25 Oct
AURELIUS Group
London
Job description
AURELIUS Task Force is a close-knit team of advisors with deep functional expertise and long-standing management experience supporting value generation in portfolio companies through effective and hands-on project and change management in the areas of Procurement, Operations, Sales / Marketing, IT and Finance.
Responsibilities
- Implementation of optimization projects in purchasing with the aim of improving purchasing organizations and processes, increasing efficiency and ensuring the supply of materials and services.
- Strategic analysis of procurement categories and markets, technical specifications, and development and implementation of holistic sourcing strategies for our portfolio companies.
- Implementation of commercial initiatives such as price negotiations and conclusion of framework agreements with the aim of realizing significant purchase price reductions.
- Execution of technical cost reduction initiatives such as functional cost analysis, value engineering workshops and cross-functional idea workshops together with R&D; and suppliers.
- Preparation and execution of supplier negotiations and annual meetings regarding payment of annual bonuses, etc.
- Initiation of and participation in projects to optimize supply chain and optimize capital employed.
Qualifications required
- University degree in Business / Economics, Engineering or Natural Sciences
- Min. 5 years of working experience in the procurement sector, preferably with a top management consulting firm
- Proven experience in successful negotiations of business contracts and cost savings in the procurement area, including good knowledge of the legal, tax and financial aspects related to this
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills combined with a confident, convincing and entrepreneurial personality
- Analytical / strategical thinking, result-oriented personality, highly developed sense of responsibility and strong team work
- Practical, hands-on mentality
- Capability to lead teams through critical transformations with the required sensitiveness and speed
- Extensive travel required
- Fluent in English, further language skills welcome
Our offer
- The possibility to drive value from ideation through to realization and have true entrepreneurial impact
- Dynamic career development in a successful private equity firm with a steep growth trajectory
- An attractive and performance-related remuneration package
- Flexible place of work in a country in which an AURELIUS location is represented
Please apply online including all relevant application documents and stating your earliest possible starting date and salary expectation.
▶️ (Senior) Manager Procurement Practice (m/f/d)
🖊️ AURELIUS Group
📍 London