Senior Associate Procurement & Value Creation

Position

As a Senior Associate at H&Z, you will play a key role in delivering procurement excellence and value creation projects within a growing UK team. You will work closely with clients and colleagues to deliver tangible outcomes across direct and indirect spend categories, while developing your procurementconsulting skillset to the next level.
You will take responsibility for defined work streams, actively manage your deliverables, and contribute to both project success and the development of the wider consultancy.

• Deliver procurement cost improvement and transformation initiatives
• Lead defined project work streams across direct and indirect categories
• Analyse complex client data and develop robust, fact-based insights
• Create high-quality client outputs and presentations
• Proactively engage with client stakeholders at different levels
• Actively manage your own workload in line with project objectives and budgets
• Identify inconsistencies in data and challenge assumptions constructively
• Produce project updates, dashboards, and progress reporting
• Transfer skills and knowledge to colleagues
• Contribute to the development of methodologies and internal operations

You have a strong foundation in procurement consulting and are ready to take the next step in your career within a collaborative, high-performance environment.
Ideally, you willbring:

• An excellent degree and/or MCIPS qualification
• Proven experience as a procurement consultant with a recognised UK or European consultancy
• Hands-on delivery of procurement outcomes across direct and indirect spend
• Strong analytical and commercial skills with attention to detail
• Solid project management capabilities
• Clear understanding of procurement and related technical issues
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Confidence working under pressure in client-facing environments
• Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
• Fluency in English, with another language as an advantage
• Motivation to help grow a developing UK procurement consultancy

Our teams work in a hybrid model and are frequently based on client sites. You should therefore be willing to travel. The primary office location is London, close to Chancery Lane tube station.
We offer:

• Challenging projects across a diverse UK and European client base
• A high-performance, supportive team environment
• Continuous training and development
• Structured mentoring
• A friendly and collaborative culture
• Employee events and company retreats
• Clear progression based on performance
• Competitive salary with performance-related bonus
• Pension, travel, medical, and dental insurance