Sourcing Professional Services- Senior Consultant

About Chain IQ

 

Chain IQ is an Independent Global Indirect Procurement company providing strategic, tactical, and operational procurement services. Headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland Chain IQ operates from 6 main centers and 14 offices worldwide.

Our team of experts work to transform procurement within an organization utilizing our market knowledge and insights supported by innovative technology to drive procurement efficiencies. 

We apply the latest risk, sustainability, and social responsibility practices to strengthen procurement resilience. Chain IQ’s approach to ESG supports ethical operations, business standards and bio-diversity whilst minimizing environmental impact.

 

Join our Team

It is an exciting time at Chain IQ and our team in Jersey City are looking for a Senior Sourcing Consultant in Professional Services.

 

Chain IQ generate value far beyond cost reduction. We transform our client’s indirect procurement towards a world-class, resilient, ethical and digitalized end-to-end function. We promote a culture of collaboration and shared excellence while encouraging an open and honest exchange of ideas. We offer the potential for significant corporate growth and career development.

 

Our ambition is to strengthen the existing highly experienced team to provide the best in industry support to our growing client base.

 

 

Role Purpose

The primary purpose is to deliver value-add sourcing services to clients in a structured, professional and consistent manner.

 

We are seeking a dynamic, client-focused individual to join our US Professional Services Sourcing team. The candidate must have experience in the end-to-end sourcing lifecycle across a range of professional services categories with particular focus on management consulting.  Experience with recruiting, HR, BPO, IT consulting services also considered. 

 

Responsibilities

We are currently seeking a Senior Consultant to join the Professional Services team. The Senior Sourcing Consultant needs to be a dynamic, highly client-focused individual with proven experience within Professional Services.

 

The individual will have experience in working with the main suppliers in the Americas and globally of Professional Services.

 

Main responsibilities will include:

• Establishing and maintaining strong relationships with business partners  
• Leading assigned sourcing initiatives, which vary in terms of scope and scale  
• Conducting market tenders (RFPs, RFIs) and managing the evaluation process across a cross-functional team to determine supplier selection  
• Understanding complex business requirements and shaping deals to meet those requirements  
• Calculating financial baselines, pricing models and future case analysis from client data for use in developing negotiation strategies.  
• Negotiating deals to achieve optimal commercial terms  
• Drafting contracts (review, redline/edit, review comments, identify business issues, legal issues) based on standard terms and conditions (including master agreements, task orders, change orders, amendments, etc.)  
• Be accountable for leading negotiations that yield the right business outcome, ensuring compliant contracting, performance management and issue resolution  
• Maintaining market awareness for assigned categories and contributi