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Manager, Procurement Consulting(m/w/x)
Procurement process assessment and improvement identification for global businesses. Hands-on consulting and project management experience required. On-site team management, tailored training programs.
Requirements
- Master's or PhD academic background
- Hands-on procurement consulting experience
- Project management experience
- Management of multiple projects
- Management of on-site teams
- Responsibility for cost control
- Responsibility for implementation outcomes
- Consulting toolkit
- Organizational change management
- Stakeholder alignment
- Training
- Strong commercial understanding
- Understanding of P&L impact
- Connecting procurement to cash
- Connecting procurement to EBITDA
- Connecting procurement to working capital
- Connecting procurement to operational KPIs
- Well-developed stakeholder management skills
- Well-developed communication skills
- Ability to articulate procurement value to CFO, COO & supply chain leadership
- Excellent category knowledge
- Category-specific market dynamics knowledge
- Key supplier knowledge
- Cost driver knowledge
- Negotiation lever knowledge
- Familiarity with eProcurement/P2PSystems
- Familiarity with spend analytics tools
- Familiarity with data visualization tools
- Excellent business development skills
- Support for pitch decks
- Support for proposal content build
- Upselling opportunities
- Cross-sell opportunities during delivery
- Well-developed team leadership capabilities
- Well-developed coaching capabilities
- Excellent communication skills in fast-paced environments
- Excellent influencing skills in fast-paced environments
- Native or business fluent German
- Native or business fluent English (C1)
- Advantageous French language skills
- Advantageous Spanish language skills
- Willingness to work on client sites across Germany
- Willingness to work on client sites across the EU
- Willingness to work on client sites internationally
- Master's Degree
Tasks
- Assess current procurement processes
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders on business requirements
- Understand strategic priorities
- Analyze bottlenecks, inefficiencies, cost drivers, and risks
- Identify improvement opportunities in procurement, logistics, planning, and distribution
- Design cost-effective procurement strategies
- Implement cost-effective procurement strategies
- Ensure compliance in procurement strategies
- Achieve positive impact on EBITDA
- Achieve positive impact on working capital
- Achieve positive impact on operational KPIs
- Conduct supplier evaluations
- Lead supplier negotiations
- Manage supplier contracts
- Benchmark supplier contracts against best practices
- Support ongoing supplier performance management
- Manage stakeholders
- Articulate procurement value to CFO, COO, and supply chain leadership
- Prepare reports for strategic decision-making
- Prepare forecasts for strategic decision-making
- Prepare spend analyses for strategic decision-making
- Lead change management transformation initiatives
- Support change management transformation initiatives
- Manage organizational restructuring
- Support organizational restructuring
- Manage acquisition integration
- Support acquisition integration
- Plan for operational disruptions
- Partake in business development activities
- Partake in marketing activities
- Expand knowledge and experience on value chain topics
- Work with Managing Directors on additional client topics
Work Experience
- approx. 1 - 4 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- French – is a plus
- Spanish – is a plus
Tools & Technologies
- eProcurement/P2PSystems
- spend analytics tools
- data visualization
Benefits
Learning & Development
- Tailored training programs
- On-the-job learning
Career Advancement
- Networking opportunities
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Manager, Procurement Consulting(m/w/x)
Procurement process assessment and improvement identification for global businesses. Hands-on consulting and project management experience required. On-site team management, tailored training programs.
Requirements
- Master's or PhD academic background
- Hands-on procurement consulting experience
- Project management experience
- Management of multiple projects
- Management of on-site teams
- Responsibility for cost control
- Responsibility for implementation outcomes
- Consulting toolkit
- Organizational change management
- Stakeholder alignment
- Training
- Strong commercial understanding
- Understanding of P&L impact
- Connecting procurement to cash
- Connecting procurement to EBITDA
- Connecting procurement to working capital
- Connecting procurement to operational KPIs
- Well-developed stakeholder management skills
- Well-developed communication skills
- Ability to articulate procurement value to CFO, COO & supply chain leadership
- Excellent category knowledge
- Category-specific market dynamics knowledge
- Key supplier knowledge
- Cost driver knowledge
- Negotiation lever knowledge
- Familiarity with eProcurement/P2PSystems
- Familiarity with spend analytics tools
- Familiarity with data visualization tools
- Excellent business development skills
- Support for pitch decks
- Support for proposal content build
- Upselling opportunities
- Cross-sell opportunities during delivery
- Well-developed team leadership capabilities
- Well-developed coaching capabilities
- Excellent communication skills in fast-paced environments
- Excellent influencing skills in fast-paced environments
- Native or business fluent German
- Native or business fluent English (C1)
- Advantageous French language skills
- Advantageous Spanish language skills
- Willingness to work on client sites across Germany
- Willingness to work on client sites across the EU
- Willingness to work on client sites internationally
- Master's Degree
Tasks
- Assess current procurement processes
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders on business requirements
- Understand strategic priorities
- Analyze bottlenecks, inefficiencies, cost drivers, and risks
- Identify improvement opportunities in procurement, logistics, planning, and distribution
- Design cost-effective procurement strategies
- Implement cost-effective procurement strategies
- Ensure compliance in procurement strategies
- Achieve positive impact on EBITDA
- Achieve positive impact on working capital
- Achieve positive impact on operational KPIs
- Conduct supplier evaluations
- Lead supplier negotiations
- Manage supplier contracts
- Benchmark supplier contracts against best practices
- Support ongoing supplier performance management
- Manage stakeholders
- Articulate procurement value to CFO, COO, and supply chain leadership
- Prepare reports for strategic decision-making
- Prepare forecasts for strategic decision-making
- Prepare spend analyses for strategic decision-making
- Lead change management transformation initiatives
- Support change management transformation initiatives
- Manage organizational restructuring
- Support organizational restructuring
- Manage acquisition integration
- Support acquisition integration
- Plan for operational disruptions
- Partake in business development activities
- Partake in marketing activities
- Expand knowledge and experience on value chain topics
- Work with Managing Directors on additional client topics
Work Experience
- approx. 1 - 4 years
Education
- Master's degree
Languages
- French – is a plus
- Spanish – is a plus
Tools & Technologies
- eProcurement/P2PSystems
- spend analytics tools
- data visualization
Benefits
Learning & Development
- Tailored training programs
- On-the-job learning
Career Advancement
- Networking opportunities
About the Company
Interpath
Industry
Consulting
Description
Interpath is an international advisory business with expertise in deals, advisory, and restructuring, delivering results for global businesses, investors, and stakeholders.
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