S2P Specialist at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

Job Description & Summary

• A career within Operations Consulting services, will provide you with the opportunity to help our clients optimise all elements of their operations to move beyond the role of a cost effective business enabler and become a source of competitive advantages. We focus on product innovation and development, supply chain, procurement and sourcing, manufacturing operations, service operations and capital asset programmes to drive both growth and profitability.
• To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.

As a Senior Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Encourage everyone to have a voice and invite opinion from all, including quieter members of the team.
• Deal effectively with ambiguous and unstructured problems and situations.
• Initiate open and candid coaching conversations at all levels.
• Move easily between big picture thinking and managing relevant detail.
• Anticipate stakeholder needs, and develop and discuss potential solutions, even before the stakeholder realises they are required.
• Contribute technical knowledge in area of specialism.
• Contribute to an environment where people and technology thrive together to accomplish more than they could apart.
• Navigate the complexities of cross-border and/or diverse teams and engagements.
• Initiate and lead open conversations with teams, clients and stakeholders to build trust.
• Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.

Job Advert Details

Who we are looking for

• We're looking for Senior Managers to join our Procurement team. You will be part of a highly skilled, specialist team within a wider group of operations professionals. At the same time, you will be encouraged to initiate and develop new ideas to take to our clients and preferably have an existing client base that you can introduce to the Firm  Our highly motivated team have an excellent track record of delivering high quality work and has ambitious growth plans for the next few years. 

About the role

• Our Consulting practice is focussed on working in partnership with clients to deliver sustainable business change. We work with our clients to develop new ways of working; from developing Procurement Strategies and Operating models to optimisation of discrete areas of the Procurement Function and implementation of digital solutions . Supply chain management will increasingly become a major service differentiator for our clients across a range of sectors.

Additional information

• Opportunity for working from home? (Yes however mainly client based work)
• Amount of time client based (70% - 90%)
• Opportunity for job sharing? (No)
• Need to travel/overnight stays away from home (Yes - regularly)
• Opportunity for flexible working? (hours) (Yes)
• Amount of time PwC office based (10% - 30%)

Requirements

Successful candidates will be able to demonstrate experience in some or all of the following areas of Procurement. This role requires experience and a strong record of delivering Procurement projects in the Private Sector.

• Procurement strategy development and Operating model transformation
• Strategic Sourcing, development of category strategies and sourcing strategies
• Spend analytics and cost optimisation opportunity identification
• Procurement process, efficiency and compliance improvement
• Successful implementation of digital Procurement solutions, with experience in one or more of the following technologies: Coupa, SAP Ariba, Ivalua, Celonis

 
Candidates will be able to demonstrate the following skills/behaviours:
 

• Able to build and sustain trusted internal and external relationships
• Client focussed and commercially astute
• Project management and project economics
• Compliant with professional standards and PwC’s Risk and Quality procedures
• Lead a team and to work towards shared goals
• Strong track record in business development and client service
• Develop self and others via coaching / mentoring
• Adaptable with an innovative approach to their work
• Can effectively communicate, both verbally and in writing, with different audiences
• Understanding of ERP systems and how they work 
• Strong Excel, PowerPoint, Project and report writing skills are essential
• Possess a natural curiosity to learn more about their clients’ business, competitive landscape and industries
• Deal with ambiguity and make clear and conscious decisions backed by a strong rationale

Qualifications

• The successful candidate will be educated to Degree level or equivalent. Preferable degrees include: B.Com Supply Chain Management, B.Com Logistics, B.Eng Industrial.
• Further personal / industry qualifications such as ACA / CIMA, APICS / CILT or MBA are valued but not considered essential.  
• Certification in Procurement technology implementation like Coupa or SAP Ariba will be beneficial.
• Previous Consulting experience and/or experience within Energy / Utilities, Industrial Products, Oil & Gas, Pharmaceutical, Retail and Consumer and Telco sectors will be highly desirable. 

The skills we look for in future employees

• All our people need to demonstrate the skills and behaviours that support us in delivering our business strategy. This is important to the work we do for our business, and our clients. These skills and behaviours make up our global leadership framework, ‘The PwC Professional’. 
• The PwC Professional focuses on five core attributes; whole leadership, technical capabilities, business acumen, global acumen and relationships. We use this framework to recruit, develop and assess our people, at all grades and all areas of our business, because we expect all of our people to be leaders. 

Diversity

• We work in a changing world which offers great opportunities for people with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We seek to attract and employ the best people from the widest talent pool as well as those who reflect the diverse nature of our society. And we aim to encourage a culture where people can be themselves and be valued for their strengths. Creating value through diversity is what makes us strong as a business.