Manager - Business Consulting - SC & Operations - KSA

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm seeks a Manager in Riyadh to lead client engagements focused on procurement transformations. This role demands strong leadership, with at least 5 years’ experience in a top consultancy and an excellent academic record. Candidates must exhibit outstanding communication skills and the ability to manage multiple projects. The role includes significant responsibility for improving client business performance and mentoring team members. Competitive compensation and development opportunities are offered.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Support and coaching from colleagues

Opportunities for skill development

Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience at a tier 1 consultancy.
• Experience managing large transformational client engagements.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead client engagement teams to improve business performance.
• Establish relationships with clients at the 'C' level.
• Manage teams and mentor colleagues for their career progress.

Skills

Leading successful procurement transformations

Managing staff on multiple projects

Strong communication skills

Entrepreneurial flair

Ability to identify business opportunities

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Manager - Business Consulting - SC & Operations - KSA

Location: Riyadh

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Requisition ID: 1669026

The opportunity

We currently are seeking a highly motivated Manager to lead client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services and participate in business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts.

Our Supply Chain & Operations team members provide insights into Procurement transformation covering:

• Spend Management – cost optimisation, category management, strategic sourcing
• Procurement Operations
• ESG

This team focuses on helping clients run their supply chains effectively in order to improve their business performance.

Your key responsibilities

As a Manager your key role will be to lead large transformational client engagements as well as internal projects. Drawing on your knowledge, skills and experience, you will establish valued relationships with external clients at the ‘’C’’ level. You will lead large global and regional bids, proposals and thought leadership. You will lead teams at our clients, supporting them with improving their business performance. You will be responsible for presenting executive summary findings to enact change. You will manage multiple EY colleagues across levels and client team members. You will review other’s work to ensure it is of a high quality. You will mentor others as they progress in their own career.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Strong experience and track record of leading successful procurement transformations in industry or consulting
• Experience of managing staff on multiple projects and providing direction to team members
• 5+ years’ experience at a tier 1 consultancy
• Outstanding academic record to at least Batchelor degree level
• Experience and passion for one of Digital solutions and trends, operating model development, third-party spend management, ESG, or leading supply chain solutions
• Excellent communications skills including verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Entrepreneurial flare and the ability to identify business opportunities and cross sell different services and/or products
• Arabic speaking and reading an advantage but not essential

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• An analytical mindset
• A change mindset
• A continuous learning mindset
• A teaming mindset
• The ability to travel across the region

What we look for

Alongside your comprehensive and proven technical expertise you will also be a born leader with a passion for:

• Developing people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff
• Conducting performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff
• Contributing to our people initiatives that include recruiting and retaining our professionals

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on your performance and recognised for the value you bring to the business. We also offer:

• Support and coaching from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

About EY

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.