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ProcureAbility · 1 day ago

Procurement Consulting Manager

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

6+ years exp

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Stephanie Philips

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Responsibilities

Engage directly with our clients on various procurement and supply chain-related initiatives focused on improving efficiency, driving effectiveness, and increasing their ability to influence spending and drive value throughout their organizations.

Manage and support client project workstreams, such as:

Supply chain and procurement assessments

Category Management and Strategic Sourcing

Procurement strategy roadmap creation and capability development

Scenario modeling and analytics

A ProcureAbility Manager/Director also supports internal firm-building initiatives such as:

Scoping, market, and supplier research

RFx (development, management, and evaluation)

Supplier evaluation & and selection

Negotiations

Operational improvement & and innovation

Business and practice development efforts, including, but not limited to, the development of knowledge capital, proposals, and RFP responses.

Benchmarking

Client Research

Employee Development

Managing resources and managing clients or internal projects.

Lead teams of consultants, analysts, and other staff members to oversee client support and services.

Qualification

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Consulting experienceProcurement experienceData analyticsMS ExcelMS PowerPointProject managementSourcing strategy developmentSupplier performance managementFinancial assessmentsCategory managementRFx developmentOperational improvementEmployee developmentClient management

Required

5+ years of experience with a consulting firm is required

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

Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent from a top-tier school or a school with a well-recognized procurement or supply chain program.

3+ years of experience managing direct reports and directing project teams.

Proven track record of managing consulting projects to a successful outcome, working with ambiguity, unclear requirements, etc.

Demonstrated ability to manage engagement teams supporting clients in pursuit of strategic cost reduction initiatives, including opportunity assessment, sourcing strategy development & and execution, supplier performance management.

Demonstrated ability to personally manage clients through all phases of the most typical strategic procurement initiatives, including sourcing opportunity assessment, functional procurement assessment, strategic sourcing (scope development, RFx development, proposal assessments & contracting), supplier performance program development, organizational transformation, etc.

Demonstrated ability to effectively manage advisory engagements through all stages, proposal and contract development through final delivery, resolving problems, mitigating delays, and escalating issues as appropriate.

Must possess expert-level skills with financial assessments, data assessments, MS Excel (including pivot tables), creating charts and graphs, and creating MS PowerPoint presentations.

Must have the ability to travel to client sites on an as-needed basis.

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