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Sourcing & Procurement Senior Consultant

Protiviti
CHICAGO
$97.9K-$147.4K a year
Full-time

JOB DESCRIPTION

Are You Ready to Live Protiviti?

The Protiviti Career provides opportunity to learn, inspire, and advance within a collaborative and diverse culture. We hire curious individuals for whom learning is a passion.

Together, we focus on our mission of delivering confidence in a dynamic world and the world has perhaps never been more dynamic.

At every level, we champion leaders who live our values of integrity, inclusion, innovation and commitment to success . Imagining our work as a journey, we believe integrity guides our way, inclusion moves us forward together, and innovation creates new destinations.

Living our values every day. That's Living Protiviti .

Are you inspired to make a difference?

You’ve come to the right place.

Where We Need You :

The Business Performance Improvement solution is seeking a Senior Consultant to join our growing team within the Sourcing & Procurement practice.

What You Can Expect :

The Senior Consultant coaches Interns, Consultants, and facilitates the successful completion of project work plan. Serving as both role model and trainer, the Senior Consultant demonstrates the attributes of excellent client service and assists team members in developing technical and professional competency.

The Senior Consultant learns to identify areas of risk and opportunities to improve efficiencies and drive cost reductions.

Relationships with client personnel and professional associates strengthen as the ability to communicate, gain trust and network improves.

At the direction of managers, the Senior Consultant may accept responsibility for decision-making, ranging from staffing and preparation of deliverables to application of methodologies.

What Will Help You Be Successful :

You enjoy identifying areas of opportunities to improve the efficiency and profitability of the client’s overall business processes.

You are passionate about evaluating, synthesizing, organizing, and interpreting data and information.

You create a positive work environment that fosters open communication among all engagement team members.

You effectively build relationships with your clients and provide them with timely top-quality service.

You have an inherent interest in project management and team leadership. You seek new ways to create extraordinary development opportunities and ways for your team to make an impact on our clients and communities.

Do Your Talents Include the Following?

Knowledge of process improvement, business transformation and project management methodologies (such as Lean, Agile, Change Management etc.)

A strong ability to guide and inspire junior staff which helps you excel at mentoring and advising those who look up to you

Advanced verbal and written communication skills that contribute to effectively presenting documented findings and recommendations to various internal / external stakeholders as well as executive level presentations

Knowledge of process improvement, business transformation and project management methodologies (such as Lean, Agile, Change Management etc.)

Ability to apply technical knowledge and problem solving to analyze data to identify trends, anomalies and improvement opportunities.

An ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that enables you to achieve your goals and drive success for your team

Ability to apply critical thinking skills and innovation to client engagements across various industries.

Willingness to work with a diverse portfolio of clients across several industries.

Strong organizational skills, prioritization skills, time management skills and ability to undertake multiple activities at any given time.

Your Educational and Professional Qualifications :

Bachelor’s or Master's degree in relevant discipline (e.g., Supply Chain, Operations, Industrial Engineering, MIS, Computer Science or related field)

2+ years working in Consulting, Sourcing & Procurement, or Procurement Technologyor related field, either in professional services or industry

You possess sourcing and procurement expertise spanning across one or more of the following areas : Spend Analysis, Procurement Analytics (e.

g., process mining, cycle time analysis), Procure-to-Pay.

Implementation experience with one or more technologies that support key Source to pay functions : GEP, Coupa, Ariba, Ivalua, Basware, Oracle Procurement (Cloud), Workday Procurement / WSS, SAP S / 4 HANA Procurement

Experience in MSFT PowerApps, MSFT Power Automate, Power BI, Co-Pilot (or other Gen AI tool) a plus

Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite applications with specific emphasis on Visio, Project, Word, Excel and PowerPoint

Professional Certification such asLean Six Sigma, Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM), Certified Supply Chain Professional (CSCP)

Do You Love Exploring New Places?

We travel throughout the month frequently based upon client requests / commitments. Travel may include suburban, regional, or out of state locations.

LI-Hybrid, #LI-Hybrid, #LI-Onsite

Protiviti is not registered to hire or employ personnel in the following states West Virginia, Alaska.

Starting salary is based on a full-time equivalent schedule. Placement in the range is dependent upon experience, skills and geographic work location.

Below is the salary range for this job.

$89,000.00 - $134,000.00

Our annual bonus plan provides eligible employees additional cash and / or discretionary stock compensation opportunities.

Below is the bonus target opportunity for this job.

The total cash range is estimated from the sum of the base salary range plus the bonus target opportunity. Below is the estimated total cash range for this job.

$97,900.00 - $147,400.00

Employees are eligible for medical, dental, and vision coverages, FSA and HSA healthcare accounts, life and accident insurance, adoption and fertility assistance, paid parental leave up to 10 weeks, and short / long term disability.

We offer eligible employees a company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions.

We provide Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time. The amount of (CTO) varies based on years of service.

New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year. Protiviti also recognizes up to 11 paid holidays each calendar year.

Learn more about the variety of rewards we offer at Protiviti at .

Any benefits outlined are part of our reward offerings for full-time employees in the U.S. Your Open Enrollment materials, insurance contracts, plan documents and Summary Plan Descriptions together comprise the official plan document which legally governs the administration of your benefit plans.

Protiviti reserves the right to terminate or amend your benefit plans in any way and at any time.

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