Senior Consultant | S&P - GCC/Operate� | Bengaluru | Supply Chain & Network Operations

Senior Consultant | Bengaluru | S&P – Cost Takeout

Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka

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The role will focus on standardization, risk management, and financial discipline, enabling consistent and compliant execution of tail spend processes while achieving cost savings, improving efficiency, and mitigating risks. This position will leverage AI/automation capabilities for touchless sourcing, predictive spend intelligence, and guided buying to minimize transaction costs and control spend leakage.

• Establish a standard definition and classification of tail spend across BUs (low-value, high-volume transactions representing 20% of spend but 80% of suppliers/transactions)


• Develop segmentation frameworks using the Head/Middle/Tail of Tail approach:


• Head of Tail: Spend challengeable to top 80% suppliers for tight management


• Middle of Tail: Spend explored for consolidation within categories


• Tail of Tail: Highly transactional tail/local small value requirements


• Define and enforce governance policies, approval thresholds, and operating guidelines


• Drive process standardization across BUs and alignment with global procurement strategy

• Support supplier consolidation/rationalization initiatives where structurally justified


• Manage robust RFx/tactical sourcing/spot buy processes from initiation to contracting


• Ensure alignment to approved supplier base and negotiated terms


• Monitor adherence to commercial controls and procurement policies

• Design and deliver leadership dashboards and reporting frameworks, including:


• Supplier concentration and risk exposure


• Policy compliance and exceptions


• Enable exception-based management and decision-making


• Drive adoption of analytics tools (Power BI, Tableau, etc.)


• Establish reporting cadence with leadership and BU stakeholders

• Implement AI-powered touchless sourcing and compliant transaction execution


• Enable automated approvals for low-value purchases


• Deploy interactive assistants/chatbots for direct buying support to reduce maverick spending

• Hands-on experience with ERP systems (SAP/Ariba/Coupa preferred)


•  Data analytics tools (Excel, Power BI, Tableau)


• Ability to translate data into actionable insights


• Familiarity with predictive spend intelligence models 

• Build a centralized governance framework for tail spend across BUs


• Delivery cost savings, improved efficiency, and risk mitigation

Key skills required:  

• 6-9 years of relevant work experience


• Advanced knowledge /subject matter expertise of Procurement processes and applications


• Global Pharmaceutical, MedTech, or Consumer Goods (FMCG/CPG) organizations


• Experience in MS Office suite, ERPs (SAP, ORACLE), Sourcing tools (COUPA, Ariba, Ivalua etc.)


• B. Com / BBA / BMS or similar three-year graduate course


• M.Com / MBA or similar two year post graduate course