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PwC · 1 day ago

Operations Consulting - Sourcing & Procurement - Coupa - Experienced Associate

Indianapolis, IN

Contract

Hybrid

Entry, Mid Level

$63K/yr - $140K/yr

1+ years exp

PwC is a leading professional services firm that specializes in operations consulting. The Experienced Associate in Sourcing & Procurement will focus on optimizing sourcing and procurement processes to drive cost savings and enhance efficiency while working closely with clients to analyze strategies and implement solutions.

AccountingBusiness DevelopmentConsultingFinanceFinancial ServicesTax Consulting

No H1B

Responsibilities

Apply a learning mindset and take ownership for your own development

Appreciate diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others

Adopt habits to sustain high performance and develop your potential

Actively listen, ask questions to check understanding, and clearly express ideas

Seek, reflect, act on, and give feedback

Gather information from a range of sources to analyse facts and discern patterns

Commit to understanding how the business works and building commercial awareness

Learn and apply professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), uphold the Firm's code of conduct and independence requirements

Leading the design of a module/set of modules within Coupa leveraging past experience and leading practices

Identifying gaps, developing the business and/or technical requirements to build leading practice designs for clients

Leading Project Management activities including work plan development, status meetings, supporting the development of leadership communications and presentations

Overseeing junior staff and providing guidance and coaching to ensure their development and success on engagements

Overseeing work progress and ensuring timely completion of technical development activities

Providing fact based insights based on qualitative and quantitative data sets to support recommendations

Communicating firm understanding of both Strategic and Operational Procurement practices, helping to guide client leadership and staff in support of a leading practice system

Providing oversight and guidance to system build and testing activities

Overseeing Supplier Enablement activities including supporting change management activities related to communications and training

Coordinating with Change Management teams in the system deployment activities, including training, communications, go-live readiness and leading applicable stakeholder calls

Overseeing hypercare activities and providing recommendations and solutions to address any unexpected post-go-live issues

Understanding of Sourcing and Procurement leading practices and the ability to communicate at a strategic and operational level

Possessing the ability to facilitate working sessions with client leads to define business requirements and design leading practice solutions

Thinking creatively and independently to solve complex problems

Providing insights and improvements to current tool sets and offers opportunities for improvement

Demonstrating extensive interpersonal skills and the ability to motivate staff

Possessing the ability to develop presentations for leadership level clients

Demonstrating experience in Procure to Pay, Sourcing, Contracting, and Supplier Management modules of Coupa

Demonstrating experience in CLM-A, Risk modules, Coupa Pay and Coupa Expenses

Understanding of system architecture and benefits of different ERP systems and their connectivity with Coupa

Possessing the ability to motivate others, including staff and client personnel

Qualification

CoupaSourcingProcurementProject ManagementSupplier ManagementProcure to PayChange ManagementPresentation DevelopmentInterpersonal SkillsCreative Problem Solving

Required

Bachelor's Degree

1 year(s) of experience

Accounting, Business Administration/Management, Economics, Industrial and Operations Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain Management as required fields of study