[Remote] Senior Procurement Consultant

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ProcureAbility is the leading procurement services company, offering advisory, managed services, digital, staffing, and recruiting solutions. The Senior Procurement Consultant role involves engaging directly with clients on various procurement and supply chain initiatives to improve efficiency and drive effectiveness.

Responsibilities

• In this role, you will gain experience through various projects, ranging from small, one-off projects to larger, longer-duration projects
• 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 with and manage workstreams across client projects, including operational and opportunity assessments, strategic sourcing, spend assessments, and other procurement and supply chain consulting activities for both 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

Skills

• 2-7+ years of previous consulting experience with top-tier consulting firms
• 3-6+ years of experience in procurement with a consulting firm
• 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
• Experience sourcing IT (software, hardware, and telecom) is desired, but any indirect sourcing experience will be considered
• Project experience working with F500 clients and advising on large software contracts with major suppliers such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle is highly valued
• 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
• 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

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.
• The 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.

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