Senior Consultant / Assistant Manager- Business Consulting - SC & Operations - Riyadh

Ernst & Young Advisory Services Sdn Bhd; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 100,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A global consulting firm in Riyadh is seeking an Assistant Manager in Procurement. This role involves driving client business performance through innovative insights and operational efficiency improvements. Candidates should possess 3 to 5 years of consulting experience and a Bachelor's degree, with a strong background in procurement projects. This position offers competitive compensation and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Support and coaching from colleagues

Opportunities to develop new skills

Flexible work options

Qualifications

• Strong analytical insight for driving global business performance.
• Outstanding academic record required.
• Experience and interest in digital solutions and trends.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative commercial insights for clients.
• Contribute to improving operational efficiency.
• Adapt methods to fit operational team needs.

Skills

Strong Procurement projects background

3 to 5 years’ experience at a tier 1 consultancy

Excellent communications skills

Entrepreneurial flare

Arabic speaking and reading

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

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Location: Riyadh

Other locations: Primary Location Only

Date: 27 Aug 2025

Requisition ID: 1639429

The opportunity

As new markets open up and technology advances at a dramatic pace, the world of supply chain and operations is becoming increasingly complex. At the same time, clients understand just how vital effective, sustainable operational management is to their global success. We are currently aiming at recruiting an Assistant Manager to join our team.

As a Procurement professional, you’ll use your analytical insight to drive our clients’ global business performance. Working as part of a high-performing team, you’ll deliver exceptional client service and help leading organizations improve their procurement and sourcing performance.

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

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

Your key responsibilities

Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you’ll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Strong Procurement projects background in industry or consulting
• 3 to 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

We’re interested in professionals with a deep understanding in Procurement change, across Sectors. You’ll need to be comfortable handling several responsibilities at once, often with shifting priorities. It’s a highly collaborative environment, where you’ll be building and maintaining relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels – so you’ll also need to be genuinely engaging, with interests and contacts in communities outside of your work life.

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.

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