Senior Consultant, Supply Chain & Operations - Procurement in London

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At EY, our Procurement Transformation consulting team works with some of the world’s top organisations to help them build high performing procurement capabilities. We are looking for experienced procurement professionals to join our growing team and support our clients to navigate the unprecedented global uncertainty, volatility and risk within supply chains.

The opportunity

Take your career to the next level and join a high performing and inclusive team, working collaboratively with some of the most significant organisations in the world as they seek to optimise and transform their commercial & procurement operations. You will have the opportunity to work on a range of different client projects, working across industry sectors and the full procurement lifecycle, including:

• Delivering high-value complex strategic sourcing projects, supporting clients to identify and onboard suppliers to deliver some of their largest and most critical projects.
• Engaging with business stakeholders and suppliers to shape category strategies that best meet the organisations needs and takes advantage of market and industry best practice.
• Conducting assessments on 3rd party spend using analytics tools, identifying opportunities to reduce cost. Working with clients to implement projects and improve ways of working so that they are better able to manage spend.
• Supporting clients to navigate supplier performance issues that are impacting on business outcomes, working with them to implement leading practice contract and supplier management capabilities.
• Working with clients to review the current procurement operating model and identify and implementing improvements.
• Providing formal and informal procurement training to client teams so they have the technical and soft skills to deliver the best procurement outcomes.
• Supporting clients to implement leading procurement technology practices, including Robotic Process Automation and Artificial Intelligence.

You will work in cross-functional teams across our Consulting, People and Technology practices. The projects you deliver will build your leadership and your technical commercial & procurement capabilities. You will work closely with and support senior client stakeholders. You will also have exposure to leading procurement technology; including Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Data Analytics.

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Consultant, you’ll be focused on delivering for our clients as well as supporting our wider team through internal initiatives.

• Lead a workstream within a project where you will be completing analysis, engaging with clients and taking responsibility for deliverables.
• Be adept at problem-solving with clients and project teams, leveraging your skills to deliver high-quality work.
• Build, maintain and strengthen relationships and be a trusted advisor to clients, working with procurement and wider business stakeholders.
• Work with colleagues across different parts of EY globally in order to deliver the best possible outcomes.

Develop our people and business

• Help develop and deliver our internal procurement training programme so that we build the capabilities of our team.
• Help shape our leading procurement practices and methodology supporting internal research and analysis.
• Contribute to the development of proposals to showcase some of our leading practices.

Your experience

Typically, Senior Consultants bring practical experience from either a consulting or industry background where you have developed your technical procurement expertise. Whilst consulting experience is not essential, you will have had some experience in delivering business change for your organisation. As a minimum you should have:

• Experience within procurement.
• Ability to write to a high standard.
• Track record of operating in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong analytical skills, with evidence of being able to draw out insights from a range of different data sources.
• Ability to successfully work with internal and external stakeholders at all levels of organisation.
• Experience working with diverse teams of people.

We value curious thinkers who take initiative, great communicators who don’t take themselves too seriously, flexible collaborators who build relationships based on doing the right thing, and innovative problem-solvers who use their experience to ultimately find a better way. We welcome candidates from across different industry sectors, including the public sector.

Qualifications

Many of our Senior Consultants have (or are working towards) professional body membership or qualifications e.g. Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply (CIPS), or International Association of Commercial & Contract Management (IACCM) or equivalent, but if you feel that you have skills which you believe would be additive to our team, please apply.

What we offer

EY is committed to being an inclusive employer and we are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We strive to achieve the right balance for our people, enabling us to deliver excellent client service whilst allowing you to build your career without sacrificing your personal priorities. While our client-facing professionals can be required to travel regularly, and at times be based at client sites, our flexible working arrangements can help you to achieve a lifestyle balance.

We offer a competitive remuneration package. Our comprehensive Total Rewards package includes support for flexible working and career development, and with FlexEY you can select benefits that suit your needs, covering holidays, health and well-being, insurance, savings and a wide range of discounts, offers and promotions.

Plus, we offer:

• Continuous learning: We have an active procurement training programme with both classroom and virtual learning opportunities. We support professional training, such as CIPS (Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply). As well as access to EY’s wider skills development training, you’ll develop the mindset and skills to navigate whatever comes next.
• Success as defined by you: We’ll provide the tools and flexibility, so you can make a meaningful impact, your way.
• Transformative leadership: We’ll give you the insights, coaching and confidence to be the leader the world needs.
• Diverse and inclusive culture: You’ll be embraced for who you are and empowered to use your voice to help others find theirs.

If you can demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible. The exceptional EY experience. It’s yours to build. Apply now.

Please note: Prior to finalizing your application, you will be asked to provide personal information across several dimensions of diversity and inclusiveness. The information you provide is kept entirely confidential and will not be used to evaluate your candidacy. We collect this data to help us analyse our recruitment process holistically and implement actions that promote diversity and inclusiveness. While optional, we encourage you to provide this information to hold us accountable towards our goal of building a better working world.