Professional Services Sourcing Consultant LOOKING FOR Professional Services Sourcing Consultant JOB AT New York, NY

Primary Responsibilities:
Responsibilities will include but not be limited to the following:
– Review and negotiate commercials of vendor contracts with respect to professional services engagements across assigned divisional coverage in the US for Contract, Project and Outsourced Managed Services
– Perform routine deep dive spend analysis in order to identify and drive cost savings opportunities, including but not limited to RFP, supplier consolidation, Unit Price reduction, Volume Discounting, Benchmarking, etc.
– Support ad hoc expense management initiatives
– Provide reporting and maintenance on a variety of data sets as they relate to:
– Project pipeline
– Vendor spend and cost savings
– Supplier Optimization
– Contract management
– Consultant onboarding
– Strategic Savings and Efficiencies Levers
– Drive baseline reductions and cost avoidance on professional services across US coverage
– Ensure ongoing data quality on savings initiatives and completed deals, along with live RFPs.

Qualifications:
Previous experience in sourcing professional services, including Project SOWs, Outsourcing Transactions and Time and Materials engagements, preferably within Financial Services Industry
– High proficiency in developing and presenting strategic content focused on driving savings
– Evidence of leveraging influencing skills to drive change to purchasing behaviors with measurable outcomes (expense reduction)
– Negotiation of large scale professional services contractual agreements across varying complexity
– Client service skills
– Self-starter and team player
– Results oriented, with the ability to drive strategic initiatives to closure and results
– Previous experience with Ariba, Fieldglass, MS Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint) and Reporting (Business Objects, Tableau, Advanced Excel, etc.)

Kofi Anim

917.514.9808

Job Type: Contract

Pay: $65.00 – $70.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Professional Services Sourcing: 4 years (Required)
• Microsoft Excel: 1 year (Required)

Work Location: One location