Senior/Principal Consultant - Procurement & Supply chain Advisory

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

This role is part of Arcadis’ Global Excellence Centre (GEC) and will join our 3,000+ talented individuals working in India, Romania, and Philippines, in partnership with Arcadis’ offices globally.  The GEC brings key capabilities and capacity to support our clients seamlessly around the world.  For those in GEC there are options to be dedicated to one country; developing deep knowledge and strong relationships, as well as opportunities to be part of teams working truly globally as a centre of excellence, offering diversity and variety. Arcadians are by nature, globally minded and culturally aware, and Arcadis strongly believes in flexibility which enables change over time as your career progresses. The GEC model is well embedded in Arcadis, and the strong relationships that exist between our global offices are truly unique. 

Our Business Transformation (Management Consulting) team is recognised in the market for the quality of its people; our busy Procurement & Supply Chain team is a key part of this team, providing deep expertise across this core consulting discipline.  You will need a strong intellect, the ability to articulate complex ideas persuasively and a talent for showing clients that we have the right solutions to their most pressing issues, as well as excellent, proven procurement & supply chain skills,. 

Supply chain relationships are key to the success of our clients. At Arcadis, we get excited about bringing clients and suppliers closer together and finding new sources of value.  Informed by our deep sector experience, our solutions deliver across the procurement lifecycle, from transformational strategic supply chain development to specific offerings ,for example in effective incentivisation and management of risk, and reflect the cultural levers required to drive collaboration, innovation and trust. We are looking for talented Senior and Principal Consultants to help us to further strengthen and grow our work in this area. 

Our experts in procurement and supply chain management work closely with broader technical, delivery and consulting skills from across Arcadis, providing both best practice market insights and practical implementation advice.  Our end-to-end service offer includes: 

• Supply Chain Strategy: creating strategic change and actionable plans to align supply chains with clients’ business objectives and priorities.  This includes embedding new capabilities and ways of working in our clients’ organisations, including skills and operating models to meet future business needs. 
• Procurement Delivery: a fully comprehensive procurement service, which delivers robust and efficiently priced contracts, with pace and assurance, typically within the public and private sectors. 
• Build Capability:  developing comprehensive supplier performance management systems and processes to support the continuous improvement of our clients
• Delivering Outcomes:  Building resilience & sustainability within the supply chain, and rapidly delivering cost & customer performance improvements

Role accountabilities:

• Leadership and management of client projects through their lifecycle, from initial pitch through to solution design and activity planning, successful delivery, and knowledge capture 
• Diagnosing and tackling complex procurement and supply chain-related business problems, across large-scale consulting engagements, designing and implementing solutions that can demonstrate benefits and value delivered 
• Leading and delivering complex procurement services, from initial development of sourcing strategy through the entire contract lifecycle to tender and contract award.  
• Analysing markets, trends, risks and opportunities, to provide fresh insights to clients 
• Communicating potential solutions and outcomes to clients and stakeholders 
• Continuous development of our supply chain services and sector-specific offerings 

Qualifications & Experience:

You will join an entrepreneurial team that is growing fast. It’s important that you can understand the challenges and opportunities facing supply chains and combine a commercial and strategic mindset with strong relationship skills. You will be a problem solving and outcome driven individual, with strong collaboration skills, who can quickly understand clients’ business needs and deliver solutions. 

Whilst potential is more important to us than experience, you will also have at least some of the following key skills and expertise: 

• Demonstrable track record of delivery of supply chain or procurement projects in a relevant sector (Public Sector, Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas,Transportation, Healthcare, Defence, Property, Financial Services, etc), in one or more of capital delivery; operations & maintenance;
• Demonstrable track record of leadership and delivery of major procurement and supply chain services across the procurement and supply chain lifecycle, from strategic sourcing and category management to tender and award;  
• Demonstrable relevant experience in market engagement (including shaping and development); supplier relationship management; procurement governance and compliance; procurement and supply chain sustainability; organisational design; process improvement  
• Experience in designing, leading and delivering multiple-stream projects to a high quality from understanding client need to project completion. 
• Knowledge and understanding of key skills and components that make a successful management consultant
• Demonstrate understanding of how management consulting projects are typically delivered – from project start & mobilisation, through to delivering clients requirements and expectations 
• Knowledge and appreciation of identifying new opportunities and supporting proposals to secure work 
• Knowledge of the application of best practice in aspects of supply chain management, which could include: 
• Strategic sourcing and category management 
• Operational procurement delivery 
• Commercial and Contract management 
• Supplier performance and relationship management 
• Risk management and mitigation strategies 
• Procurement governance & compliance - policy & process development  
• Supply/demand planning 
• Product management 
• Supply chain reporting, data analytics and digitisation 
• Demonstrable ability to understand and assess business problems, and build and communicate practical improvement recommendations 
• A leader, with strong coaching and leadership skills and the ability to create diverse teams, bringing your team with you 
• Credible and able to perform effectively with senior leaders 
• Ability to carry out market, trend and/or business/supply chain performance analysis  
• Project leadership including management of other professional team members, or comparable in an industry role 
• Desirable MCIPS, or interest in working towards MCIPS 

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why equality and inclusion is at the forefront of all our activities. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer; women, minorities, and people with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, caste, creed, colour, religion, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, and gender identity.