Senior Consultant / Assistant Manager - Procurement - Government sector - Business Consulting - UAE

The opportunity

As new markets open up and technology advances at a dramatic pace, the world of supply chain and operations is becoming increasingly complex. At the same time, clients understand just how vital effective, sustainable operational management is to their global success. We are currently aiming to recruit an Assistant Manager / Senior Consultant to join our team.

As a Procurement professional, you'll use your analytical insight to drive our clients’ global business performance. Working as part of a high-performing team, you'll deliver exceptional client service and help leading organizations improve their procurement and sourcing performance.

Our Supply Chain & Operations - Procurement team members provide insights into procurement transformation covering:

• Spend Management: cost optimization, category management, strategic sourcing
• Procurement Operating Model Transformation
• Procurement Digitalization
• Procurement Operations
• Strategy & Investment initiatives, with a focus on Abu Dhabi transformation programs
• Target Operating Model (TOM) design and implementation
• New Entity Operationalization and operating model deployment
• Renewables and Energy Transition programs

Your key responsibilities

Drawing on your knowledge and experience, you'll create innovative commercial insights for clients, adapt methods and practices to fit operational team and cultural needs, and contribute to thought leadership. You will actively contribute to improving operational efficiency on projects and internal initiatives.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

• Strong procurement project experience in industry or consulting, preferably within procurement transformation, sourcing, operating model, or business transformation initiatives
• Proven experience working with government entities, public sector organizations, sovereign wealth funds, government-led transformation programs, or investment-focused organizations
• 3 to 5 years of consulting experience, ideally with a Tier 1 consultancy or leading professional services firm
• Outstanding academic record to at least Bachelor's degree level
• Experience and passion for digital solutions and trends, Target Operating Model development, new entity operationalization, third-party spend management, strategy and investment initiatives, renewables, or leading supply chain solutions
• Excellent communication skills, including verbal, written, and presentation skills
• Entrepreneurial flair and the ability to identify business opportunities and cross-sell different services and/or products
• Fluency in Arabic and English, both written and spoken

Ideally, you’ll also have:

• An analytical mindset
• A change mindset
• A continuous learning mindset
• A teaming mindset

• The ability to travel across the region

What we look for

We’re interested in professionals with a deep understanding of procurement change across sectors, with demonstrated experience supporting government or public sector clients. You’ll need to be comfortable handling several responsibilities at once, often with shifting priorities. It’s a highly collaborative environment, where you’ll be building and maintaining relationships with colleagues and clients at all levels, including senior government stakeholders, so you’ll also need to be genuinely engaging, with strong stakeholder management skills.

What working at EY offers

We offer a competitive compensation package where you will be rewarded based on your performance and recognised for the value you bring to the business. We also offer:

• Support and coaching 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

About EY

EY exists to build a better working world, helping to create long-term value for clients, people and society and build trust in the capital markets.

Enabled by data and technology, diverse EY teams in over 150 countries provide trust through assurance and help clients grow, transform and operate.

Working across assurance, consulting, law, strategy, tax and transactions, EY teams ask better questions to find new answers for the complex issues facing our world today.

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

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