Senior Consultant in Procurement

Sia Partners; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mobility Budget

Hospital Insurance

Performance-Related Bonus

Personal Development Plan

Training Opportunities

Job summary

An established global management consulting group is seeking a Senior Consultant in Procurement to enhance client competitiveness through innovative solutions in procurement and supply chain management. In this role, you will leverage your analytical skills and consultancy experience to drive process improvements and digitalization initiatives. You will collaborate with a diverse team, contributing to internal development and business growth while enjoying a supportive work environment that values employee well-being and professional growth. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a fast-growing company committed to corporate social responsibility and innovation.

Qualifications

• 2-4 years of consultancy experience with a focus on procurement.
• Master's degree in relevant fields and strong analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Support clients in transforming Procurement, Finance, and Supply Chain.
• Contribute to business development and internal activities.

Skills

Procurement Strategy

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Team Collaboration

Dynamic and Result-Oriented

Education

Master's degree in Applied Economics

Master's degree in Engineering

Master's degree in Computer Science

Master's degree in Statistics

Master's degree in Econometrics

Tools

Spend Analytics Tools

Risk Management Tools

Digital Procurement Tools

Job description

Senior Consultant in Procurement

Company description

Sia is a next-generation, global management consulting group. Founded in 1999, we were born digital. Today our strategy and management capabilities are augmented by data science, enhanced by creativity and driven by responsibility. We’re optimists for change and we help clients initiate, navigate and benefit from transformation. We believe optimism is a force multiplier, helping clients to mitigate downside and maximize opportunity. With expertise across a broad range of sectors and services, our 3,000 consultants serve clients worldwide from 48 locations in 19 countries. Our expertise delivers results. Our optimism transforms outcomes.

Job description

You will be supporting our clients in improving competitiveness through the transformation of Procurement, Finance and Supply Chain:

• Source to Pay Process Improvement and Tools, Digitalization of the Purchasing process
• Choice of solutions: S2P, Market Places, Costing and Market Intelligence tools, Spend analytics
• Lean Source-to-Pay
• Purchasing operational model - Purchasing policy and Purchasing strategic roadmap - Production and non-production category strategies - Purchasing function service commitments - Purchasing pooling - Coordination, CSP, ...
• Environmental transition: Detection and transformation of CSR opportunities - Purchasing and supplier carbon assessments - Low-carbon trajectory for external expenditure - CSR evaluation and reporting tools - Circular economy and waste recovery
• Risk management: Choice of risk detection and management tools - Industrialisation of supplier risk management (RGPD, Security, SAPIN II, Supply Chain, Cybersecurity...) - Purchasing risk mapping, audits - Supplier development plans
• Spend optimisation: Diagnosis of expenditure and commercial conditions - Onboarding of internal customers, review of demand - Action plan, projection of economic impacts - Reduction of consumption, consultation and negotiation, reversibility management

You will get the opportunity to actively contribute to Sia’s internal activities:

• Development and reinforcement of our offer, by understanding and interpreting Financial performance and strategy
• Business development, by contributing to need definition and participating in our commercial initiatives

Equipped with the entrepreneurial fibre, you are ready to collaborate with us in a fast growing company.

In return, you can expect:

• An international company that gives importance to diversity, inclusion, employee well-being and corporate social responsibilities actions.
• A great working atmosphere with friendly and professional colleagues where innovation and entrepreneurship are encouraged
• A personal development plan with a regular follow-up as well training opportunities to develop yourself
• A competitive salary with great advantages, like mobility budget, hospital insurance, performance-related bonus,...

Qualifications

• Master degree in applied economics/engineering/computer science/statistics/econometrics/…
• 2 to 4 years’ experience within a consultancy firm
• Knowledge in procurement strategy
• Outstanding team player and good communication skills
• Analytical mind, exploring options and able to synthesize into conclusions
• Autonomous, dynamic, result oriented, rigorous and committed
• Language skills: Dutch and English
• Prepared to participate in temporary assignments abroad (e.g. Belgium, France)