Senior Consultant - Procurement & Value Creation (UK)
Permanent employee, Full-time
Location: London, United Kingdom (London office on Chancery Lane); hybrid working with travel as required.
Overview
You want to join a consultancy that offers you exciting projects and great development? You are looking for a place where you can take your career to a higher level and take on responsibility as part of a great team. This is an opportunity to develop your procurement consulting skill to the next level as a key player in a small but growing team. As a Senior Consultant, you will work closely with colleagues and clients to deliver procurement excellence projects across the full range of our services, taking responsibility for leading and delivering cost improvement initiatives across direct and indirect categories, as well as organizational transformation initiatives for our clients.
Responsibilities
Actively listen to clients and support their issues
Proactively engage with, and develop relationships with, clients at different levels as needed
Actively manage your own work and deliverables in line with project objectives and budgets
Take responsibility and demonstrate initiative
Create high-quality outputs
Communicate clearly and maintain high professional standards
Have excellent analytical ability to solve business problems
Reach solid and justifiable conclusions
Undertake work in an accurate and robust way, clearly documenting assumptions
Recognize inconsistencies and logically challenge client information
Transfer skills, experience, and knowledge to colleagues
Produce project updates and reporting dashboards
Input to the development of the business including enhancement of methodologies and operations
Your profile
You have fundamental experience from consulting projects in procurement value optimization or transformation and want to take the next step in your career. You enjoy working with clients to develop solutions for cost reduction in procurement that create value for the company. You want to take responsibility, but success comes from the whole team.
An excellent degree and/or MCIPS qualification
Demonstrable career experience as a procurement consultant with a recognized UK or European consultancy (essential)
Background of personally delivering procurement outcomes across direct and indirect spend areas
Strong analytical and commercial skills, with attention to detail
Project management skillset
Passion for solving complex problems
Clear understanding of technical issues
Excellent communication and influencing skills
Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
Great people skills and able to work hard as part of a team
Ability to work well under pressure
Fluent in English, with another language as an advantage
Desire to play a key role in developing a growing procurement consultancy
What we offer
Working Arrangements & Travel
Hybrid working as standard; often based on-site with clients. Travel is required, with the London office as the primary working location.
Skills
If you believe you can contribute to our success and enjoy working in a collaborative environment where excellent technical knowledge, consulting methodology and people-skills are valued, we offer the opportunity to make your skills and experience count:
Challenging projects for a wide range of clients (including in Europe)
Work with a high-performance team of excellent people
Continuous training and development
Mentoring program
Friendly and collaborative working atmosphere
Employee events and company retreats
Career progression based on performance
Competitive salary package with performance-related bonus
Pension, travel, medical and dental insurance
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About Us
H&Z Management Consulting stands for consulting with head, heart and hand. We focus on Strategy & Performance, Procurement, Sustainability and Transformation. H&Z is headquartered in Munich with offices in London and Vienna, part of the H&Z Group and Transformation Alliance, with a track record of awards and a collaborative culture.
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