Expert Associate Director - Procurement
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Practice Area Profile
What You'll Do
- Bring high quality expertise in the Procurement topic that delivers value to client organisations across a variety of industries. Our procurement practice has a strong footprint in resources and retail.
- Play a leading role in the growth of our Operations Practice and the Procurement topic through case execution, client development, and intellectual property & product creation
- Support clients in enhancing their procurement value delivery through improving category strategies, supplier partnerships, negotiations and sourcing events; designing and standing up best-in-class procurement organisations, incl. organisational design, process improvements, capability building; identify and implement digital roadmaps for procurement, including automation, advanced analytics and Agile.
- Execute client work in a case team either as an advisor, individual contributor, or case delivery lead
- Experience leading large procurement transformations
- Proactively pursue knowledge of cutting-edge research, technologies, and methodologies
- Provide mentorship and support to more junior consultants to ensure continuous individual development
- Support presentation of key findings and recommendations to C-level executives
- Contribute to proposals together with the senior leadership of the OPS Practice
- Build awareness for BCG’s Procurement competence across a variety of industry communities
- Contribute to Procurement intellectual property: conduct primary research, develop and refine ideas, methodologies and tools, design learning material, capture credentials and best practice
Our Expert Consulting Track (ECT)
What You'll Bring (Experience & Qualifications)
- At least 10 - 15 years of top-tier consulting experience or a combination of consulting and industry experience in a senior leadership position gained in procurement at a market-leading company.
- It is essential that you have deep experience in procurement transformations and have achieved significant and proven results with prior clients.
- Prior experience developing procurement IP
- Experience in digital procurement solutions is desirable
- A track record of project/team leadership and related achievements
- A track record of driving and delivering high-value work, (e.g., owning the process, content and day-to-day client or team interactions)
- Strong analytical skills and a high capacity for conceptual thinking. Must be able to thrive in a hypothesis-based environment where inductive rather than deductive reasoning is the norm
- An ability to think creatively, be adaptable and curious
- Preferred advanced degree in Engineering, Science and/or Business Administration from a top-tier university.
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