Sourcing Professional Services

Chain Iq Asia Pacific; Mumbai; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Chain IQ Asia Pacific is seeking a senior procurement professional to lead Professional Services category workstreams on strategic opportunities. You will engage with C-suite stakeholders to understand operating models and demand drivers across legal, consulting, and analytics sub-categories.

You will translate insights into category strategies, prepare executive briefs, and guide client conversations. The ideal candidate has 8–10 years of experience, strong contract sense, and a proven ability

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant experience in a similar position.
• Strong commercial acumen and contract understanding in the Professional Services category.
• Ability to identify value opportunities quickly with limited data.
• Structured, analytical, and able to operate in ambiguity.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead Professional Services category-specific workstreams during opportunity assessment projects
• Conduct interviews with senior stakeholders to understand operating models and demand drivers
• Challenge the status quo of sourcing and procurement approaches
• Analyze spend data, supplier landscapes, and key Professional Services supplier contracts
• Identify and quantify savings and optimization opportunities
• Translate findings into category strategies and supplier approaches
• Prepare structured, executive-ready deliverables and short presentations
• Lead client-facing discussions with senior stakeholders
• Orchestrate inputs and benchmark data from Chain IQ lead buyers and sourcing teams
• Validate assumptions and ensure robustness of savings logic
• Support post-project activities (deep dives, Q&A, negotiation input)
• Contribute to internal knowledge building and playbooks

Skills

Category Expertise in Professional Ser

Procurement Experience

Consulting Mindset

Job description

At Chain IQ, your ideas move fast.

Chain IQ is a global AI-driven Procurement Service Partner, headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, with operations across main centers and 16 offices worldwide. We provide tailored, end-to-end procurement solutions that enable transformation, drive scalability, and deliver substantial reductions in our clients indirect spend. Our culture is built on innovation, entrepreneurship, ownership, and impact. Here, your voice matters - bold thinking is encouraged, and action follows ambition.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Professional Services category-specific workstreams during opportunity assessment projects
• Conduct interviews with senior stakeholders (e.g. CFO, CIO/CTO, CHRO, Functional Directors, Head of Operations, Head M&A) to understand operating models and demand drivers
• Challenge the status quo of sourcing and procurement approaches
• Analyze spend data, supplier landscapes, and key Professional Services supplier contracts
• Identify and quantify savings and optimization opportunities (quick wins and structural improvements)
• Translate findings into category strategies and supplier approaches
• Prepare structured, executive-ready deliverables and short presentations (e.g., category one-pager summaries, deep dives)
• Lead client-facing discussions and challenge senior business and procurement stakeholders where required
• Orchestrate inputs and benchmark data from your Chain IQ lead buyers, SMEs, and sourcing teams
• Validate assumptions and ensure robustness of savings logic and recommendations
• Support post-project activities (deep dives, client Q&A, negotiation input)
• Contribute to internal knowledge building, playbooks, and Professional Services category insights

Your Profile

We are looking for senior profiles combining three dimensions of expertise :

1. Category Expertise

• Deep expertise in the Professional Services category and expert level expertise in one or several Professional Services sub-categories:
• Management & Strategy Consulting
• Legal Services
• Audit, Tax & Accounting Advisory
• Digital & Analytics Advisory
• Contingent Workforce & Staffing Services
• Professional Training & Capability Development
• Executive Search & Professional Recruitment
• Strong understanding of global and regional supplier landscapes, pricing models, and key levers for optimizing outcomes

2. Procurement Experience

• Proven hands-on experience in strategic sourcing / procurement
• Track record of delivering measurable savings and optimizing outcomes
• Experience negotiating complex supplier contracts

3. Consulting Mindset

• Experience in client-facing roles and/or consulting/advisory
• Ability to structure complex problems and communicate clearly
• Strong stakeholder management at senior level

Additional Requirements

• 8-10 years of relevant experience in a similar position
• Strong commercial acumen and contract understanding in the Professional Services category
• Ability to identify value opportunities quickly with limited data
• Structured, analytical, and able to operate in ambiguity
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. Were proud to be Great Place to Work-certified and even prouder of the people who make that possible. Let s shape the future of procurement - together.

Chain IQ Create. Lead. Make an impact.