The Role of External Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) in Procurement and Supply Chain with Support from the Costdrivers GEP System An external Subject Matter Expert (SME) is a professional with specialized knowledge and expertise in a specific area who is not directly employed by the company that engages them. In procurement and supply chain, SMEs can provide strategic support to the Costdrivers GEP system, adding value in several key areas: - Industry Knowledge: External SMEs possess deep industry expertise and can offer insights into past and current trends, helping companies anticipate challenges and opportunities in the market. -

- Develop category specific requirements and scopes of work consistent with business requirements and client sourcing strategy.  - Conduct spend analytics...

The Senior Manager, Procurement Consulting, will lead and manage procurement consulting projects, providing strategic guidance to clients to optimize their procurement processes and supply chain operations. This role requires a deep understanding of procurement strategies, excellent project management skills, and the ability to drive results in a client-focused environment. Key Responsibilities: - Client Engagement: - Lead and manage client engagements, ensuring the delivery of high-quality procurement consulting services. - Conduct opportunity assessments for new clients or new addressable areas for existing clients,...

You will take ownership & drive to bring all issues to pertaining to specific client to closure. You will troubleshoot across environments & will be responsible for their monitoring,optimization & performance tuning. Responsibilities include but are not limited to: - Providing inputs to the team leads for the status update calls with the key stakeholders from the client side. - Develop a sound understanding of the organizational policies, procedures and Procurement tools and implementiton a day-to-day basis. - Provide technical assistance via phone, email and WebEx to clients across the...

As a Senior Associate, you will be involved in every phase of a consulting engagement, from pre-proposal research through final implementation. Almost immediately, you will join a project team, working at a client location, sharing your ideas, solving problems and providing solutions in the areas of purchasing, supply chain management, business process management, and technology. Candidates will build their project management and client management skills, and further develop their communication and presentation abilities. - Gathering and analysing data...

The role of the Manager is to apply strategic consulting expertise in the areas of purchasing, supply chain management, business process outsourcing and technology to take GEP to the next level. This manager level consultant will also manage and supervise the delivery of supply chain consulting services and assist in development of new services.  

- Monitor and research trends in the industry as well as “Best Practices” and pursue and adopt these as appropriate for assigned commodity area. - Solicits bids, leads auctions, negotiates with suppliers, makes recommendations, qualifies and contracts with new vendor - Manage internal customer relationships by leading cross functional sub-category teams, developing deep category knowledge and to aggressively track and improve non-compliance with preferred supplier(s) - Maintain good level of public relations with outside suppliers as well as a strong partnership with internal stakeholders -

Administrative and strategical support in projects to ensure the good execution of different categories, aligned with the global, regional strategy and the specific needs of the countries (LATAM), complying with the client's strategic sourcing methodology and the savings objective. - Support end-to-end sourcing process - Requirements collection -

- Execute standardized sourcing processes and strategies for assigned categories/sub-categories - Conduct detailed analysis of the spend data and identify opportunities - Work on comprehensive market intelligence and supplier identification projects - Conduct RFx sourcing (includes eAuctions) and benchmarking for the commodities/categories assigned and create analysis to support recommendations for periodic changes in supply - Ability to understand standard sourcing practices and techniques, independently work with suppliers and receiving locations to quickly reconcile discrepancies with supplier deliveries and other client terms & conditions - Analyse the quotations, manages day-to-day supplier interfaces including discrepancies/deliveries, etc. -...

The role of the Manager is to apply strategic consulting expertise in the areas of purchasing, supply chain management, business process outsourcing and technology to take GEP to the next level. This manager level consultant will also manage and supervise the delivery of supply chain consulting services and assist in development of new services.   Responsibilities: -

- Execute Complex and strategic sourcing projects of categories/sub-categories to include: translating business requirements into clear statements of Work, solicits bids, leads auctions. - Should prepare negotiation scripts and negotiate with suppliers, makes recommendations, helps on-board, qualifies and contracts with new vendor and ensures compliance - Demonstrated ability to apply and translate business expertise to breakthrough thinking that significantly impacts the clients long-term strategic position, thought...

The Contract Analyst provides expertise in the procurement function, the role involves managing data and mitigating the risks inherent to the contracts. This position will work collaboratively with Procurement and Contracting staff, internal departments and external procurement stakeholders in all matters relating to data management, data abstraction and data maintenance. The Contract Specialist: - Draft, redline and maintain contract information in the systems, tools and resources to enable effective, consistent and compliant information.  - Maintains and enhance existing process to support the continued business, ensuring that both system and process remain fit for purpose...

- Assist with business development activities. - Work closely with senior management and clients to create customized procurement and supply chain solutions. - Participate on the planning, preparation and recommendation processes for action plans and help clients to implement them. - Analyze client spend data and create deliverables for projects. - Understand and translate client needs to provide flawless services. - Work with senior management to develop selling tools for key clients. - Utilize sourcing levers and hypothesis-driven approach to size and validate opportunities. - Drive implementations to realize savings across supply chain -

As a Senior Associate, you will be involved in every phase of a consulting engagement, from pre-proposal research through final implementation. Almost immediately, you will join a project team, working at a client location, sharing your ideas, solving problems and providing solutions in the areas of purchasing, supply chain management, business process management, and technology. Candidates will build their project management and client management skills, and further develop their communication and presentation abilities. - Gathering and analysing data - Helping to...

