SENIOR CONSULTANT - PROCUREMENT & VALUE CREATION (UK) 

This is an opportunity to develop your procurement consulting skill to the next level as a key player in a small but growing team. As a Senior Consultant, you will work closely with colleagues and clients to deliver procurement excellence projects across the full range of our services.
You have fundamental experience from consulting projects in procurement value optimization or transformation and want to take the next step in your career. You enjoy working with clients to develop solutions for cost reduction in procurement that really create value for the company. You want to take responsibility, but know that success is through the whole team, and not just the individual.
 

• Actively listen to clients and support their issues
• Proactively engage with, and develop relationships with, clients at different levels as needed
• Actively manage your own work and deliverables in line with project objectives and budgets
• Take responsibility and demonstrate initiative
• Create high quality outputs
• Communicate clearly and have high professional standards
• Have excellent analytical capability to solve business problems
• Reach solid and justifiable conclusions
• Undertake work in an accurate and robust way, clearly documenting assumptions
• Recognise inconsistencies and logically challenge client information
• Transfer skills, experience, and knowledge to colleagues
• Produce project updates and reporting dashboards
• Input to the development of the business including enhancement of methodologies and operations

​Our Senior Consultants bring a range of skills to the H&Z team. Ideally you will have:

• An excellent degree and/or MCIPS qualification
• Demonstrable career experience as a procurement consultant with a recognized UK or European consultancy
• Background of personally delivering procurement outcomes across direct and indirect spend areas
• Strong analytical and commercial skills, with attention to detail
• Project management skillset
• Passion for solving complex problems
• Clear understanding of technical issues
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Great people skills and able to work hard as part of a team
• Ability to work well under pressure
• Fluent in English, with another language as an advantage
• Desire to play a key role in developing a growing Procurement consultancy

Working Arrangements & Travel
Our Consultants are completely flexible and mobile in their work; travelling and operating on-site with clients, working with our teams from H&Z offices, and also working from home. Work location is determined by the client, the project, and the business. There is no fixed pattern, and each week could be different, with travel requirements determined at very short notice, therefore you must be flexible, enjoy travel, and be able to work remotely.

If you believe you can contribute to our success and enjoy working in a collaborative environment where excellent technical knowledge, consulting methodology and people-skills are highly valued, we offer the opportunity to make your skills and experience count:

• Challenging projects working for a wide range of clients (including in Europe)
• The opportunity to work with a high-performance team of excellent people
• Continuous training and development
• Mentoring program
• Familiar, friendly, and collaborative working atmosphere
• Employee events and company retreats
• Build a career based on progression through performance
• Competitive salary package with performance related bonus
• Pension, travel, medical and dental insurance
• 27 days holiday