Senior Consultant, Supply Chain - London, United Kingdom - EY

Verified Company

London, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

It is difficult to recall when commercial and procurement has been more at the forefront of organisations' strategic priorities, as third-party relationships are recalibrated to address unprecedented global uncertainty, volatility and risk.

Be it in the public sector as governments build new supply chains to respond to the changing needs of citizens, or in the private sector as national and international markets face unparalleled disruption.

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 and procurement operations.

Leverage and expand your experience in commercial and procurement innovation to be at the forefront of shaping leading practices. Develop and impart your experience on those you work with to help create the next generation of leaders.

Develop your leadership and management ability as you work in cross-functional teams across our Consulting, People and Technology practices. Build out your technical and sector knowledge by working alongside our clients in project teams.

Work with cutting-edge technologies such as Robotic Process Automation, Artificial Intelligence, Internet Of Things (IOT) and Block Chain; as well as leading procurement (Source to Pay) technology.

We value curious thinkers who have the courage to lead, 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.

Responsibilities, Qualifications, Certifications - External

Your key responsibilities

Our clients place considerable trust in us and our advice, and people who are passionate about going above and beyond to improve our working world, unifies us as a team.

This is crucial in enabling us to consistently deliver or exceed on our commitments.

As a Senior Consultant, you'll balance internal and external responsibilities, comprising client, business development support, operational and personal development.

Focus on our clients

Build maintain and strengthen relationships to increasingly become a trusted point of contact in commercial and procurement
Contribute/lead a workstream within a project and be capable of managing activity to complete deliverables within your remit
Contribute and be an active member of a core project team, often working with others from different parts of EY's world

Support our business

Contribute to the development of proposals to showcase some of our leading practices
Engage the market with thought leadership and public profile, and contribute to enhancing our methodologies
Work across our internal sector and account field of play teams to develop your network, bringing our commercial and procurement expertise to bear

Support operational excellence

Support successful delivery of projects by managing your work products and contribution as forecast to time and budget
Help ensure the quality of our delivery exceeds client expectations by effectively managing activities within your remit

Personal and people development

Maintain a personal development program to continually enhance your technical and consulting skills
Increasingly grow your people leadership experience through leading as part of client and internal teams

Your experience

Typically, Senior Consultants bring practical experience from either a professional services or industry background where you have developed your commercial and procurement experience.

Your Commercial and Procurement experience will be valued across a several sectors, with a key focus on Consumer Products & Retail, Energy & Resources, Government & Infrastructure, Health & Life Sciences, Private & National and Telecommunication, Media & Entertainment.

Our Senior Consultants are required to possess some experience in at least one of the technical skills below and some exposure across one or multiple others:

Technical Skill

Experience

Procurement Performance Optimisation
Improving a procurement function's overall performance through capability development, analytics, category management, strategic sourcing, process optimisation, performance and value creation tracking and management.
Procurement Strategy and Operating Model
Transforming the Procurement Operating Model and how procurement delivers to the organisation's strategy. This can include capability, process optimisation and automation, analytics and technology enablers.
Procurement Technology Design and Deployment
Determining how technology can improve procurement operations. This may be leveraging enterpriselevel technology to standardise, automate and digitise the procurement lifecycle, or deploying innovative technology in the Source to Payment lifecycle. Experience i