation (2-6 yrs)

Job Role

The Consultant / Senior Consultant will be involved in supporting client facing engagements across clients in India and abroad, including:

Support procurement transformation engagements covering but not limited to:

- Category management excellence, buying channel design and implementation

- E2E CLM design and implementation

- Smart buying enablement, guided buying design and implementation

- Procurement GBS, Target Operating Model (TOM), process, governance design and implementation

- Supplier relationship management framework design and implementation, supplier portal tool design, evaluation and implementation

- Procurement analytics solution design and implementation

- Current state assessment and improvement opportunities

- Support with engagement management activities

- Own the delivery / preparation of high-quality deliverables and manage service quality, brand and client expectations

- Contribute to procurement knowledge development and management

- Contribute to brand development by supporting Business Development, Thought Leadership and Industry connect activities

- Ensure compliance to the firm's standards, processes and policies

- Support people development through guidance and feedback

- Manage senior external/internal stakeholders independently

Professional Background:

- Graduation and 2-6 years of relevant experience post MBA - Consulting experience with Big 4 (preferred), Procurement Transformation / Global Business Solution / Shared Services Centres / Global Capability Centres (process excellence and transition)

- Procurement experience in areas of source to contract, contract management and supplier management, preferably for indirect categories across sectors

- Knowledge of current procurement trends and leading practices

Preferred Skills:

- Expertise in two or more of the areas listed - procurement transformation, sourcing, RFx process, contracting, commercial negotiation, contract negotiation, contract management, sourcing technologies and procurement outsourcing or centralisation strategies

- Knowledge of sourcing and/or contracting tools like Ariba, Medius, GEP Smart, etc

- Exposure to implementation of Guided buying tool / CLM tool/ supplier portal/ BI /RPA /OCR

- Experience with different data visualization tools like Tableau, Power BI

Core Skills:

- Focus on quality delivery

- Understanding the economic and business environment

- Profession networking skills

- Excellent oral and written communication skills

- Program management, multi-tasking and time management skills

- Good people and teaming skills

- Advanced knowledge of Microsoft Office suite

- Good leadership qualities

- Client relationship management and account management skills

- Good people management skills

- Ability to develop/customize solutions relevant to client

Other:

- Willingness to travel to client location

- Willingness to learn and imbibe new skills

- Flexible to adopt to a demanding work environment

- Able to thrive in relatively unstructured situations

- High initiative and drive, positive attitude and commitment

- Maturity and ability to handle pressure situations

Academic Background:

- MBA with a good academic background preferred

Base Location and Travel:

- Delhi / Bengaluru / Mumbai / Pune

- The Consultant / Senior Consultant would be required to travel to client locations

Target Co's: GEP, Big 4s, Consulting