(Senior) Associate – Procurement in Homeoffice bei Alvarez and Marsal

Description

Companies, investors and government entities around the world turn to Alvarez & Marsal (A&M) for leadership, action and results. Privately held since its founding in 1983, A&M is a global leading professional services firm that provides advisory, business performance improvement and turnaround management services.

With over 8000 people across 6 continents and based in 75 locations, we deliver excellent results for corporates, boards, private equity firms, law firms and government agencies facing complex challenges. Our senior leaders and their teams leverage A&M's restructuring heritage to help companies act decisively, catapult growth and accelerate results.

Our non-hierarchical, hands-on-approach, small expert teams and an international focus are characterizing for A&M.

Corporate Transformation Services (CTS) as one of A&M's core competencies advise clients in improving profitability targets and leading clients out of strategic and operational crisis situations in a sustainable manner.

CTS' Procurement division helps clients in various industries (including automotive, manufacturing, IT, FMCG) optimize their purchasing/SCM organization and thus make a significant contribution to the positive economic development of the clients. A&M's Procurement specialists not only advise but also negotiate directly with suppliers to strip out significant costs.

As a (Senior) Associate (m/f/d) focused on procurement you will manage the following key responsibilities, supported by the European Corporate Transformation team

• Development and implementation of procurement concepts
• Supporting clients in procurement and operations projects
International projects focussed on strategy, corporate structure or company-wide efficiency improvements

At best you already have some relevant consulting experience and the following qualifications:

• A degree from an accredited university (Procurement specific related certifications are of interest)
• Industry experience desirable
• A specific understanding of the key attributes of the category as well as Global supply options, routes to value and other related cost topics
• Change management
• Facilitation, negotiation and supplier management
• Data analysis (turning raw data into business insights and intelligence)
• Robust financial experience and analytical rigor
Fluency in German and English is essential, additional European language skills are more than welcome.

If you want to be part of A&M's success story and would like to grow in a dynamic environment, we are looking forward to your application.