Job Description

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is \xe2\x80\x98people first\xe2\x80\x99, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You\xe2\x80\x99ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people\xe2\x80\x99s lives. You\xe2\x80\x99re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role description:

Our Business Transformation (Management Consulting) team is recognised in the market for the quality of its people; our busy Procurement & Supply Chain team is a key part of this team, providing deep expertise across this core consulting discipline. You will need a strong intellect, the ability to articulate complex ideas persuasively and a talent for showing clients that we have the right solutions to their most pressing issues, as well as excellent, proven procurement & supply chain skills,.

Supply chain relationships are key to the success of our clients. At Arcadis, we get excited about bringing clients and suppliers closer together and finding new sources of value. Informed by our deep sector experience, our solutions deliver across the procurement lifecycle, from transformational strategic supply chain development to specific offerings ,for example in effective incentivisation and management of risk, and reflect the cultural levers required to drive collaboration, innovation and trust. We are looking for talented Senior and Principal Consultants to help us to further strengthen and grow our work in this area.

Our experts in procurement and supply chain management work closely with broader technical, delivery and consulting skills from across Arcadis, providing both best practice market insights and practical implementation advice. Our end-to-end service offer includes:

Supply Chain Strategy: creating strategic change and actionable plans to align supply chains with clients\xe2\x80\x99 business objectives and priorities. This includes embedding new capabilities and ways of working in our clients\xe2\x80\x99 organisations, including skills and operating models to meet future business needs.

Procurement Delivery: a fully comprehensive procurement service, which delivers robust and efficiently priced contracts, with pace and assurance, typically within the public and private sectors.

Build Capability: developing comprehensive supplier performance management systems and processes to support the continuous improvement of our clients

Delivering Outcomes: Building resilience & sustainability within the supply chain, and rapidly delivering cost & customer performance improvements.

Role accountabilities:

Leadership and management of client projects through their lifecycle, from initial pitch through to solution design and activity planning, successful delivery, and knowledge capture

Diagnosing and tackling complex procurement and supply chain-related business problems, across large-scale consulting engagements, designing and implementing solutions that can demonstrate benefits and value delivered

Leading and delivering complex procurement services, from initial development of sourcing strategy through the entire contract lifecycle to tender and contract award.

Analysing markets, trends, risks and opportunities, to provide fresh insights to clients

Communicating potential solutions and outcomes to clients and stakeholders

Continuous development of our supply chain services and sector-specific offerings

Qualifications & Experience:

You will join an entrepreneurial team that is growing fast. It\xe2\x80\x99s important that you can understand the challenges and opportunities facing supply chains and combine a commercial and strategic mindset with strong relationship skills. You will be a problem solving and outcome driven individual, with strong collaboration skills, who can quickly understand clients\xe2\x80\x99 business needs and deliver solutions.

Whilst potential is more important to us than experience, you will also have at least some of the following key skills and expertise:

Demonstrable track record of delivery of supply chain or procurement projects in a relevant sector (Public Sector, Infrastructure, Energy, Utilities, Oil & Gas,Transportation, Healthcare, Defence, Property, Financial Services, etc), in one or more of capital delivery; operations & maintenance;

Demonstrable track record of leadership and delivery of major procurement and supply chain services across the procurement and supply chain lifecycle, from strategic sourcing and category management to tender and award;

Demonstrable relevant experience in market engagement (including shaping and development); supplier relationship management; procurement governance and compliance; procurement and supply chain sustainability; organisational design; process improvement

Experience in designing, leading and delivering multiple-stream projects to a high quality from understanding client need to project completion.

Knowledge and understanding of key skills and components that make a successful management consultant

Demonstrate understanding of how management consulting projects are typically delivered \xe2\x80\x93 from project start & mobilisation, through to delivering clients requirements and expectations

Knowledge and appreciation of identifying new opportunities and supporting proposals to secure work

Knowledge of the application of best practice in aspects of supply chain management, which could include:

Strategic sourcing and category management

Operational procurement delivery

Commercial and Contract management

Supplier performance and relationship management

Risk management and mitigation strategies

Procurement governance & compliance - policy & process development

Supply/demand planning

Product management

Supply chain reporting, data analytics and digitisation

Demonstrable ability to understand and assess business problems, and build and communicate practical improvement recommendations

A leader, with strong coaching and leadership skills and the ability to create diverse teams, bringing your team with you

Credible and able to perform effectively with senior leaders

Ability to carry out market, trend and/or business/supply chain performance analysis

Project leadership including management of other professional team members, or comparable in an industry role

Desirable MCIPS, or interest in working towards MCIPS

Why Become an Arcadian?

Our work with clients has a direct impact on people\xe2\x80\x99s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth\'s resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients\xe2\x80\x99 most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN\xe2\x80\x99s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it\xe2\x80\x99s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging:

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.

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