Manager Procurement

At PwC, our people in procurement focus on purchasing processes and managing supplier relationships to drive cost savings and operational efficiency.

These individuals enable the organisation to obtain quality goods and services at the best possible price.

Those in goods, products and services procurement at PwC will focus on executing, managing and optimising purchase processes and some supplier relationship management.

You will be responsible for assisting the organisation in obtaining quality goods at the appropriate price, driving cost savings and operational efficiency.

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
  
  
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
  
  
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
  
  
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
  
  
• Effectively mentor others.
  
  
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
  
  
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
  
  
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (eg refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firms code of conduct, and independence requirements.
  
  

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Sourcing and Procurement

• Contract Management (Working through multiple business stakeholders to take a contract from start to finish, managing contract renewals proactively, quick supplier negotiations)
• Supplier Management (Conducting QBRs, managing supplier performance, etc)
• A strong understanding of procurement operations and/or understanding of procurement outsourcing operating model
• Experience with ProcuretoPay (P2P) platforms such as Coupa, SAP Ariba etc
• Understanding of fundamental principles of P2P including spend and commodity taxonomies, requisitioning, PO generation, receiving and invoice processing

• Spend Analysis
• Category savings assessment
• Procurement Diagnostics
• Operating Model Design
• Procurement Process Design
• Design and execution of Strategic Sourcing initiatives including RFI / RFP (Request for Information / Request for Proposal) design, development and analysis,
• Supplier Negotiation strategy
• Third Party Lifecycle Management
• Supplier Risk Management
• Category management with knowledge of various Direct & Indirect Categories

Skills Preferred

• Delivering significant business results that utilize strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, and taking individual initiative
• Emphasizing the ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members
• Communicating effectively (written and verbal) to various situations and audiences
• Managing and conducting quantitative and qualitative benchmarking and primary and secondary analyses of large and complex data.