Senior Associate_Operations Transformation-Coupa

Line of Service

Advisory

Industry/Sector

Not Applicable

Specialism

Operations

Management Level

Senior Associate

& Summary

A career in our Advisory Acceleration Centre is the natural extension of PwC’s leading class global delivery capabilities. We provide premium, cost effective, high quality services that support process quality and delivery capability in support for client engagements.

PwC US ADVISORY - MANAGEMENT CONSULTING
Our Management Consulting team works with our global clients to design and implement growth, operational and customer focused strategies for sustainable competitive advantage. Our thought leadership and unparalleled experience help clients turn formidable challenges into market advantage across the value chain and around the globe.
Additionally, our extensive expertise in various industries allow us to serve clients with consulting services with a focus on the most profitable elements of the value chain to create scalable businesses that will deliver increased sustainable profits. Our Management Consultants work with the client and project teams to support global engagements from India through activities that are driven towards delivering results - conduct analyses and develop insights, prepare excel models, analyse large sets of data, capture as-is processes, prepare work plans, design to-be processes. In addition, consultants also support project lead, work directly with client teams and facilitate meetings to enable decision making, organize and prepare recommendations on client issues, and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and firm building activities.

COMPETENCY OVERVIEW: OPERATIONS
The Operations team works with clients across industry verticals supporting engagements in -
● Differentiated Supply Chain (Planning, Inventory and Logistics)
● Strategic Supply Management (Sourcing)
● Competitive Manufacturing
● Innovation & Development (Product Strategy & Development, PLM, R&D Operations)
● Capital Projects & Infrastructure

POSITION REQUIREMENTS
Knowledge Preferred:
Candidates should demonstrate substantial experience and / or knowledge in any sector (experience in the Automotive, Aerospace & Defence, Health Industries, including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices, Industrial

Products, Energy, Chemicals, Utilities, Oil & Gas, Consumer Markets, Technology & Telecom and Retail sectors would be an added bonus) in the following areas:
● General Sourcing / Procurement: Spend Analysis, Category savings assessment, Procurement Diagnostics, Operating Model Design, Procurement Process Design, end-to-end Procurement Transformation & Modernization, Design and execution of Strategic Sourcing initiatives including RFI / RFP (Request for
Information / Request for Proposal) design, development and analysis, Negotiation strategy, Supplier Management, Third Party Lifecycle Management, Supplier Risk Management, Contract Management, M&A - Procurement Synergy Assessments, Source-to-Pay Assessment, Design & Implementation, Category
management with knowledge of various Direct & Indirect Categories. Candidates with experience in setting up large scale procurement COE for clients would be plus.
● Experience with Procure-to-Pay (P2P) platforms such as Coupa as an implementer and administrator;
Additional experience with SAP Ariba or SRM platforms would be a plus.
● Active Coupa platform certification; Additional specialization certifications within Coupa would be a bonus.
● Understanding of fundamental principles of P2P including spend and commodity taxonomies, requisitioning, PO generation, receiving and invoice processing.
● Experience with AP automation including eInvoicing, scanning and workflow, online tracking, reporting capabilities, electronic invoice user interfaces, supplier networks.
● Knowledge of invoicing submittals including EDI, CSV, XML, PDF files and online invoice templates.

Skills Preferred:
● Delivering significant business results that utilize strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, and taking individual initiative
● Leading project work streams, providing oversight, delegating work to aid efficiency, and working autonomouslywith minimal direction

● Collaborating with leadership to deliver client engagements and associated outputs, supporting the team in day- to-day client management, project management, and the development of high-quality client deliverables

● Emphasizing the ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members and also taking initiative to build relationships with client stakeholders
● Communicating effectively (written and verbal) to various situations and audiences
● Managing and conducting or overseeing quantitative and qualitative benchmarking and primary and secondary analyses of large and complex data

Educational Background:
Full-time masters degree/equivalent is a must. MBA in Operations, Strategy preferred
Additional Information
● Travel Requirements: Travel to client locations may be required as per project requirements.
● Line of Service: Advisory
● Industry: Management Consulting
● Designation: Senior Associate
● Location: Bangalore, India
● Past Experience: 4 - 8 years of prior relevant work experience, 2+ years of consulting experience preferred
● Preferred Work Experience: Experience in either of the following industries will be preferred- Hi-Tech, Consumer
Electronics & Hardware, Software/ IT, Semiconductors, Telecommunications

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