Supply Chain and Operations - Procurement Manager - Advisory Consulting

Position Summary

Line of Service: Advisory
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Specialism: Operations Management
Level: Manager

About Consulting

In Consulting, we deliver practical, far sighted advice that gets straight to the heart of clients' business issues and delivers amazing results by helping our clients improve the way they operate, reduce costs, manage risks, leverage talent, or fundamentally change how they do business. The work that you will do is all about helping organizations of all shapes and sizes work smarter and grow faster. You will work with leading Irish and Global companies across a diverse range of industries including FMCG, Retail, Pharma, Manufacturing, Tech and Media.

About our Supply Chain Team

Supply chain management is increasingly becoming a major key differentiator for our clients across a range of sectors. Our Supply Chain team, part of our Transformation practice, is passionate about collaborating with clients to transform their supply chain operations, develop new ways of working, deploy innovative solutions, and drive efficiencies. Our Supply Chain practice operates across four inter related pillars: Procurement, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Strategy and Logistics (including Demand Planning), Digital.

We are actively recruiting for the Procurement pillar to support our clients in transforming their procurement function. You'll be part of a collaborative, inclusive team where your ideas matter, and your perspective is valued and encouraged. We have a strong track record of delivering high quality work to major local and international clients and have ambitious growth plans for the future.

Purpose Led Projects

As a Manager, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. Our Procurement transformation projects are large scale. We collaborate internally with other practice areas (Change Management, Technology, Data and Analytics, Tax etc.) and globally with Subject Matter Experts across our PwC network. By joining us, you get the opportunity to deepen your Procurement experience, build internal and global networks, and work on exciting client projects such as:

• Completing a procurement synergy savings assessment for two global media companies that recently merged, including developing a new Procurement Operating Model for the merged entity.
• Supported a leading Irish Bank in designing its new Procurement Operational Model - including developing its Digital capabilities and transitioning its procurement team structure.
• Supported a Retail and Consumer Goods company in assessing its end to end procure to pay model - including identifying requirements for a new P2P system.

Role & Responsibility

As a Manager your key responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with local and global teams to successfully deliver quality client projects, as part of engagement teams.
• Leading client engagements - collaborating with local and global teams to ensure project delivery and excellence.
• Driving business growth through pre sales and business development activities and initiatives, e.g. preparing proposals for clients, presenting at industry/client events, identifying potential new opportunities.
• Coaching, empowering and inspiring team members to foster a culture of learning, growth and innovation.
• Shaping PwC's procurement propositions, staying ahead of and up to date with market trends in supply chain and engaging with PwC global networks and our clients globally.

Experiences and Skills

• Degree qualified, with at least 5 years' experience in Procurement.
• Experience leading Procurement transformation programmes.
• Exposure to different technology solutions used in Procurement, e.g. Digital Procurement / Industry4.0.
• Experience inspiring and empowering diverse teams for quality delivery and distinctive outcomes for clients and our people.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%.

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe this so much that we have signed up for the Business in the Community Elevate Pledge. (). We will provide reasonable accommodation to individuals with disabilities to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.