Management Consultant - Procurement & Commercial Transformation

Job description

### About Baringa Baringa is a global consulting firm that partners with leaders to drive change and create value. With deep industry expertise, and enabled by advanced technology, the firm helps clients to deliver with greater confidence and certainty. With over 2,000 people across the UK, Europe, North America, Asia and Australia, the firm combines global insight with local understanding. The firm works across energy and resources, financial services, government and public sector, consumer products and retail, pharmaceuticals and life sciences, manufacturing, and technology, media and telecoms, with capabilities spanning strategy, transformation and operational excellence – all powered by advanced technology, data, AI and digital innovation. Clients value Baringa’s collaborative approach and the way its teams integrate seamlessly – all working with a shared understanding of what matters most. The firm is known for its kind, curious experts who listen closely and care deeply about client success as they help clients transform energy markets, modernise financial platforms, expand telecoms and digital networks through advanced data analytics, enable digital services in government, and unlock growth in consumer sectors. Certified as a *Great Place to Work* around the world, Baringa has been recognised by the *Financial Times* in 22 categories of its UK Leading Management Consultants rankings, and by *Forbes* for four consecutive years as one of the World’s Best Management Consulting Firms. ## Our Procurement and Commercial practice are looking for experienced Consultants to join the team. Our Procurement and Commercial team partners with some of the most influential public and private sector organisations globally, tackling their toughest procurement and commercial strategic challenges across sectors such as energy, utilities, government and products and services. We provide our clients with end-to-end support across procurement transformation, complex procurement strategy and delivery, digital procurement, sustainability and ESG transparency initiatives, and third-party ecosystem management. Our team is particularly skilled in driving sustainable cost optimisation through procurement, helping our clients to navigate the current volatile economic environment. We are seeking professionals with strong transferable consulting skills, either gained through experience with internal clients in industry roles or with a consultancy firm, who are keen on a new challenge and want to be part of a rapidly growing consulting team. Examples of such skills would be: - Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities. - Experience with handling difficult situations and balancing challenging priorities and deadlines - Clear written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to tailor messages for different audiences. - Strong commercial awareness and a focus on delivering measurable business outcomes. - Structured problem-solving and analytical thinking, with the ability to break down complex issues and develop practical recommendations. - Ability to translate analysis into clear client-facing outputs, such as reports, presentations and decision papers. Our ambition is to become the most trusted strategic procurement and commercial consulting team in the market, and we are on a mission to drive cutting-edge thinking into our clients, leveraging the best insight from across the market to deliver value at pace. ### ### What you will be doing You will work as part of collaborative project teams, supporting clients to address procurement and commercial challenges and deliver meaningful improvements to their organisations. You will contribute to high-quality analysis and deliverables, build strong working relationships with clients and colleagues, and develop your procurement and consulting capabilities through a range of project experiences. This will involve: - Working as part of client delivery teams on procurement and commercial projects, which may span strategy, design and implementation - Building effective working relationships with clients and colleagues, and contributing to high-quality client deliverables - Undertaking research, analysis and financial modelling to develop insights and support recommendations - Supporting procurement activities such as opportunity assessment, category strategy development, strategic sourcing, supplier management and contract management - Communicating findings clearly through written materials, presentations and discussions with clients and project teams - Working with colleagues from across Baringa to bring together different capabilities and perspectives to solve client challenges - Developing your knowledge of procurement trends, best practices and emerging technologies, supported by formal and on-the-job learning - Contributing to the development of practice materials, propositions, thought leadership and internal team initiatives ### Your skills and experience Our key requirements include proven experience with strategic and/or operational procurement delivery in complex environments, , such as in a consulting firm or an internal improvement or business transformation function in industry. Candidates should be able to demonstrate experience in some of the following: - Procurement, commercial, supply chain or a related business environment - Category management, strategic sourcing or supporting competitive procurement processes - Cost analysis, opportunity assessment, financial modelling or business case - Procurement operating model, process improvement or wider transformation activity - Technology, software, digital infrastructure or digital procurement solutions - Researching and analysing qualitative and quantitative information to develop clear insights - Producing high-quality written deliverables and presentations - Working collaboratively with different stakeholders in a project or operational environment - Applying structured problem-solving skills to new or complex challenges - A willingness to develop your procurement knowledge, consulting skills and understanding of our clients’ industries - Experience with business process management and analysis, alongside working on continuous improvement and optimisation initiatives ## What a career at Baringa will give you ### Putting People First. ### Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include: - Generous Annual Leave Policy: We recognise everyone needs a well-deserved break. We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service. - Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave. - Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us. - Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice. - Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success. ### Diversity and Inclusion We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people. ### An award-winning workplace You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all. [Click here](https://www.baringa.com/en/impact/awards/) to see some of our recent awards and how we’ve achieved this. ### Using business as a force for good. We maintain high standards of environmental performance and transparency, which can be seen through our commitment to Net Zero with our SBTI-verified Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions reduction targets and our support of the Better Business Act. We report our progress publicly and ensure that we are also externally assessed and scored through organisations like CDP and EcoVadis - helping us to continually identify where we can improve. We have a long legacy of supporting the communities in which we work, and offer a variety of ways to contribute, by putting people first and creating impact that lasts. Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) agenda is about giving back to the communities in which we live and work by sharing our skills, talent and time. In essence, we aim to empower and encourage everyone in the firm to contribute to the things we care about, and support registered charities and organisations with a clear social or environmental purpose to increase the positive impact they can have. ### Join us All applications received will be reviewed by a member of our Talent Acquisition team. We never rely solely on automated screening or AI tools to make hiring decisions. Your application will be considered for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further. ### Baringa Privacy Notices **For UK & EU** Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our [UK Recruitment Privacy Notice /](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-004-ukrpn---uk-recruitment-privacy-notice-pdf.pdf) [EU Recruitment Privacy Notice](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-005-eurpn---eu-recruitment-privacy-notice-pdf.pdf), to evaluate your application and meet our legal and reporting obligations. In line with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), you have the right to request access to, rectification, or erasure (subject to legal limitations) of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [privacy@baringa.com](mailto:privacy@baringa.com) **For the USA** Your personal data may be retained by Baringa for up to two years, as outlined in our [Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC)](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-007-nerpn-amer--apac-recruitment-privacy-notice-word.pdf), to support the recruitment process and internal reporting requirements. Where applicable, and in accordance with relevant federal and state laws, you may have the right to request access to or correction of your personal information. For further details, please contact [privacy@baringa.com](mailto:privacy@baringa.com) **For Australia & Singapore** Your personal data will be retained by Baringa for up to two years, in accordance with our [Recruitment Privacy Notice (AMER & APAC)](https://www.baringa.com/globalassets/careers/dp-007-nerpn-amer--apac-recruitment-privacy-notice-word.pdf), to assess your application and meet applicable reporting and legal obligations. In line with the Australian Privacy Act and Singapore’s Personal Data Protection Act (PDPA), you may have rights to access, correct, or request limited deletion of your personal data. For more information, please contact us at [privacy@baringa.com](mailto:privacy@baringa.com)