Manager

Role Description

The Consulting Manager/Senior Consulting Manager role (level based upon experience) will manage workstreams within various client projects, such as:

• Procurement-related operational and opportunity assessments
• Strategic sourcing
• Category management
• Spend assessments
• Other procurement and supply chain consulting activities for various consulting and internal projects

The person filling this role must possess the ability to interact with clients at all levels, including executives, have a solid consulting and client management background rooted in solid project management, and possess quantitative & presentation skills (data analytics, advanced Excel & PowerPoint). Extensive Procurement experience is required, along with the ability to take direction and produce quality work without detailed oversight.

We are looking for a self-starter and fast learner. You must be very organized and love teamwork to fit well into our corporate culture. With a can-do attitude, you will learn about procurement and can expect your voice to be heard and will be expected to participate in many strategic initiatives for the company.

What can you expect to do?

• Engage directly with our clients on various procurement and supply chain-related initiatives focused on improving efficiency, driving effectiveness, and increasing their ability to influence spending and drive value throughout their organizations.
• Manage and support client project workstreams, such as:
  • Supply chain and procurement assessments
  • Category Management and Strategic Sourcing
  • Procurement strategy roadmap creation and capability development
  • Scenario modeling and analytics
• Support internal firm-building initiatives such as:
  • Scoping, market, and supplier research
  • RFx (development, management, and evaluation)
  • Supplier evaluation & selection
  • Negotiations
  • Operational improvement & innovation
  • Business development and practice development efforts, including but not limited to the development of knowledge capital, proposal, and RFP responses.
  • Benchmarking
  • Client Research
  • Employee Development
  • Managing resources and managing clients or internal projects
• Lead teams of consultants, analysts, and other staff members to oversee client support and services.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with a consulting firm is required
• 6+ years of experience in procurement, either consulting or as a practitioner
• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, or equivalent from a top-tier school or a school with a well-recognized procurement or supply chain program.
• 3+ years of experience managing direct reports and directing project teams.

Requirements

• Proven track record of managing consulting projects to a successful outcome, working with ambiguity, unclear requirements, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to manage engagement teams supporting clients in pursuit of strategic cost reduction initiatives, including:
  • Opportunity assessment
  • Sourcing strategy development & execution
  • Supplier performance management
• Demonstrated ability to personally manage clients through all phases of the most typical strategic procurement initiatives, including:
  • Sourcing opportunity assessment
  • Functional procurement assessment
  • Strategic sourcing (scope development, RFx development, proposal assessments & contracting)
  • Supplier performance program development, organizational transformation, etc.
• Demonstrated ability to effectively manage advisory engagements through all stages, proposal & contract development through final delivery, resolving problems, mitigating delays, and escalating issues as appropriate.
• Must possess expert-level skills with financial assessments, data assessments, MS Excel (including pivot tables), creating charts and graphs, and creating MS PowerPoint presentations.
• Must have the ability to travel to client sites on an as-needed basis.

Benefits

• Short-term incentive based on performance
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance plans
• Paid time off accruing at a rate of 3.07 hours during your first year of employment
• 4 weeks of paid parental leave
• 11 company-paid holidays (9 fixed holidays and 2 optional floating holidays), subject to change yearly
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Employee stock purchase plan