Currently, we are looking to incorporate a
Supply Chain / Procurement Seniorlocated in our office in Madrid, with more than 3 years of consulting experience in projects related to Supply Chain & Operations or Procurement area both nationally and internationally
Key Responsibilities
As a Senior Consultant in Supply Chain & Operations, you will:
- Collaborate with the extended teams and clients to design and implement effective supply chain transformation projects for diverse industries
- Assess the maturity level of procurement processes and initiate improvements to the current processes and systems/technologies
- Analyze current spend and allocation model, establish sourcing strategies to enhance competitiveness, reduce costs, and optimize the supply chain.
- Oversee procurement activities, including sourcing events like RFP, RPQ, commercial negotiations, reviewing proposals, and comparing/benchmarking rates.
- Design procurement solutions, create Operating models, Governance frameworks and participate/conduct workshops
- Acquire knowledge of new age procurement tools; such as SAP Ariba, COUPA, Ivalua, SAP MM etc. and work on process design/ reengineering/ implementation projects related to the process and/or tool
- Review and validate data and further build optimization models, analytical reports and presentations
- Conduct secondary research/market intelligence to back client deliverables
- Participate actively in building an industry focused practice across EY service lines; Specialization in a specific sector will be an added advantage
- Provide solutions to unstructured problem
Qualifications
To qualify for the role, you must have knowledge and experience in a number of the following areas:
- A minimum of 3 years of consulting experience. Specific experience in Procurement projects. Experience in other functional areas such as planning, logistics or manufacturing will be valued and will be a plus
- Hold a third level qualification, preferably in procurement and supply chain
- Knowledge and experience in Procurement operating model transformation. From spend analysis, to organization, processes, systems, governance model and KPIs
- Expertise in end-to-end procurement process covering following areas: spend analytics, E2E process redesign, Source to Contract, Procure to Pay, etc.
- Experience in strategic procurement, category management (direct and/or indirect spend)
- Experience in category management, developing sourcing strategies, tendering, suppliers market research, outreach and evaluation and supporting selection processes
- Experience in savings opportunity identification and cost reduction programs
- Experience in contract reviews and supplier relationship management
- Experience in developing tender documents in accordance with procurement directives
- Experience in procurement systems and digital tools evaluation
- Experience in sustainable procurement
- Entrepreneurial mindset, design thinking and passion for improvement and optimization
- Commercial acumen and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment
- Advanced user of Excel, PowerPoint & PowerBI