Associate Analyst (Procurement Advisory)

An Associate Analyst is expected to work with the Senior Analysts, Team Leaders, Functional Practice Leaders, Business Advisors & Research Directors for Executive Advisory programs (Procurement function) located in the US and Europe by supporting research requirements for short term client projects (client inquiries).

Responsibilities:

• Research Responsibilities:

1. Use secondary as well as Hackett proprietary research to
answer client inquiries

2. Should have experience and knack for doing secondary & primary research.
3. Knowledge of secondary research tools including: (IBIS World, Purchasing.com,
ISM, CAPS research & others)

4. Ownership of deliverables going out from Procurement team to clients.

• Functional Responsibility:

1. Understanding and functional knowledge of the procurement .
function and purchase to pay processes.

2. Basic understanding of any one or all of the following procurement concepts:
Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Supply Base Management,
Function Management, Compliance, and Purchasing Operations activities
within the Procurement function.

3. Support client projects with high quality client deliverables.

4. Ensure Turn Around Time (TAT) targets for all requests are met.

5. Ensure regular communication with Senior Analysts, Team Leaders, Senior
Management and Functional Leaders on projects and issues of concern.

6. Regularly identify new areas requiring expertise building.

7. Organize existing content and intellectual capital and highlight gaps.

Qualifications:

• Must be an MBA from a leading Business school with Procurement, Supply Chain or Operations as one of the main electives
• Having some experience in following areas is helpful : Indirect Sourcing (Goods & Services), Direct Materials Sourcing , Low Cost Country Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Procure-to-Pay Process Experience
• Should have excellent verbal and written English communication skills.
• Should have excellent MS-Office skills (PowerPoint Presentations).