Sourcing and Procurement Senior Consultant - Defence, London

Sourcing and Procurement Senior Consultant – Defence, London

Client: PA Consulting

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Consulting

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: f42b89981ebf

Job Views: 3

Posted: 11.03.2025

Expiry Date: 25.04.2025

Job Description:

Are you driven by a desire to help organisations achieve value for money through better procurement and strategic sourcing arrangements?

Our Sourcing, IT Strategy & Corporate Services capability are looking for a Sourcing and Procurement Consultant . You will have the opportunity to:

• Work on significant and complex sourcing challenges facing public and private sector organisations in the UK and internationally.
• Provide a range of strategic advice from transforming organisations’ sourcing teams, delivering complex multi-billion-pound procurements, and advising clients on how to embrace technology to accelerate sourcing processes and harness data.
• Support clients to achieve their desired business outcomes by harnessing deep technical knowledge and applying innovative approaches to sourcing and procurement.

Qualifications:

• Experience in strategic sourcing and/or procurement.
• For Principal Consultant roles prior consulting experience is essential.
• Evidence of leading and supporting change or transformation initiatives in multifaceted stakeholder environments.
• Strong delivery experience from working on procurement/commercial and strategic sourcing projects from buyer and/or supplier perspectives.
• Expertise in navigating complex procurement processes within the Defence sector to deliver successful value for money outcomes.
• Experience in managing supplier service delivery arrangements or improving supplier and sourcing relationships.
• A proven ability to think creatively and commercially to solve complex procurement and sourcing challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal and team working skills that translate to exceptional stakeholder management.
• Strong self-starter and growth mindset with excellent communication skills.
• CIPS, MCIPS, IACCM or equivalent sourcing qualifications are preferable.
• Prior consulting experience in a sourcing context is preferable.

We know the skill-gap and ‘somewhat need to tick every box’ can get in the way of meeting brilliant candidates, so please don’t hesitate to apply – we’d love to hear from you.

Apply today by completing our online application.

Additional Information:

Life At PA encompasses our peoples’ experience at PA. It’s about how we enrich peoples’ working lives by giving them access to unique people and growth opportunities and purpose-led meaningful work.

Our purpose guides how we work with our clients and our teams, and support our communities, to deliver insight and impact, solving the world’s most complex challenges. We’re focused on building a workplace that values human difference and diverse mindsets, and a culture of inclusion and equality that unlocks the potential in our people so everyone can be their best self.

We are dedicated to supporting the physical, emotional, social and financial well-being of our people. Check out some of our extensive benefits:

• Health and lifestyle perks accompanying private healthcare for you and your family.
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with the opportunity to buy 5 additional days.
• Generous company pension scheme.
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity-based initiatives.
• Annual performance-based bonus.
• PA share ownership.
• Tax efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn).

We’re committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions without reference to their age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity (or expression), political belief, veteran status, or other by any other range of human difference brought about by identity and experience. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.

Adjustments or accommodations: Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us on (emailprotected).

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