Professional Services Category Expert Advisor

Chain IQ Group AG; Lisboa; Presencial; EUR 95 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Resumo da oferta

Chain IQ Group AG is seeking a Senior Professional Services Category Expert Advisor with a focus on Marketing. You will lead and run opportunity assessment projects, engage senior stakeholders, and shape value creation strategies across Marketing-related procurements.

The role blends consulting, procurement, and commercial value creation in a global context. You will leverage expertise in Professional Services and Marketing, manage complex negotiations, and drive measurable savings for

Qualificações

• 8+ years of relevant experience in a senior procurement/consulting role focused on Marketing.
• Deep expertise in the Professional Services category with Marketing as a mandatory area.
• Experience in client-facing roles and delivering measurable savings.

Responsabilidades

• Lead Professional Services/Marketing category workstreams during opportunity assessments.
• Conduct interviews with senior stakeholders to understand operating models and demand drivers.
• Analyze spend data, supplier landscapes, and contracts to identify savings opportunities.
• Translate findings into category strategies and supplier approaches for executive deliverables.
• Lead client-facing discussions and orchestrate inputs from sourcing teams.
• Contribute to internal knowledge building and playbooks.

Conhecimentos

Marketing Services expertise

Management & Strategy Consulting

Executive Stakeholder Management

Consulting Mindset

English Proficiency

Descrição da oferta de emprego

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.

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.

About The Role

This role sits at the intersection of consulting, procurement, and commercial value creation. As a Professional Services Category Expert Advisor, with a focus on Marketing, you will play a critical role in identifying, structuring, and validating savings opportunities. You will be leading and executing the Professional Services/Marketing workstream in opportunity assessment projects before a potential client enters a strategic indirect procurement managed services partnership with Chain IQ.

As Chain IQ, we don't negotiate as a single company - we negotiate as part of a USD 70bn indirect spend ecosystem with deep category expertise. We extract value where others leave it on the table through rigorous processes, the use of technology and AI, real benchmark data, and scale, supported by a global team of 750 experts assigned to a category. We don't just reduce prices - we fundamentally change our clients' cost structures. As part of this team, you need to be able to leverage these value drivers and apply them effectively in the sales phase.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead Professional Services/Marketing 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/Marketing 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 recommendationsSupport post-project activities (deep dives, client Q&A, negotiation input)
• Contribute to internal knowledge building, playbooks, and Professional Services/Marketing category insights

Your Profile

• Category Expertise
• Deep expertise in the Professional Services category, including expert-level knowledge in one or more Professional Services sub-categories, with Marketing being a mandatory area of expertise:
  • Marketing Services
  • Management & Strategy Consulting
  • Legal Services
  • Digital & Analytics Advisoryi>
  • Professional Training & Capability Development
  • Executive Search & Professional Recruitment
• Strong understanding of global and regional supplier landscapes, pricing models, and key levers for optimizing outcomes
• Procurement Experience
• Proven hands-on experience in strategic sourcing / procurement
• Track record of delivering measurable savings and optimizing outcomes
• Experience negotiating complex supplier contracts
• 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+ years of relevant experience in a similar position
• Strong commercial acumen and contract understanding in the Professional Services and especially Marketing category
• Ability to identify value opportunities quickly with limited data
• Structured, analytical, and able to operate in ambiguity
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Fluent in English (additional languages are a plus)

What You Will Work On

• High-impact, fast-paced projects across multiple industries for high-calibre clients (USD 3bn+ revenue)
• Direct exposure to senior client stakeholders
• Opportunity to shape deal outcomes and value creation strategies
• Collaboration with global teams across Europe and the Americas

What This Role Is (and Is Not)

• This role is client-facing, fast-paced, and dynamic, as well as focused on value creation and strategy.
• This role is not a traditional sourcing / execution role, a back-office or operational position, or a static, low-intensity environment.

Join a truly global team.

We offer a dynamic and international environment where high performance meets real purpose. We're 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.