Job description

The opportunity

We currently are seeking a highly motivated Senior Manager - Procurement to lead client engagement teams, work with a wide variety of clients to deliver professional services and participate in business development activities on strategic and global priority accounts.

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

ESG

This team focuses on helping clients run their supply chains effectively in order to improve their business performance

Your key responsibilities

As a Senior Manager your key role will be to lead large transformational client engagements as well as internal projects. Drawing on your knowledge, skills and experience, you will establish valued relationships with external clients at the C level. You will lead large global and regional bids, proposals and thought leadership. You will lead teams at our clients, supporting them with improving their business performance. You will be responsible for presenting executive summary findings to enact change. You will manage multiple EY colleagues across levels and client team members. You will review other s work to ensure it is of a high quality. You will mentor others as they progress in their own career.

Skills and attributes for success

To qualify for the role, you must have:

Strong experience and track record of leading successful procurement transformations in industry or consulting

Experience of directing multiple projects and providing direction to different teams

Proven track record of business development activities

10+ years experience at a tier 1 consultancy

Outstanding academic record to at least Batchelor degree level, Masters an advantage

Experience and passion for one of Digital solutions and trends, operating model development, third-party spend management, ESG, or leading supply chain solutions

Excellent communications skills including verbal, written, and presentation skills

Entrepreneurial flare and the ability to identify business opportunities and cross sell different services and/or products

Arabic speaking and reading an advantage but not essential

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

Alongside your comprehensive and proven technical expertise you will also be a born leader with a passion for:

Developing people through effectively supervising, coaching, and mentoring all levels of staff

Conducting performance reviews and contribute to performance feedback for all levels of staff

Contributing to our people initiatives that include recruiting and retaining our professionals

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

As a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, we re using the finance products, expertise and systems we ve developed to build a better working world. That starts with a culture that believes in giving you the training, opportunities and creative freedom to make things better. Whenever you join, however long you stay, the exceptional EY experience lasts a lifetime. And with a commitment to hiring and developing the most passionate people, we ll make our ambition to be the best employer by 2020 a reality.

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

Build your legacy with us.

Apply now.