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Procurement Category Advisor - Professional Services(m/w/x)
Identifying savings opportunities and leading category workstreams for indirect spend reduction. Deep expertise in Professional Services, Consulting, Legal, IT, and Staffing categories required. Great Place to Work-certified, dynamic international environment.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Professional Services category
- Expertise in Management & Strategy Consulting
- Expertise in Legal Services
- Expertise in IT Services
- Expertise in Contingent Workforce & Staffing Services
- Expertise in HR Services
- Expertise in Marketing Services
- Strong understanding of supplier landscapes, pricing, and optimization
- Proven hands-on strategic sourcing/procurement experience
- Track record of delivering measurable savings
- Experience negotiating complex supplier contracts
- Experience in client-facing or consulting/advisory roles
- Ability to structure complex problems clearly
- Strong stakeholder management at senior level
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Strong commercial acumen and contract understanding in Professional Services
- Ability to identify value opportunities quickly
- Structured, analytical, operates in ambiguity
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Fluent in English
Tasks
- Identify and structure savings opportunities
- Lead category-specific workstreams
- Conduct interviews with senior stakeholders
- Challenge existing sourcing and procurement methods
- Analyze spend data and supplier landscapes
- Review key Professional Services supplier contracts
- Identify and quantify savings and optimization opportunities
- Translate findings into category strategies
- Develop supplier approaches
- Prepare executive-ready deliverables
- Create short presentations
- Lead client-facing discussions
- Challenge senior business and procurement stakeholders
- Orchestrate inputs from Chain IQ lead buyers
- Collaborate with SMEs and sourcing teams
- Validate assumptions and savings logic
- Ensure robustness of recommendations
- Support post-project activities
- Contribute to internal knowledge building
- Update playbooks and category insights
Work Experience
- 8 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Fluent
Benefits
Other Benefits
- Great Place to Work-certified
Informal Culture
- Dynamic and international environment
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Procurement Category Advisor - Professional Services(m/w/x)
Identifying savings opportunities and leading category workstreams for indirect spend reduction. Deep expertise in Professional Services, Consulting, Legal, IT, and Staffing categories required. Great Place to Work-certified, dynamic international environment.
Requirements
- Deep expertise in Professional Services category
- Expertise in Management & Strategy Consulting
- Expertise in Legal Services
- Expertise in IT Services
- Expertise in Contingent Workforce & Staffing Services
- Expertise in HR Services
- Expertise in Marketing Services
- Strong understanding of supplier landscapes, pricing, and optimization
- Proven hands-on strategic sourcing/procurement experience
- Track record of delivering measurable savings
- Experience negotiating complex supplier contracts
- Experience in client-facing or consulting/advisory roles
- Ability to structure complex problems clearly
- Strong stakeholder management at senior level
- 8+ years of relevant experience
- Strong commercial acumen and contract understanding in Professional Services
- Ability to identify value opportunities quickly
- Structured, analytical, operates in ambiguity
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Fluent in English
Tasks
- Identify and structure savings opportunities
- Lead category-specific workstreams
- Conduct interviews with senior stakeholders
- Challenge existing sourcing and procurement methods
- Analyze spend data and supplier landscapes
- Review key Professional Services supplier contracts
- Identify and quantify savings and optimization opportunities
- Translate findings into category strategies
- Develop supplier approaches
- Prepare executive-ready deliverables
- Create short presentations
- Lead client-facing discussions
- Challenge senior business and procurement stakeholders
- Orchestrate inputs from Chain IQ lead buyers
- Collaborate with SMEs and sourcing teams
- Validate assumptions and savings logic
- Ensure robustness of recommendations
- Support post-project activities
- Contribute to internal knowledge building
- Update playbooks and category insights
Work Experience
- 8 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Fluent
Benefits
Other Benefits
- Great Place to Work-certified
Informal Culture
- Dynamic and international environment
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About the Company
Chain IQ Group AG
Industry
Procurement
Description
The company is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner providing tailored procurement solutions.
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