Supply Chain - Procurement - Manager - Consulting

Hei Oranga Iwi | The opportunity

Do you want to build your career within a highly successful and supportive environment?

We are looking for Senior Consultants and Managers, with prior consulting experience relating to digital procurement, procurement transformation, category management, strategic sourcing and third party strategic cost transformation to join our team in Auckland.

We value curious thinkers who have the courage to lead, great communicators who can effectively connect with diverse teams and varying levels, flexible collaborators who build relationships based on doing the right thing, and innovative problem-solvers who use their experience to ultimately find a better way.

This is based in our Tamaki Makaurau (Auckland) office.

Work with diverse teams across the business to win, design, plan, and deliver projects to help clients leverage digital capability to drive better business and solve some of their most challenging problems

Manage your own and team performance to achieve a high standard of client service

Connect with our local and global networks to work with, share knowledge, and draw on the skills of other EY subject matter specialists

Develop relationships with a wide range of internal and external stakeholders across all levels

Be part of a team that not only helps leading NZ organisations improve operational performance, streamline processes and manage change but also design the future of their business with a people centred approach

Your EY experience could span from bringing latest procurement innovations to a consumer organisation looking to set-up an innovation ecosystem with its strategic partners, delivering bottom-line impact across a national health organisation's business to support patient access to treatments, to designing a future operating model of an agriculture business which balances long-term aspirations and immediate customer needs.

You'll also have the skills and attributes below but don't worry if you don't tick all the boxes.

We're interested in your aptitude, attitude and willingness to learn.

Category management development experience, including setting up category management as a capability from scratch to hands-on creation of a category strategy

Ability to conduct meaningful data analysis against procurement-related data-sets including those related to spend, contracts and other category-specific data as appropriate

Strategic cost transformation experience, including shaping and delivering a third party cost transformation programme

End-to-end strategic sourcing experience from identifying business need to meeting that need with a go-to-market exercise

Knowledge and experience of 'spec and select' for enabling Procurement technologies across the source-to-contract process (including purchase request-to-purchase order)

Procurement transformation experience including business case creation and target operating model design through to implementation

Strong commercial acumen, and hands-on cost analysis and business case preparation

Ideally, you'll also have :

Intrinsic, self-motivation to excel in the pursuit of challenging goals

A positive attitude, with a passion for creative problem-solving and finding solutions

A growth mind set, with a penchant for seeking out new experiences, knowledge, feedback and leadership opportunities

Determination, and confidence navigating through periods of ambiguity and change

A passion for a culture of collaboration and teaming

Ko Taku Rourou | What we offer you

At EY, we'll fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

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Career development : At EY, your career is yours to shape!

We'll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences

Flexible work arrangements : Our flexible work policies empower you to balance your professional and personal life, fostering a culture of trust and autonomy.

A comprehensive benefits package : From a yearly wellness incentive, to access to additional 8 weeks of flex leave per year, and family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave, we cater to your diverse needs to help you thrive both personally and professionally

Diversity, equity, and inclusiveness (DE&I) are core to who we are, how we work and how we live our values.

We encourage applications from people of all ages, nationalities, abilities, cultures, sexual orientations, and gender identities and are committed to providing an equitable and barrier free recruitment experience for all.

We encourage you to share any support and adjustments you need to be your best and participate equitably in our recruitment process.

We understand sharing your needs with us can be daunting, so if you have questions before or during your application, we welcome you to get in touch at

• or +61 3 8650 7788 (option 2).

Anything you tell us will be kept completely confidential.

Are you ready to shape your future with confidence?

Apply today

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