Procurement Consultant

This is an Individual Contributor Role and the incumbent must be based in Atlanta, GA and work a hybrid work schedule.

Position Overview
The Procurement Consultant supports the Global Procurement and Supply Chain Organization through the collection, management, and analysis of data-providing insight and ultimately driving improvement. The Procurement Consultant will become a key member of a strategic sourcing team, providing analytical rigor and technical expertise enabling procurement leadership to improve decision-making. The person in this role will provide thought-leadership and drive innovation around how the analytics team functions. The Procurement Consultant will play a key role in developing analytics; and he/she will manage upward effectively, challenging leadership appropriately with thoughtful perspective and recommendation.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute day-to-day delivery of sourcing operations services. Activities include:

• Facilitate sourcing events (e.g. RFP, RFI) through E-Sourcing tool management (i.e. develop bid sheets and cost model, configure E-Sourcing event settings)
• Collaborate with category managers to ensure compliance to sourcing requirements
• Review and approve catalog information for upload to TCCC systems

• Lead key analytics activities to provide insight and drive improvement
• Provide analytical rigor and technical expertise to improve decision-making
• Act as subject matter expert on TCCC sourcing operations policies, processes, and systems
• Participate in development of analytical capabilities and digitization initiatives
• Provide leadership with regular, prioritized updates and escalated issues about operations
• Communicate key analytics insights by creating and delivering presentations to TCCC teams, executive leaders and sponsors
• Collaborate with TCCC category managers to build an understanding of category strategy, supplier markets, & processes

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, business, or supply chain, advanced degree preferred
• 1+ years of work experience in the areas of engineering, business, and/or supply chain
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent analytical skills and judgement
• Advanced Excel skills and knowledge of RDBMS (via SQL) concepts
• Data Visualization & Story Telling expertise
• Proficiency in Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes
• Familiarity with mathematical optimization and linear programming
• E-Sourcing experience
• Programming expertise (e.g. XML, VBA, Python) is preferred