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Manager – Procurement & Value Creation (UK)

London
Full-time
Permanent employee

Position

As a Manager, you will lead complex procurement and value creation engagements, manage client relationships, and develop high-performing consulting teams. You will take ownership for delivering measurable savings and sustainable transformation for clients, while contributing to the growth and direction of the UK practice.
This role suits an experienced consultant who enjoys responsibility, thrives in client-facing leadership positions, and is motivated by building something long-term.

Your mission

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead and manage end-to-end procurement transformation and cost improvement programmes
  • Own senior client relationships and act as a trusted advisor
  • Lead, develop, and coach consulting teams on client engagements
  • Design and implement procurement operating models, including organisation design and digital tools
  • Oversee key supplier negotiations and value delivery
  • Manage multiple stakeholders across client organisations
  • Ensure delivery of high-quality, fact-based outputs and sustainable results
  • Support business development through proposal work and client development
  • Contribute to practice development and methodology enhancement
  • Actively develop future leaders within the team

Your profile

Your Experience (Essential)
  • Project leadership experience within a recognised UK consultancy
  • Proven delivery of value optimisation or transformation programmes in procurement
  • Strong category knowledge across direct and/or indirect spend
Your Profile
You are an ambitious consulting professional with a strong track record in procurement and transformation, and the potential to progress towards partnership.
Ideally, you bring:
  • An excellent degree
  • At least five years’ experience in management consultancy
  • Demonstrable delivery of procurement outcomes across multiple categories
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent client management and relationship-building capabilities
  • Experience leading and developing consulting teams
  • Confidence operating in complex, high-pressure environments
  • Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills
  • Fluency in English, with another European language as an advantage
  • Motivation to help shape and grow a leading UK procurement consultancy

What do we offer you?

Working Arrangements & Benefits
Our teams operate in a hybrid working model and are often based on-site with clients. You should therefore be willing to travel. The primary office location is London, near Chancery Lane tube station.
We offer:
  • Challenging projects with leading UK and European clients
  • A high-performance, entrepreneurial environment
  • Ongoing training and leadership development
  • Structured mentoring
  • A collaborative and supportive culture
  • Employee events and company retreats
  • Clear progression towards senior leadership based on performance
  • Competitive salary with performance-related bonus
  • Pension, travel, medical, and dental insurance

Über uns

H&Z Unternehmensberatung steht für Beratung mit Hirn, Herz und Hand. Mit diesem einzigartigen Beratungsansatz stellt H&Z nachhaltige Ergebnisse bei internationalen Konzernen und führenden Mittelständlern sicher. Unsere Schwerpunkte liegen in den Bereichen Procurement, Strategy & Performance, Sustainability und Transformation. Bereiche, für die H&Z bereits mehrfach als Hidden Champion unter den Top-Managementberatungen ausgezeichnet wurde.

Die H&Z Unternehmensberatung hat sein Headquarter in München und ist mit weiteren Standorten in Köln, Hamburg und London vertreten. Wir sind Teil der H&Z Group, einem Netzwerk aus 8 Unternehmen und Initiativen mit über 800 Berater:innen an 19 Standorten. Darüber hinaus ist H&Z auch Teil der Transformation Alliance - einem Zusammenschluss internationaler Beratungsunternehmen mit mehr als 1.500 Mitarbeiter:innen weltweit.

H&Z ist ein großartiger Arbeitsplatz, das zeigen unter anderem unsere zahlreichen Preise, wie z.B. die Great Place to Work Awards. Bei H&Z sind Teamzusammenhalt und flache Hierarchien Teil unserer Kultur. Neben umfangreichen Benefits bieten wir hervorragende und individuelle Weiterbildungsmöglichkeiten sowie einen spannenden Arbeitsalltag in einem motivierten und familiären Umfeld.


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