- Help understanding client needs to provide flawless service.  - Recommend actions and help clients to implement them. - Work closely with middle management and clients to create customized high impact solutions.  -

As a Sourcing Manager in the Knowledge Services team you will be responsible for executing complex and strategic sourcing projects of categories/sub-categories to include: translating business requirements into clear statements of Work, solicits bids, leads auctions. Also, you will be responsible for:

As a Sourcing Manager in the Knowledge Services team you will be responsible for executing complex and strategic sourcing projects of categories/sub-categories to include: translating business requirements into clear statements of Work, solicits bids, leads auctions. Also, you will be responsible for: - Provide end to end sourcing strategy and execution on medium to high complexity or strategic projects of categories/sub-categories to include: translating business requirements into clear statements of Work, solicits bids, leads...

- Manage an end to end procurement process by finding suitable suppliers, executing requests for proposals and preparing price analysis. - Monitor and research trends in the industry as well as “Best Practices” and pursue and adopt these as appropriate for assigned commodity areas. - Work effectively with peers and others to operate a proactive supplies and consumables environment for the business. - Conduct RFx sourcing and benchmarking for the commodities and services assigned and create analysis to support recommendations for periodic changes in supply. - Understand standard purchasing practices and techniques, independently work with suppliers and receiving locations to quickly reconcile discrepancies with purchase orders, requisitions,...

- Assist with business development activities. - Work closely with senior management and clients to create customized procurement and supply chain solutions. - Participate on the planning, preparation and recommendation processes for action plans and help clients to implement them. - Analyze client spend data and create deliverables for projects. - Understand and translate client needs to provide flawless services. - Work with senior management to develop selling tools for key clients. - Work with Corporate Communications to increase awareness of our services.  

As a Process Lead, you will be an integral part of the Global Delivery Team. This position is based in our San José location. In this role, your duties will include but will not be limited to: - Execute standarized processes and strategies. - Demostrate ability to apply and translate business expertise to breakthrough thinking that significaly impacts the clients long-term strategic positon; thought leaders. - Manage and optimize functional processes and activities while ensuring adhrerence to client's corporate standards. - Engage with internal & external business partners to ensure that decisions are based on the broad scope of the organizationand achieve optimum daily execution. - Monitor processes...

- Purchasing: - Review purchase requisitions and create POs in line with the standard operating procedures. - Process purchase orders not transacted electronically. - Determine if requested items are available in catalogue. - Update the Vendor Master Records/Updates/New Vendor Setup in system. - Establish and follow up ship dates with suppliers. - Generate PO from approved requisition. - Route high-value items not on contract to Sr. Buyer for resolution. - Customer Support: - Review inbound requests (phone/email) and provide resolution in line with the standard operating procedures. - Determine if request can be resolved within the team or needs external teams support. - Triage ticket within the ticket system...

- Manage an end to end procurement process by finding suitable suppliers, executing requests for proposals and preparing price analysis. - Monitor and research trends in the industry as well as “Best Practices” and pursue and adopt these as appropriate for assigned commodity areas. - Work effectively with peers and others to operate a proactive supplies and consumables environment for the business. - Conduct RFx sourcing and benchmarking for the commodities and services assigned and create analysis to support recommendations for periodic changes in supply. - Understand standard purchasing practices and techniques, independently work with suppliers and receiving locations to quickly reconcile discrepancies with purchase orders, requisitions,...

- Develop category specific requirements and scopes of work consistent with business requirements and client sourcing strategy. - Conduct spends analytics and utilize analytical expertise to deliver a comprehensive total cost of ownership assisting the client business in delivering measurable cost savings. - Initiate and structure efficient RFx’s, participate in supplier negotiations and support negotiation strategies based on supplier proposals and spend analytics. - Utilize your well-developed sourcing skills to manage supplier selection processes and provide data and recommendations to ensure informed business awards while developing contractual agreements in collaboration with our client’s business and legal...

Sourcing Team support: - Collaborate with sourcing team on day to day ad-hoc sourcing requests, processes and analysis. - Assist with supplier management processes: new supplier identification, selection and negotiation. - Assist in the development and execution of project implementation plans to assure a successful program roll-out and compliance. - Analytical thinking towards identifying and suggesting to client best approach. -

- Review purchase requisitions and identify sources of supply. - Select contract / supplier to fill requisitions in accordance with approved Purchasing strategies. - Determine if requested items are available in catalogue and implement predefined action. - Process purchase orders not transacted electronically. - Identify and resolve PO/PR processing issues. - Work with buyers / client group and suppliers to resolve delivery issues and process claims. - Research and resolve invoice discrepancies & account disbursements. - Maintain the Vendor Master Records/Updates/New Vendor Setup. - Work with supplier and end user to resolve invoice, damaged / returned goods, and ship date issues. - Maintain professional interactions with...

- Identify and resolve PO/PR processing issues - Select contract / supplier to fill requisitions in accordance with approved Purchasing strategies - Process purchase orders not transacted electronically - Provide reports, information, analysis etc. as required, in a timely and professional manner - Resolve queries and issues faced by the stakeholders and junior team members in P2P process - Identify and communicate supplier diversity opportunities - Determine if requested items are available in catalogue and implement predefined action - Work with buyers / client group and suppliers to resolve delivery issues and process claims - Research and resolve invoice discrepancies & account disbursements - Maintain the Vendor Master...

As a Senior Sourcing Lead in the Knowledge Services team you will be responsible for executing complex and strategic sourcing projects of categories/sub-categories to include: translating business requirements into clear statements of work, soliciting bids, leading auctions.    Also you will be responsible for: - Providing end to end sourcing execution on medium complexity projects - Support high complexity projects, but may need minor direction frommanager level team members - Support the creation of the Sourcing Strategy, but may need help from manager level team member to validate - Work allocation to junior team members and project management of S2C activities