SC Advisor - BC - SC and Oper - Procurement - Senior Manager - Multiple Positions - 1684013

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Supply Chain Advisor, Business Consulting - Supply Chain & Operations (Procurement) (Senior Manager) (Multiple Positions) (1684013), Ernst & Young U.S. LLP, Chicago, IL. 

Help clients understand the health of their supply chains. Provide advice on the Procurement processes, including finding, acquiring, buying goods, and services from an external source within various industries (such as Consumer Products, Automotive, Life Sciences, Industrial Products, Financial Services, and/or Technology). Assist with transformations in areas including designing procurement operating models, Procure to Pay (P2P) processes, supplier relationship management, technology optimization (eg. Ariba, Apex, Sievo, Coupa, or SAP SRM), and procurement performance management. Manage engagement teams on Procure to Pay transformations, identifying opportunities and quantifying business value (savings or efficiencies) of the opportunities to C-Level executives.  Design and deploy advanced analytic solutions, develop spend taxonomies, lead data collection and enrichment activities to assess procurement spend (such as invoice data, historical purchase order, etc) and perform supplier segmentation. Lead engagement teams in identifying value opportunities and create execution roadmaps across sourcing and category management: developing category strategies and playbooks; executing strategic sourcing and auctions, and tactical sourcing events, across indirect categories of spends including logistics, IT, MRO (Maintenance, Repair, & Operations), and professional services. Design and deploy contract management processes and enabling technologies (such as Icertis, Sirion CLM, or Agiloft) including design collaboration processes across different teams and develop contract migration strategies. Assess buying and payment channel strategies, catalog strategies and Purchasing card programs. Design on-premise and SaaS software solutions, leveraging supplier networks and portals. Lead functional design workshops for clients. 

Lead and direct teams of professionals with diverse skills and backgrounds by providing constructive on-the-job feedback/coaching to team members. Develop and maintain long-term client relationships and networks. Manage risk in the delivery of quality client services. Generate and manage new business opportunities.

Full time employment, Monday – Friday, 40 hours per week, 8:30 am – 5:30 pm. 

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

Must have a Bachelor’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, or a related field and 8 years of related experience (5 years of which must be progressive, post-baccalaureate). Alternatively, will accept a Master’s degree in Business, Management, Engineering, Technology, Supply Chain, Logistics, or related field and 7 years of related work experience. 
  
Must have 6 years of experience providing advisory and/or consulting services to third party clients in procurement operating model design and procurement organizational model design. 

Must have 5 years of experience managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members.  

Must have 6 years of experience in one of the following: 
•    designing new procurement operating or organizational models; OR  
•   implementing eProcurement technology (with catalogs, requisitions, purchase orders, receipts,
invoice, and settlement processes). 

Must have 6 years of advisory and/or consulting experience for clients in one or a combination of any of the following sectors: Consumer Products, Automotive, Life Sciences, Industrial Products, Financial Services, and/or Technology. 

Must have 5 years of experience in Strategic sourcing, procurement operating model design, category management and strategic sourcing, and eProcurement process and technology implementation (such as Ariba, Coupa, or SAP SRM). 

Must have 7 years of experience using Excel, Macros, and Pivot Tables. 

Requires travel up to 80%, of which 20% may be international, to serve client needs.  

Employer will accept any suitable combination of education, training or experience.

Please apply on-line at ey.com/en_us/careers and click on "Careers - Job Search”, “See All", then “Experienced Professionals” (Job Number - 1684013).<