Supply Chain Consultant

Job Description

About Everest Group Confident decisions driven by deep expertise and tenacious research. Everest Group is a research firm helping business leaders confidently navigate todays market challenges, driving maximized operational and financial performance and transformative experiences. Our deep expertise and tenacious research focused on technology, business processes, and engineering through the lenses of talent, sustainability, and sourcing delivers precise and action-oriented guidance. For more information, visit www.everestgrp.com. Job Overview A market facing position that requires providing insightful analysis and advice to clients on procurement, category intelligence, and supplier management-related aspects through published reports and client-specific custom research. Role will include developing domain expertise in procurement and supplier management across activities such as strategic sourcing, supplier innovation, cost reduction, and value engineering across indirect spend categories, managing specific research agenda for these fields, authoring industry reports and thought papers, and helping clients through custom advisory engagements. This will include regular interaction with global enterprises, service providers, investors, and industry associations as well as primary and secondary research. Key Responsibilities Develop domain knowledge and get recognized as SMEs within Everest Group as well as the wider industry o Interact with industry constituents across companies to form a 360-degree view o Support in gathering and structuring of relevant subject-area data and information through primary and secondary research o Conduct detailed numerical analysis of data combined with domain knowledge to identify as well as predict key trends affecting markets Consolidate numerical analysis and domain knowledge into publishing best-in-class industry reports and cutting-edge thought papers through original research and blue-sky thinking Lead medium-sized custom advisory engagements - understand client-specific requirements and conduct relevant research to provide recommendations Support internal business development efforts through proposals, marketing campaigns, etc. and leveraging market connect Interact with market participants and clients including interviews and presentations. Work as an integral team member on published and custom research with independent responsibilities. Key activities include: o Problem structuring and analysis including filling data gaps o Writing end-to-end reports containing impactful insights, ably supported by statistics o Managing broader research agenda for the team o Ensure quality of deliverables Skills Required Procurement/sourcing domain knowledge Strong problem-solving skills and analytical capability Strong oral communication skills Strong written communication skills with attention to detail Project management skills: ability to multi-task, work under pressure and successfully manage to deadlines Ability to interact and effectively work with others in a team environment Comfortable with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word and MS Outlook Self-motivated and able to prioritize and work independently Desire to be in an entrepreneurial environment; comfort with ambiguity Strong organization skills and leadership skills Motivated to excel in business and intellectual curiosity Solid business judgment and professional in appearance Education and Experience We are seeking a high caliber individual to maintain our exceptional standards. This person should have: Bachelors degree from a reputed college; MBA strongly preferred (from reputed B-school) 1- 3 years of work experience in procurement or vendor management roles Experience across consulting/research/outsourcing strategy environment is strongly preferred History of excellence in academics, personal and vocational achievements Interest in outsourcing space and sourcing trends Everest Group complies with the GDPR, CCPA/CPRA and other data protection regulations. For more information on how Everest Group processes your personal information, please read our Privacy Notice (www.everestgrp.com/privacy-notice-for-applicants-employees-and-contractors/). By submitting this application, you indicate that you have read and understand our privacy terms and consent to the processing of your personal information by us. To exercise your data subject rights under GDPR, CCPA/CPRA you can fill in our form available at Data Rights Everest Group (everestgrp.com) . You can email your data protection request to privacy@everestgrp.com . Everest Group is an equal opportunity employer. We have a culture of inclusion, and we provide equal opportunities for all applicants and employees, including those with disabilities. We are committed to providing an environment that is free of all discrimination and harassment and to treating all individuals with respect.