Senior Consultant - Procurement & Value Creation (UK) - Logistics

h&z Unternehmensberatung AG; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading procurement consultancy seeks a Senior Consultant to develop logistics procurement skills in a hybrid work environment. The role involves leading cost improvement projects and working closely with clients. Ideal candidates have experience in logistics procurement and consulting, with strong analytical and communication skills. Offerings include competitive salary, continuous training, and a collaborative atmosphere.

Benefits

Competitive salary package

Performance-related bonus

Pension and travel insurance

Continuous training and development

Employee events and company retreats

Qualifications

• Experience in logistics procurement and procurement value optimization.
• Demonstrable career experience as a procurement consultant with a recognized consultancy.
• Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cost reduction initiatives across logistics spend.
• Engage with logistics stakeholders to support their issues.
• Deliver high-quality project updates and reporting dashboards.

Skills

Analytical skills

Project management

Communication skills

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Microsoft Excel

PowerPoint

Education

Excellent degree or MCIPS qualification

Job description

Position

You want to join a consultancy that offers you exciting projects and great development? Are you looking for a place where you can take your career to a higher level? You want to take on responsibility but know that success is being part of a great team? Then we have just the right job opening for you:

Your mission

This is an opportunity to develop your procurement consulting skills, with a particular focus on logistics procurement, as a key player in a small but growing team. As a Senior Consultant, you will work closely with colleagues and clients to deliver procurement excellence projects across the full range of our services. You will take responsibility for leading and delivering cost improvement initiatives across direct and indirect categories, particularly within logistics and related supply chain spend, as well as organizational transformation initiatives for our clients.

• Lead cost reduction and value creation initiatives across logistics spend
• Actively listen to clients and support their issues
• Proactively engage with, and develop relationships with, logistics stakeholders at different levels as needed
• Actively manage your own work and deliverables in line with project objectives and budgets
• Take responsibility and demonstrate initiative
• Create high-quality outputs
• Communicate clearly and have high professional standards
• Have excellent analytical ability to solve business problems
• Reach solid and justifiable conclusions
• Undertake work in an accurate and robust way, clearly documenting assumptions
• Recognize inconsistencies and logically challenge client information
• Transfer skills, experience, and knowledge to colleagues
• Produce project updates and reporting dashboards
• Input to the development of the business including enhancement of methodologies and operations

Your profile

You have fundamental experience from consulting projects in procurement value optimization or transformation within the logistics category or related subcategories and want to take the next step in your career. You enjoy working with clients to develop solutions for cost reduction in procurement that really create value for the company. You have experience in logistics procurement and a strong understanding of the category. You want to take responsibility, but know that success is through the whole team, and not just the individual.

• An excellent degree and/or MCIPS qualification
• Demonstrable career experience as a procurement consultant with a recognized UK or European consultancy, (essential)
• Background of personally delivering procurement outcomes across the logistics category
• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with attention to detail
• Project management skillset
• Passion for solving complex problems
• Clear understanding of technical issues
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Great people skills and able to work hard as part of a team
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Fluent in English, with another language as an advantage
• Desire to play a key role in developing a growing procurement consultancy

What do we offer you?

Working Arrangements & Travel
Our teams are hybrid working as standard, often based on-site with clients, so you must be prepared to travel, with the London (Chancery Lane tube station) office being the primary working location.

If you believe you can contribute to our success and enjoy working in a collaborative environment where excellent technical knowledge, consulting methodology and people-skills are highly valued, we offer the opportunity to make your skills and experience count:

• Challenging projects working for a wide range of clients (including in Europe)
• The opportunity to work with a high-performance team of excellent people
• Continuous training and development
• Mentoring program
• Familiar, friendly, and collaborative working atmosphere
• Employee events and company retreats
• Build a career based on progression through performance
• Competitive salary package with performance related bonus
• Pension, travel, medical and dental insurance