Senior Associate, Procurement & Value Creation (UK) – Hybrid

h&z Unternehmensberatung AG; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Travel insurance

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Employee events

Company retreats

Job summary

H&Z is seeking a Senior Associate to drive procurement excellence for a growing UK team. You will manage deliverables across direct and indirect spend while developing your procurement consulting skillset for higher impact.

Based in London with a hybrid model, you should be willing to travel and work on client sites. The role offers challenging projects, a high-performance team, ongoing training, and clear progression based on performance.

Qualifications

• Degree and/or MCIPS qualification.
• Experience as a procurement consultant with UK/European consultancy.
• Hands-on delivery across direct and indirect spend.
• Strong analytical and commercial skills with attention to detail.
• Solid project management capabilities.
• Clear understanding of procurement and related issues.
• Excellent communication and influencing skills.
• Confidence working under pressure in client-facing environments.

Responsibilities

• Deliver procurement cost improvement and transformation initiatives.
• Lead defined project workstreams across direct and indirect categories.
• Analyse complex client data and develop robust insights.
• Create high-quality client outputs and presentations.
• Proactively engage with client stakeholders at different levels.
• Manage workload in line with project objectives and budgets.
• Identify inconsistencies in data and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Produce project updates, dashboards, and progress reporting.
• Transfer skills and knowledge to colleagues.
• Contribute to the development of methodologies and internal operations.

Skills

Procurement consulting

MCIPS qualification

Direct spend

Indirect spend

Analytical skills

Project management

Excellent communication

Fluent English

Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

H&Z is seeking a Senior Associate to drive procurement excellence for a growing UK team. You will manage deliverables across direct and indirect spend while developing your procurement consulting skillset for higher impact.

Based in London with a hybrid model, you should be willing to travel and work on client sites. The role offers challenging projects, a high-performance team, ongoing training, and clear progression based on performance.