Senior Manager​/Director - Business Consulting

Opportunity

We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager – Procurement to lead client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services, and participate in business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts. The role focuses on procurement transformation covering spend management, cost optimization, category management, strategic sourcing, operating model transformation, digitalization, ESG, and supply‑chain solutions.

• Lead large transformational client engagements as well as internal projects.
• Establish valued relationships with external clients at the C‑level.
• Lead large global and regional bids, proposals, and thought leadership.
• Lead teams at our clients, supporting them with improving their business performance.
• Present executive‑summary findings to enact change.
• Manage multiple EY colleagues across levels and client team members and review other’s work to ensure high quality.
• Mentor others as they progress in their own career.

• Strong experience and track record of leading successful procurement transformations in industry or consulting.
• Experience of directing multiple projects and providing direction to different teams.
• Proven track record of business development activities – 10 years experience at a tier 1 consultancy.
• Outstanding academic record to at least Batchelor degree level;
  Masters an advantage.
• Experience and passion for one of Digital solutions and trends, operating model development, third‑party spend management, ESG, or leading supply‑chain solutions.
• Excellent communications skills including verbal, written and presentation skills.
• Entrepreneurial flare and the ability to identify business opportunities and cross‑sell different services and/or products.
• Arabic speaking and reading an advantage but not essential.
• Ideally you’ll also have an analytical mindset, a change mindset, a continuous learning mindset, a teaming mindset.
• The ability to travel across the region.

• Develop people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff.
• Conduct performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff.
• Contribute to our people initiatives that include recruiting and retaining our professionals.

We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business. Support and coaching from engaging colleagues, opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career, and freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you.

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we build a better working world through finance, products, expertise and technology. We believe in giving you training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Join us to build your legacy and help us become the best employer by 2020.