Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. ProcureAbility is a procurement services company providing advisory, managed services, digital, staffing, and recruiting solutions to help organizations transform their procurement operations. The Marketing Procurement Consultant will support and manage client project workstreams involving procurement and supply chain assessments, strategic sourcing, spend analysis, analytics, supplier research, RFx processes, negotiations, and internal consulting initiatives.
Responsibilities
- In this role, you will gain experience through various projects, ranging from small, one-off projects to larger, longer-duration projects
- This person must be able to take direction from stakeholders at different levels and produce quality work without detailed oversight
- This position will assist with and manage workstreams across client projects, including operational and opportunity assessments, strategic sourcing, spend assessments, and other procurement and supply chain consulting activities for both consulting and internal projects
- Consultants report to a Project Manager for each project
- Supply chain and procurement assessments: interviewing, modeling, analytics, and report writing
- Strategic Sourcing Initiatives: scoping, market and supplier research, RFx (development, management, and evaluation), and negotiations
- Internal benchmarking, client research, proposal development, and other internal projects
Skills
- Strong quantitative & presentation skills (Data Analytics, advanced Excel & PowerPoint) are required
- This person must be able to take direction from stakeholders at different levels and produce quality work without detailed oversight
- 2-7+ years of previous consulting experience with top-tier consulting firms
- 3-6+ years of experience in procurement with a consulting firm
- Demonstrated procurement/category management experience supporting Marketing and Sales spend, including agency management (creative, media, shopper marketing, digital), media buying and planning, market research and consumer insights, and sales brokerage
- Advanced-level skills with financial assessments, data assessments, MS Excel (including pivot tables), charts and graphs, and MS PowerPoint presentations
- Undergraduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, or equivalent from a top-tier school
- Technical proficiency with spend assessments and visibility tools to scope opportunity assessments, e.g., create spend assessments, establish baseline spend, and calculate realized savings from sourcing events
- This remote role may be based in any US location, and candidates must currently reside in the US
- Please note that travel for client work may be required for upwards of 50% of this role
- Experience managing CPG marketing spend is strongly preferred
- Experience sourcing IT (software, hardware, and telecom) is desired, but any indirect sourcing experience will be considered
- Project experience working with F500 clients and advising on large software contracts with major suppliers such as Microsoft, SAP, and Oracle is highly valued
Benefits
- Extensive opportunities to advance your consulting career under the direction and guidance of dynamic management and the Executive Leadership team.
- Remote work; ProcureAbility has always been a remote organization.
- Excellent growth and advancement opportunities that reward strong performance.
- Collaborative culture and an entrepreneurial work environment.
- Engaging employee resource groups and other interest groups.
- Virtual team building and regional in-person volunteer and social events.
- The ability to participate in firm strategic initiatives.
- The Ancillary Benefit Program, which currently includes reimbursement for fitness, home office productivity, personal enrichment, professional development, books and newspaper subscriptions, secure traveler programs, and monthly student loan repayment assistance.
- A comprehensive benefits package provided by Jabil.
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