Senior Consultant - Procurement Transformation (Transportation & Logistics)

What You'll Do

Support a wide range of Procurement Transformation projects, encompassing Source-to-Pay technology strategy, purchasing process improvement, operations performance enhancement, change management, program and project management, and AI and data analytics.
Deliver strategic sourcing events for our clients' spend categories by analyzing spend, developing strategies, conducting RFPs, evaluating bid responses, building business cases, and gaining stakeholder alignment with our proposed outcomes with a special focus on transportation and logistics spend categories such as full truckload (FTL), less than truckload (LTL), freight brokerage, managed transportation services, and related technologies.
Play a critical role in supporting and leading transportation sourcing engagements, including carrier bid processes and freight market analysis.
Help guide client freight strategy, including mode optimization, fuel cost reduction, in-source vs. outsource, and logistics cost reduction initiatives.
Help organizations identify and analyze business challenges to improve procurement operations and their connection to finance and accounting.
Contribute knowledge and best practices pertaining to critical business processes across the Source-to-Pay lifecycle.
Support clients' procurement operations assessments and identify transformative change initiatives through detailed procurement analysis, including but not limited to, supplier spend, vendor master data, category savings identification, buy-pay channels, and process & compliance management.
Drive third-party spend analyses and review them against other internal and external data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities, that can be translated into category strategies for cost savings.
Lead workstreams contributing to maturity assessments across procurement capabilities, processes, and general operations.
Build procurement opportunities into prioritization frameworks and transformation roadmaps.
Develop data-driven business cases for transformational change programs.
Assess and escalate project issues, risks, or conflicts to leadership, proactively suggesting resolutions to ensure smooth project completion.
Support internal initiatives, thought leadership, or other practice-building activities.
Contribute to developing and implementing firm-approved, AI-enabled solutions for clients in accordance to company policies on data protection, intellectual property, and professional standards.
Stay informed about emerging AI tools and techniques and collaborate with firm leadership to identify compliant opportunities to enhance client solutions and internal processes.

What You'll Bring:

3+ years of professional services consulting experience required; Big 4 or top-tier consulting firm background preferred. Additional industry experience within a strategic sourcing or procurement function is a strong plus
Direct experience executing transportation and logistics sourcing, either in consulting or in industry, including one or more of the following: FTL, LTL, intermodal, freight brokerage, or managed transportation services
Familiarity with transportation market dynamics, carrier management, freight cost benchmarking, and bid process design and execution
Knowledge of the following concepts: Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Contract Management, Procure-to-Pay Process, Item Cost Analysis, Supply Chain Risk Management, Basic Financial Modeling, Accounts Payable, Process Optimization, Change Management, Performance Improvement, Project Management
Comfort and effectiveness leading moderately complex client working sessions and presentations
Foundational client relationship management skills with a strong desire to be part of the sales process
Proficiency using the Microsoft Suite, and ideally prior experience using Lucid Software and/or Power BI
Comfort with AI: demonstrated ability to responsibly explore and adopt firm-approved AI tools (Claude, ChatGPT, and Copilot) to enhance productivity and innovation
Continuous Learning Mindset: openness to learning and applying emerging technologies, including AI and automation, in alignment with firm policies and client standards
This role has a hybrid delivery model, with travel of up to 40% depending on client need.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree from an accredited university; supply chain, procurement, or logistics designations or external certifications are preferred