Procurement Transformation Manager

Summary The Procurement Transformation Manager role is responsible for developing strategies and actionable recommendations for improvement of our clients’ procurement functions.

• Conduct comprehensive purchasing and accounts payable assessments and develop strategic procurement plans.
• Assess, develop, and document purchasing and payables strategies.
• Provide expertise related to leading practices in purchasing and payables.
• Define procurement organization structures, roles, responsibilities, and staffing levels within the organization.
• Lead purchasing and payables process redesign efforts.
• Evaluate and write purchasing and payables policies.
• Assist clients in evaluating, analyzing, and selecting eProcurement solutions including technologies for supplier information management, sourcing, contract management, imaging, settlement, and spend analysis.
• Develop return on investment models for recommended technology and/or human capital investments with respect to eProcurement technologies.
• Interact daily and develop relationships with client resources at multiple levels.
• Provide advisory services to client to facilitate optimal solutions and recommendations.
• Communicate appropriately with all levels of the client organization.
• Manage client expectations related to scope and project success.
• Coordinate multiple work streams of procurement transformation to ensure consistency across vision and strategy, policy and process, technology, and organization.
• Manage and develop others on the project team.
• Create, review, and edit work plans.
• Develop and maintain status reports.
• Manage scope, client billing, and project budget.

• BA or BS from an accredited college or university.
• Five or more years of procurement and payables related experience either in a consultative or operational role.
• Ability to think strategically and tactically to ensure recommendations are appropriate and realistic.
• Familiarity with ERP financial suites and eProcurement technologies.
• Ability to work independently and function as a subject matter expert to senior executives.
• Capable of working within client organizations to strengthen relationships and encourage optimal levels of cooperation and collaboration.
• Demonstrated team leadership and management skills.
• Ability to define scope and structure work plans and deliverables to meet client objectives within team capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to manage successful achievement of objectives with high attention to quality.
• Capable of isolating development needs and delivering the appropriate motivation to keep consulting teams on task.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to successfully manage multiple clients and deadlines.

• Management consulting experience.

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