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ProcureAbility · 3 weeks ago

Senior Procurement Consultant

Seattle, WA

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

2+ years exp

ProcureAbility, a Jabil company, is the leading procurement services company, offering advisory, managed services, digital, staffing, and recruiting solutions. The Procurement Consultant/Senior Procurement Consultant role provides extensive opportunities to foster and grow your consulting career by engaging directly with clients on various Procurement and Supply Chain related initiatives focused on improving efficiency and driving value through their organizations.

Management ConsultingProcurement

Responsibilities

Strong quantitative & presentation skills (Data Analytics, advanced Excel & PowerPoint) are required

This person must be able to take direction from stakeholders at different levels and produce quality work without detailed oversight

This position will assist and manage workstreams within various client projects, such as operational and opportunity assessments, strategic sourcing, spend assessments, and other procurement and supply chain consulting activities for various consulting and internal projects

Consultants report to a Project Manager for each project

Supply chain and procurement assessments: interviewing, modeling and analytics, report writing

Strategic Sourcing Initiatives: scoping, market and supplier research, RFx (development, management, and evaluation), and negotiations

Internal benchmarking, client research, proposal development, and other internal projects

Qualification

Data AnalyticsAdvanced ExcelStrategic SourcingCategory ManagementPowerPoint PresentationsFinancial AssessmentsSpend AssessmentsProject ManagementTeamworkCommunication Skills

Required

Strong quantitative & presentation skills (Data Analytics, advanced Excel & PowerPoint) are required

This person must be able to take direction from stakeholders at different levels and produce quality work without detailed oversight

Consultants report to a Project Manager for each project

Supply chain and procurement assessments: interviewing, modeling and analytics, report writing

Strategic Sourcing Initiatives: scoping, market and supplier research, RFx (development, management, and evaluation), and negotiations

Internal benchmarking, client research, proposal development, and other internal projects

Must have solid experience in strategic sourcing and category management

Advanced level skills with financial assessments, data assessments, MS Excel (including pivot tables), charts and graphs, and MS PowerPoint presentations

Undergraduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, or equivalent from a top-tier school

Technical proficiency with spend assessments and visibility tools to scope opportunity assessments, e.g., create spend assessments, establish baseline spend, and calculate realized savings from sourcing events

Preferred

2-7+ years of previous consulting experience with top-tier consulting firms is highly preferred

3-6+ years of experience in procurement, either consulting or as a practitioner

Experience sourcing IT (software, hardware, and telecom are desired, but any indirect sourcing experience will be considered)

Project experience working for F500 clients advising on large software contracts with big suppliers, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, etc., is highly valued

Benefits

Excellent growth and advancement opportunities that reward strong performance.

Collaborative culture and an entrepreneurial work environment.

Engaging employee resource groups and other interest groups.

Virtual team building and regional in-person volunteer and social events.

The ability to participate in firm strategic initiatives.

Ancillary Benefit Program which currently includes reimbursement for fitness, home office productivity, personal enrichment, professional development, books and newspaper subscriptions, secure traveler programs, and monthly student loan repayment assistance.