SCT-Procurement-Senior Consultant - Contract Management

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EY-GDS: Business Consulting -SC&O (Supply Chain & Operations)

As part of our EY-GDS team, you will support sourcing and procurement engagements by managing direct and indirect categories, conducting detailed spend analyses and market intelligence, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements. You will contribute to category management and strategic sourcing initiatives, perform contract analysis, and assist with vendor and performance management. Additionally, you will support purchasing, expediting, and end-to-end procure-to-pay (P2P) process optimization to drive greater efficiency and value.

The opportunity

We are looking for seasoned professionals with 3–7 years of experience and a strong consulting background in supply chain operations, particularly in contract and supplier management. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in transforming Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) processes—ranging from digitization and compliance reviews to analytics and automation—while ensuring alignment with legal and business objectives. In parallel, the candidate will lead supplier management initiatives, including onboarding, segmentation, performance tracking, and risk mitigation, using advanced tools and data-driven insights. This role demands a strategic thinker who can drive procurement excellence by optimizing contractual value, enhancing supplier collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes across both direct and indirect categories.

Your key responsibilities

Contract Management

• Lead end-to-end transformation of Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) processes by assessing current state, designing future workflows, and implementing governance models to ensure compliance and efficiency.
• Collaborate with legal, procurement, and business stakeholders to align contract terms with strategic objectives, ensuring risk mitigation and value realization.
• Conduct comprehensive contract compliance and leakage reviews to identify overpayments, scope deviations, and non-performance, and recommend corrective actions to recover value.
• Manage contract discovery and digitization initiatives, including scanning, OCR processing, metadata tagging, and migration of legacy contracts into centralized repositories.
• Establish and maintain a centralized digital contract repository with version control, access permissions, and audit trails to ensure transparency and traceability.
• Implement and manage CLM platforms (e.g., Icertis, Ariba, Coupa) to automate contract creation, approval workflows, and renewal alerts, reducing cycle time and manual errors.
• Extract and analyze contract data using analytics tools to generate insights on risk exposure, renewal cycles, and supplier performance metrics.
• Integrate contract data with ERP and procurement systems to enable real-time visibility, reporting, and compliance tracking across the organization.
• Develop and maintain clause libraries and standardized templates to streamline contract drafting and ensure consistency across business units.
• Apply AI/ML tools for contract analytics, anomaly detection, and predictive risk scoring to proactively manage contractual obligations and risks.
• Support internal and external audits by ensuring traceability, documentation, and compliance with internal controls and regulatory requirements.
• Train stakeholders on contract management tools, processes, and negotiation best practices to enhance contract literacy and adoption across teams.

Supplier Management

• Design and execute supplier management transformation roadmaps by benchmarking industry best practices, assessing current maturity, and defining future-state operating models.
• Oversee supplier onboarding, qualification, and segmentation processes based on risk, spend, criticality, and strategic alignment to ensure optimal supplier portfolio management.
• Manage the end-to-end supplier lifecycle including performance reviews, issue resolution, and continuous improvement initiatives to drive supplier excellence.
• Conduct quarterly business reviews (QBRs) with strategic suppliers to evaluate KPIs, discuss performance gaps, and identify opportunities for innovation and collaboration.
• Ensure supplier compliance with ESG, diversity, and regulatory requirements by embedding compliance checks and sustainability metrics into supplier evaluation frameworks.
• Deploy supplier management platforms (e.g., SAP Ariba, GEP SMART, Jaggaer) to enable centralized performance tracking, collaboration, and risk monitoring.
• Develop supplier scorecards and dashboards using analytics tools like Power BI or Tableau to visualize performance trends and support data-driven decision-making.
• Integrate supplier data across ERP, CLM, and P2P systems to create a unified view of supplier performance, compliance, and risk exposure.
• Use third-party risk intelligence tools (e.g., Risk methods, Dun & Bradstreet) to continuously monitor supplier financial health, geopolitical risks, and operational disruptions.
• Automate supplier onboarding, document collection, and performance feedback loops to reduce administrative burden and improve supplier experience.
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date supplier master data and enforce data governance policies to ensure consistency and reliability across procurement systems.
• Support supplier innovation programs and joint value creation initiatives through structured engagement models, co-development workshops, and innovation scorecards.

Skills and attributes for success

• Experience managing the full contract lifecycle including drafting, negotiation, execution, compliance monitoring, and renewal.
• Ability to identify contractual risks, perform compliance checks, and conduct leakage analysis to ensure adherence to legal and commercial terms.
• Proficiency in using contract lifecycle management tools such as Icertis, Ariba, Coupa, or DocuSign for workflow automation and repository management.
• Strong analytical skills to extract and interpret contract data for insights on performance, risk exposure, and renewal timelines.
• Capability to integrate contract data with ERP and procurement systems to enhance visibility and reporting.
• Experience in maintaining standardized templates and clause libraries to ensure consistency and reduce legal exposure.
• Familiarity with AI and machine learning tools for contract analytics, anomaly detection, and predictive risk scoring.
• Strong documentation practices to support internal and external audits and ensure compliance with internal controls.
• Ability to train and support stakeholders in using contract tools and understanding negotiation strategies.
• High attention to detail, confidentiality, and integrity in managing sensitive contractual information.
• Experience managing the complete supplier lifecycle including onboarding, segmentation, performance evaluation, and offboarding.
• Ability to build and maintain strong supplier relationships to drive collaboration, innovation, and long-term value.
• Proficiency in developing and using supplier scorecards and dashboards with tools like Power BI, Tableau, or Excel.
• Hands-on experience with supplier management platforms such as SAP Ariba, GEP SMART, or Jaggaer for centralized tracking and collaboration.
• Capability to integrate supplier data across ERP, CLM, and P2P systems to create a unified view of performance and risk.
• Familiarity with third-party risk intelligence tools such as Riskmethods or Dun & Bradstreet for monitoring supplier risks.
• Experience in automating supplier onboarding, document collection, and performance feedback processes.
• Ability to maintain accurate supplier master data and enforce data governance policies across procurement systems.
• Experience supporting supplier innovation programs and co-development initiatives through structured engagement models.
• Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills to align supplier strategies with business objectives.
• Ability to lead supplier transformation projects and manage change effectively in dynamic environments.

To qualify for the role, you must have

• Master’s degree in business administration or supply chain & Operations from a Tier-1 or Tier-2 institute, with 3-7 years of relevant experience.
• Demonstrated experience in leading cost-saving initiatives, strategic sourcing, and category management across direct and indirect spend areas
• Proven track record of delivering procurement transformation projects with measurable impact.
• Advanced data analysis and spend analytics capabilities using tools such as Excel, Power BI, or similar platforms.
• Consulting Experience in Spend Analysis, category management, governance frameworks, strategic sourcing.
• Supply chain consulting experience in Big 4, Supply chain global consulting firms preferred.
• 30% travel expected as per project requirements.

What we look for

A Team of people with commercial acumen, technical experience, and enthusiasm to learn new things in this fast-moving environment

An opportunity to be a part of market-leading, multi-disciplinary team of 1400 + professionals, in the only integrated global transaction business worldwide.

Opportunities to work with EY SCO practices globally with leading businesses across a range of industries

What working at EY offers

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from startups to Fortune 500 companies — and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees, and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around
• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career
• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

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