ProcureAbility, a Jabil company, is the leading procurement services company, offering advisory, managed services, digital, staffing, and recruiting solutions. For more than 25 years, we have focused exclusively on helping clients elevate their procurement function. We combine leading methodologies, analytics, market intelligence, and industry benchmarks with our uniquely flexible and customizable service delivery model. Global organizations of all sizes trust ProcureAbility to transform their procurement operations, drive growth, and reimagine what’s possible.

The Procurement Consultantrole is a high-visibility position that provides extensive opportunities to foster and grow your consulting career under the direction and guidance of dynamic management and the Executive Leadership team. Consultants engage directly with our clients on various Procurement and Supply Chain related initiatives focused on improving efficiency, driving effectiveness, and increasing their ability to influence spend and drive value through their organizations.

We are looking for a self-starter and fast learner. You must be very organized and love teamwork to fit well into our corporate culture. With a can-do attitude, you will learn about procurement and can expect your voice to be heard and will be expected to participate in many strategic initiatives for the company.

What can you expect to do?

• In this role, you will gain experience through various projects, ranging from small, one-off projects to larger, longer-duration projects. 

• Strong quantitative & presentation skills (Data Analytics, advanced Excel & PowerPoint) are required. 

• This person must be able to take direction from stakeholders at different levels and produce quality work without detailed oversight.

• This position will assist and manage workstreams within various client projects, such as operational and opportunity assessments, strategic sourcing, spend assessments, and other procurement and supply chain consulting activities for various consulting and internal projects.

• Consultants report to a Project Manager for each project.

• Supply chain and procurement assessments: interviewing, modeling and analytics, report writing.

• Strategic Sourcing Initiatives: scoping, market and supplier research, RFx (development, management, and evaluation), and negotiations.

• Internal benchmarking, client research, proposal development, and other internal projects.

What is the experience needed to be successful in this role?

• 2-7+ years of previous consulting experience with top-tier consulting firms is highly preferred.

• 3-6+ years of experience in procurement, either consulting or as a practitioner.

• Must have solid experience in strategic sourcing and category management.

• Advanced level skills with financial assessments, data assessments, MS Excel (including pivot tables), charts and graphs, and MS PowerPoint presentations.

• Undergraduate Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, or equivalent from a top-tier school.

• Experience sourcing IT (software, hardware, and telecom are desired, but any indirect sourcing experience will be considered).

• Project experience working for F500 clients advising on large software contracts with big suppliers, Microsoft, SAP, Oracle, etc., is highly valued.

• Technical proficiency with spend assessments and visibility tools to scope opportunity assessments, e.g., create spend assessments, establish baseline spend, and calculate realized savings from sourcing events.