Category Management Solutions- Senior Analyst

The CoRe Procurement organization was created to drive the Deloitte Global 2020 Strategy by sharing investments and resources to increase our global operational performance, enhance cross-border agility, deliver strategic procurement services, develop talent, enhance operational performance, and mitigate risk.

The Category Management Solutions group is seeking a Senior Analyst. Category Management Solutions is a key resource for managing contract cycle and the stages involved in a sourcing and contract renewal procurement process.

• Negotiation of business terms and pricing for vendor engagements of a varying complexity
• Participation with Global or Member Firm OGC in the negotiation of legal terms
• Drafting and preparation for final review of contracts by Global or Member Firm business stakeholders, including OGC
• Amending and/or modifying existing contract terms
• Drive conversion of existing Member Firm contracts to global contracts
• Proactive evaluation of vendor contracts to prevent unnecessary auto renewals
• Collaboration with other cross-functional groups including technology and risk
• Lead discussions with business stakeholders and vendors for the following items:
• New Contracts
• Contract Expansions
• Contract Renewals
• Usage Terms Enquiries
• Contract Compliance

• Identifying opportunities to:
• globalize existing single-country agreements for improved efficiency
• negotiate better rates/value with suppliers due to global leverage.
• consolidate supply chain and improve cost efficiency.
• Negotiating pricing/contract terms and establishing supplier contracts

About U.S India Enabling areas

Enabling Areas (EA) at the U.S. India offices are the support arm of the organization and comprises several groups including Talent, Technology, Finance, Communications, Field Operations, etc. EA gives every client service business unit access to the best and brightest resources when it comes to support services. More specifically, EA enables the business units to solely focus on satisfying clients and developing new products and services to sustain competitive advantage, while they consolidate and standardize a diverse collection of systems, processes, and functions. The team provides a wide array of services to the U.S and India professionals and is continually evaluating and expanding its portfolio.

Requisite core skills

• Experienced in contracting cycle and the stages involved in a sourcing and contract renewal procurement process
• Excellent written and spoken English language skills to enable an understanding of any contract and have an ability to negotiate details and nuances of contract language with external parties and stakeholders
• Willingness and ability to collaborate with external stakeholders on business and commercial requirements in order to effectively draft contract language
• Ability to read, review, mark-up and evaluate vendor contracts
• Highly organized with excellent project management and communication skills
• Strong analytical skills, including the ability to author concise abstracts of various kinds of contracts
• Demonstrated mastery of MS Word Excel, and PowerPoint, with the ability to create effective presentations to leadership
• A “customer service” orientation and the ability to work under tight time constraints
• Outstanding communication skills required for interaction with globally based leadership, stakeholders and vendors
• Understanding of multi-national business cultures and the desire to increase this skill set through experiential learning
• Global procurement experience will be an added advantage
• Ability to work independently and make recommendations ranging from revising or creating a process to identifying contract risks. Good judgment is critical.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently under tight timelines and manage multiple projects and deadlines.
• Highly organized with excellent communication skills, both oral and written. Leading conversations with confidence is a required quality.
• Demonstrated abilities in:
• Navigating through complex collaborative initiatives
• Understanding, documenting, and improving business processes
• Interpersonal skills/Team player
• Willingness to embrace a global workplace environment.

• Working knowledge of procurement contracts and contract law
• Previous exposure to vendor contract negotiations
• Aptitude for ongoing learning. Must be able to quickly understand new trends in contracting, such as social media and click-through agreements and analyze how they will affect Deloitte member firms
• Proficiency with Excel, PowerPoint and Word required

• Liaise with CoRe Procurement resources and business stakeholders across the global member firm network whilst having regular interaction with global OGC team members.
• Additionally, the team members will have regular interaction with the contracts administration team within Core Global Procurement
  

• Experience in professional services environment or a financial services legal shared services team, with a strong client service orientation (whether internal or external clients)
• Excellent analytical abilities are required to perform the analysis of complex financial deals and contract terms.
• Prior contracting experience in a procurement environment is preferred.
• Strong preference for candidates with a law degree or equivalent
• Demonstrated abilities in:
  • Navigating through a variety of complex collaborative initiatives
  • Understanding and documenting contract changes whilst working within a process.
• Strong written and spoken communication skills to provide explanation of contract nuances.
• Interpersonal skills/ “Team player”,
• Working under tight time constraints, juggling multiple priorities

Qualifications, experience, work location, and timing

We are looking for a passionate, high energy, and self-motivated individual who is accustomed to working independently and collaboratively on small and large projects in a close-knit team.

• Any graduate/Postgraduate - Law Degree (preferred) or MBA
• Minimum 3 to 6 years of relevant work experience in contracts management/administration
• Strong track record with previous employment
• Comfortable working with team members and stakeholders across geographies and time zones