Procurement Manager - 1099 contract role x3

Project Blackbook; Charlotte (NC); On-site; Confidential; Part time

Job summary

Project Blackbook is seeking a Procurement Manager for a 1099 contract role in Charlotte, NC. The consultant will focus on strategic procurement, spend analysis, and supplier optimisation across engagements of 3–9 months.

Responsibilities include analysing data to identify savings, developing category strategies, and establishing governance to sustain benefits, with strong client and stakeholder management throughout.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategic procurement, sourcing or category management.
• Strong experience in spend analysis, supplier management and cost reduction.
• Consulting experience preferred, with strong client and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyse spend, supplier and category data to identify cost-saving and value-creation opportunities.
• Develop and implement category, sourcing and supplier optimisation strategies with cross-functional client teams.
• Establish robust procurement processes, performance tracking and governance to ensure savings and benefits are sustained.

Skills

Spend analysis

Supplier management

Cost reduction

Stakeholder management

Independent consultant

Job description

Role: Procurement Manager - 1099 contract role x3

Consulting Seniority: Consultant - Director

Day rate: Negotiable

Project duration(s): 3-9 months

Location: Charlotte, North Carolina

We’re supporting a specialist supply chain and operations consultancy on strategic procurement engagements, helping clients reduce cost, improve supplier performance and build more effective, data-led procurement functions. The work spans spend analysis, category strategy, sourcing, supplier optimisation and implementation of sustainable procurement improvements.

Tasks

• Analyse spend, supplier and category data to identify cost-saving and value-creation opportunities
• Develop and implement category, sourcing and supplier optimisation strategies with cross-functional client teams
• Establish robust procurement processes, performance tracking and governance to ensure savings and benefits are sustained

Requirements

• An independent consultant
• 5+ years’ experience in strategic procurement, sourcing or category management
• Strong experience in spend analysis, supplier management and cost reduction
• Consulting experience preferred, with strong client and stakeholder management skills