Consultant, Procurement, Operations

Who We Are

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Practice Area

 

The Operations Practice (OPS) Area is one of BCG's largest functional practices. We help our clients create competitive advantage by enhancing their performance and building strategic capabilities. BCGâs expertise in Operations covers the following areas - supply chain management, procurement, manufacturing, service operations, cost efficiency, operational transformation, research & product development, program and project management, all with a strong digital and analytics overlay.

What You'll Do

In Procurement topic of Ops PA, you would use your expertise & consulting skillset to help CEOs, Chief Procurement and Supply Chain Officers and their teams solve their most pressing challenges, and think about how analytics, digital and technology will change the shape of their business.
You would help your clients answer questions such as âHow can Data & Analytics help me take a quantum leap in my procurement spend optimization efforts?â, âHow can I build a resilient & sustainable supply chain to manage & mitigate disruptions better?â, âHow can I deliver on my customersâ expectations with the most appropriate and best in class procurement operating modelâ, â How can I help my customers extract maximum value through win- win partnerships with their suppliers and expand the value of the pie through targeted negotiation strategiesâ, âHow do I help my customers baseline the carbon footprint of their supply chain (Scope 3) and develop strategies to mitigate themâ and many more.
As a member of our team, you would work on a variety of these topics, applying your consulting skills to uplift clientsâ procurement performance.

As a Consultant in the Procurement topic, you will be given end-to-end responsibility for the larger and complex âmodulesâ within a BCG project, and begin to develop specialized knowledge to help you solve our clientsâ problems. Youâll work closely with clients to understand their issues, create strategies for change, win buy-in for your recommendations, and collaborate with fellow BCGers to transform client potential into performance.
A broad skillset in procurement, core consulting tool-kit & passion for digital & technology is important. You will be supported by an extensive training curriculum on latest procurement topics including digital tools to help you build your skills.

Our Expert Consulting Track

 

The Expert Consulting Track (ECT) is vital to BCGâs ability to successfully meet our clientsâ demand for deep expertise and advanced technical capabilities. Experts deliver next-level impact for BCG's most complex and cutting-edge client challenges. Experts focus on developing BCG's thought leadership, commercial capabilities, and intellectual property assets; and their work is essential to our delivery model. Working as part of a multidisciplinary team to bring the âbest of BCGâ to our clients, Experts come from diverse backgrounds, with expertise often gained outside of BCG in industry, academia, or specialized consulting.

What You'll Bring

We are looking for exceptional talent from consulting or industry to join us. You would typically:

o Have been a part of the team(s) which has executed procurement projects across the areas mentioned above with clear outcome orientation at clients / in your own company across industries (consumer, industrial goods, healthcare / pharma etc.)
o Have authored thought leadership pieces on procurement topics which have been published internally / externally
o Have been part of Procurement industry forums as a guest speaker / moderator
o Have led diagnostics / pitches to clients on procurement transformation
o Have an outstanding academic track record from a leading university
o Have excellent verbal and written communication skills in English

Additional info

DESIRED SPECIFIC SKILLSET REQUIRED:

Strong experience in Procurement topic across some or all of the following areas:

o Spend Management: Developing spend cube and conducting analytics on nature of spend and likely indicators of opportunity
o Category Management: Developing category strategies by conducting demand supply analysis, value chain analysis, import export analysis, supply market analysis, application of tools like Porter 5 Forces, Kralijic Matrix, Structure Conduct Performance Analysis, should cost modelling
o Value levers identification and alignment: Deep expertise in target categories to support initial idea generation sessions with cross functional customer teams, cost reduction across a range of commercial, technical and process levers
o Negotiation excellence: Develop negotiation strategies for customers to deliver high value impact, use digital tools for support, prepare of negotiation script, define BATNA and walk away points
o Supplier collaboration and sourcing innovation: Proactively manage critical supplier relationships and build strategies to commit suppliers for first use of innovations they come up with
o Sustainable Sourcing: Help baseline carbon footprint for customers supply chain primarily for Scope 3 emissions, and develop strategies for mitigation
o Procurement Risk and Resilience: Map categories in terms of impact on risk occurrence, and likelihood, and build immediate mitigation strategies for high-risk ones

 

Exposure to & hands-on experience in digital tools / analytics in the procurement topic:

o Spend cleansing and building spend cube: Familiar with tools available in the market to conduct spend cleansing using AI
o Procurement Operating Model: Experience in SAP, Oracle, Coupa and other platforms available in the market for P2P and S2C solutions, familiar with RFI/ RFQ generation and evaluation tools, Reverse auction tools, etc.
o Specific analytics use cases: e.g. Build should cost models, Linear Performance Pricing models, TCO analysis etc.

 

PROCUREMENT:

The procurement topic consulting team in our Operations PA (Practice Area) combines rich functional expertise in core Procurement, with industry expertise & far-reaching digital capabilities to create sustainable value for BCG clients. Our team has extensive experience in developing & implementing strategies and solutions for our clients, leveraging deep expertise in procurement spend optimization, category strategy formulation, digital procurement, negotiation excellence, risk and resilience, and sustainable sourcing including Scope 3 carbon footprint baselining and mitigation strategies.

 

TO JOIN US

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