Senior Manager/Director/Senior Director - Operations Improvement - Procurement Process - Consulting Firm

Competencies :

- Expertise in end-to-end Procurement Process covering one or more of the following areas : supply planning, procurement planning, category management, procurement analytics, purchasing & expediting and Source-to-Pay.

- Identifying client business issues, determining client needs by supplementing the standard assessment techniques and tools with innovative approaches.

- Analyzing and identifying enablers for achieving the desired procurement operations for the client.

- Expertise in procurement process improvement/ automation.

- Experience in implementation of various procurement/supply chain solutions

- Ability to analyse spend and identify cost optimization opportunities in one or more areas covering purchasing category management, direct materials procurement, indirect procurement, project procurement, inventory management, contracts / services procurement & administration.

- Ability to lead small to medium value engagements or components of large, complex engagements.

- Participate in the development and presentation of proposals for business development activities.

- Participate in client meetings for active collaboration and delivery of services. Be proactive and demonstrate assertiveness in communicating with a client, exhibit excellent communication skills.

- Willing to travel and work on site with the clients, working in project teams at client locations

Desired attributes :

- Should have knowledge of tools/ levers/concepts like strategic sourcing, global sourcing, e-sourcing, Auctions etc.

- Knowledge of using e-sourcing tools like Ariba / Zycus, etc. Have experience in implementation of procurement solutions/ software.

- Having led procurement cost optimization/procurement process optimization projects and preferably been a part of large-scale procurement optimization initiatives.

- Good knowledge of costing mechanism (Zero-based, Activity based] and Total Cost of Ownership evaluation

- Certified professionals will be an added advantage.

- Ability to work under pressure and remain composed.

- Excellent verbal and written communication, and presentation skills

- Strong organizational, multi-tasking, and time-management skills.

Qualification - MBA + Engineering Degree