Principal, Agentic Procurement & Digital Analytics

Kearney Italia, Inc.; Town of Boston (NY); Hybrid; USD 245,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement benefits

Medical insurance

Equity-based awards

Learning & development

Talent mobility

Flexible work programs

Home office stipend

Job summary

Kearney is seeking a Principal for Agentic Procurement, Digital & Analytics in the Americas across multiple cities including Boston, New York, and Atlanta. You will lead large-scale procurement transformations using top platforms and analytics to drive cost and efficiency gains.

You will own client relationships at the executive level, develop new opportunities, and shape the strategic direction of agentic procurement capabilities.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in management consulting or procurement analytics with Principal level track record.
• Deep end-to-end procurement expertise: category strategy, strategic sourcing, supplier management, S2P/P2P, and contract lifecycle management.
• Experience leading transformation programs across industries such as consumer goods, healthcare, retail, and industrials.
• Hands-on familiarity with the procurement platform landscape and analytics tools; guide enterprise strategy and selection.

Responsibilities

• Lead large-scale agentic procurement transformations across multi-workstreams.
• Own executive-level client relationships and deliver with excellence.
• Translate priorities into analytical models and digital strategies for sourcing and supplier risk.
• Leverage spend data, enterprise systems, and analytics to enable transformation.
• Drive business development; originate opportunities and participate in pitches.
• Develop and commercialize agentic procurement IP and reusable assets.
• Coach and mentor consulting managers and junior colleagues.
• Collaborate across D&A, Operations, Strategy, and M&A for integrated solutions.

Skills

Procurement analytics

Executive relationships

Data-driven decisions

Strategic sourcing

S2P/P2P

Contract lifecycle

Digital platforms

AI analytics

Business development

Team leadership

Education

Master's degree in Supply Chain Management

MBA preferred

Industrial Engineering

Business Analytics

Finance

Tools

Coupa

SAP Ariba

Jaggaer

GEP SMART

Ivalua

Zip

Oro

Levelpath

Tableau

Power BI

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Kearney is seeking a Principal for Agentic Procurement, Digital & Analytics in the Americas across multiple cities including Boston, New York, and Atlanta. You will lead large-scale procurement transformations using top platforms and analytics to drive cost and efficiency gains.

You will own client relationships at the executive level, develop new opportunities, and shape the strategic direction of agentic procurement capabilities.