Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Assistant Manager

PM Consulting; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 1,000,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

PM Consulting in the Philippines is seeking a Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Assistant Manager to lead and support strategic sourcing, category management, and spend analytics for global clients. The role focuses on procurement transformation, operating models, and maturity assessments across industries.

You'll create dashboards and reports using Alteryx and Power BI, develop RFX templates, analyze supplier responses, and contribute to business cases.

Qualifications

• 4–9 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement analytics, or supply chain consulting.
• Experience with global clients and cross-functional procurement initiatives.
• Familiarity with UNSPSC or similar taxonomies is beneficial.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work across multiple time zones and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support strategic sourcing, category management, spend analysis, procurement operating model, and procurement maturity assessment engagements across global clients.
• Evaluate spend data to identify sourcing opportunities and develop total cost models.
• Generate insights to support procurement decision-making and create dashboards/reports for client stakeholders.
• Develop and customize RFX templates and pricing models; analyze supplier responses and prepare sourcing recommendations.
• Contribute to business case development for procurement transformation initiatives.
• Demonstrate strong project management and cross-cultural collaboration with minimal supervision.

Skills

Strategic Sourcing

Category Management

Spend Analytics

Procurement Transformation

Operating Model

Education

MBA or postgraduate degree

Tools

Alteryx

Power BI

Job description

Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Assistant Manager

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About the job Procurement - Strategic Sourcing Assistant Manager

Our client, a global consulting and advisory organization, is seeking experienced professionals for a Strategic Sourcing – Management Consulting role within its procurement and outsourcing advisory practice. The role focuses on delivering strategic sourcing, category management, spend analytics, procurement transformation, and operating model advisory services to large global organizations.

This position offers exposure to global stakeholders, cross-functional procurement transformation initiatives, and complex sourcing engagements across multiple categories and industries. The role is positioned at the Consultant to Assistant Manager level and operates as an individual contributor within a global delivery environment.

The successful candidate will lead and support strategic sourcing, category management, spend analysis, procurement operating model, and procurement maturity assessment engagements across global clients. Responsibilities include evaluating spend data to identify sourcing opportunities, developing total cost models, and generating insights to support procurement decision-making. The role requires exposure to multiple procurement categories such as IT, professional services, marketing, facilities, and indirect spend management.

The position also involves creating dashboards, spend reports, and analytical presentations for client stakeholders while leveraging procurement classification standards such as UNSPSC or similar taxonomies. The candidate will support the development and customization of RFX templates and pricing models, analyze supplier responses, prepare sourcing recommendations, and contribute to business case development for procurement transformation initiatives.

Strong stakeholder engagement is required, including working independently with global clients across different time zones and cultures. The role also demands strong project management discipline, customer service orientation, and the ability to collaborate effectively in consulting-driven environments.

The ideal candidate holds a postgraduate degree or MBA from a recognized institution and has approximately 4 to 9 years of experience in strategic sourcing, procurement analytics, or supply chain consulting. Prior experience within consulting firms, professional services organizations, or global delivery environments is highly preferred.

Candidates should possess a strong understanding of strategic sourcing methodologies, category management, procurement transformation, and spend analytics. Experience working with large datasets and procurement visualization or analytics tools such as Alteryx, Power BI, or similar platforms is important. Exposure to spend taxonomy creation and procurement classification frameworks is also valuable.

The role requires strong analytical thinking, communication, and stakeholder management skills, along with the ability to operate effectively in fast-paced consulting environments with minimal supervision. Experience managing end-to-end project delivery and collaborating with global stakeholders is essential.