Educational qualifications
- Minimum qualification required: Post-Graduate degree from a Tier 1/ Tier 2 institute / MBA is mandatory
Work experience
- 4 to 9 years of experience in strategic sourcing & background in supply chain / procurement analytics using tools such as Alteryx
- The candidate must have prior global experience particularly in a professional services firm / consulting / Big 4
Roles & responsibilities
- The professional in this position is expected to lead/execute Category Management, Strategic Sourcing, Spend Analysis, Target Operating Model, Procurement Maturity Assessment types of projects
- Evaluating spend reports to identify opportunities and developing Total Cost Models for the spend categories in consideration
- Should have exposure to multiple category management areas such as IT, Professional Services, Marketing, Facilities, and Indirect Spend
- Should be able to create insightful dashboards and spend reports and publish them to multiple client stakeholders
- Good understanding of the UNSPC / eClass among other classification schemas
- Developing and/or customizing RFX templates and pricing worksheets
- Analyzing supplier responses, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and prepare business case presentation for clients
- Should have excellent communication skills and prior experience of interacting independently with global stakeholders
- Should demonstrate strong customer service orientation, possesses good understanding of general project management principles
Mandatory skills
- Deep understanding of the Strategic Sourcing process
- Ability to perform in a fluid changing environment (consulting) with minimal supervision
- Extensive experience working on global projects
- Effective verbal and written communication skills. Collaborate with clients - both in offshore and onshore models - to define current state maps (blueprinting), transformation strategy and execution
- Strong customer service orientation including demonstrated issue resolution and relationship management skills
- Experience in dealing with large data sets and analyzing disparate data
- Experience in creating Spend Taxonomy for different industries and proficient in visualization tools such as Alteryx, Advanced Power BI etc.
- Manage end-to-end delivery for a project
- Strong analytical and critical thinking acumen
- Extensive experience working with global clients
