SAP Strategic Sourcing - Management Consulting

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 Qualifications Educational qualifications - Minimum qualification required: Post-Graduate degree / 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 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 Originally posted on Himalayas