Procurement Practice Manager
Designation: Procurement Practice Manager
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:13
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What would you do? The Value Capture Lead works as trusted client advisor to meet value targets and capturing savings on-time and will coordinate, manage, and lead the value initiatives by maintaining a robust pipeline of projects savings and resourcing and provide insights that drive forward looking decision making.The Value Capture Lead closely works with our client/s, Client Account Team/s, and Procurement Category Managers to provide visibility to savings initiatives and enabling to prioritize work and resource teams during execution to meet savings value targets.Develop category strategy by driving down the total cost of targets goods/services with solution that meet business needs through proactive development and execution of the appropriate strategies.
What are we looking for? We are looking for experience in the following skills: • Excellent analytical thinking, technical analysis, and data skills• Ability to leverage new analytical techniques to develop creative approaches to business analysis• Extensive knowledge and understanding of how to analyse business problems, statistical analysis, and financial modelling• Very strong project management skills, including leading large, cross-functional initiative• Excellent communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skillsSet yourself apart:• Proven experience in interacting with key client executive and building trusted relationships across the organization• Experience in a matrix organization dealing with multiple service lines, managers/approvers, and knowledge of shared services operating models• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment• Bachelor s degree in finance, accounting, economics, or a related field• 1-3 years of experience in financial analysis or consulting• Strong Excel skills, with experience working with large data sets• Demonstrated ability to manipulate, analyse, and interpret complex financial data• Knowledge of finance and accounting principles and practices• Excellent MS PowerPoint and reporting visualization skills• Experience in procurement and compliance is preferred
Roles and Responsibilities: Drive savings value program: link savings to target, ensure goals are consistent with strategy and program savings target are met• Conduct financial data analysis, utilizing advanced Excel skills to process and manipulate large data sets.• Utilize data analytics to identify trends and develop recommendations for process improvements.• Prepare and deliver presentations to stakeholders, communicating complex financial data in a clear and concise manner.• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of compliance and best practices related to financial data analysis, procurement, and accounting.• Work independently to construct financial models to forecast business performance, coach others on model development• Establish the metrics required to measure business savings performance, and develop the process for identifying and addressing performance gap• Focus on measurement, accountability, and effective management of the value capture program by owning tracking mechanism and reporting; track value creation by initiative and develop value capture plans• Maintain overall value capture reporting and own changes/adjustments and sign offs, monitor and review pipeline and progress against goals and targets• Work closely with the Procurement Category teams to align feasibility and progress of value initiatives• Lead savings council governance: capture adjustments to value initiatives, consolidate submissions and changes in baselines and savings sign off on-time• Screen projects against ‘Quick Win’ parameters to identify initiatives capable on quickly creating positive momentum and early savings
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