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At Crowe, you have the opportunity to deliver innovative solutions to today's complex business issues. Crowe's accounting, consulting, and technology personnel are widely recognized for their in-depth expertise and understanding of sophisticated process frameworks and enabling technologies, along with their commitment to delivering measurable results that help clients build business value. Our focus on emerging technology solutions along with our commitment to internal career growth and exceptional client value has resulted in a firm that is routinely recognized as a "Best Place to Work." We are 75 years strong and still growing. Come grow with us!

Job Description:

Crowe's Performance Improvement practice in the Strategy & Transaction Advisory Department helps clients significantly improve their profitability by problem-solving operational, sourcing, and procurement challenges, developing an executable improvement plan, quantifying the financial value associated with implementing the improvements, and partnering with our clients to capture the savings.

We are looking for a Strategic Sourcing Supply Chain Consultant Manager to lead and be part of sourcing engagements, including leading competitive sourcing initiatives and involvement in procurement transformations and operational excellence engagements.

Job duties include but are not limited to:

• Collaborate with the extended teams and clients to design and implement effective supply chain transformation projects for diverse industries

• Lead and manage complex consulting engagements, providing operational, financial, and process analysis, strategy development, process reengineering, and modeling

• Manage complex consulting engagements and support client experience and growth strategies

• Develop, train, and coach interns, staff, and senior staff

• Lead organizational sourcing and procurement maturity assessments to understand gaps and opportunities and develop improvement plans

• Develop spend cube and performance analytics to shape category events and enable impact tracking

• Build out and execute detailed category strategies with clients to drive improved commercial terms and alignment with suppliers

• Support client optimization of sourcing and procurement organizational structures, policies, processes, and management practices

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management or relevant field required

• Master's degree in Supply Chain Management and/or one of the following certifications required: CSCM (Certified Professional in Supply Management/Certificate in Supply Chain Management) or CPSM (Certified Professional in Supply Management)

• Must have at least five (5) years of supply chain operations and consulting experience

• Supply chain experience working as a Strategic Consultant managing sourcing projects and/or as a Buyer, Procurement Specialist, or Category Manager

• Self-starter with a creative mind who takes initiative and ownership with a proven track record of putting ideas into practice and assessing results while maintaining strong business partnerships in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

• Ability to build, manage, and foster a team-oriented environment

• Ability to interact with the internal management team and external client contacts using strong leadership and communication skills

• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint

• Ability to creatively solve problems and analyze client data

• Strong written and verbal communication skills as evidenced by the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and business impacts to diverse audiences, including executives and stakeholders

• Power BI experience is a plus

• Fluent in Spanish and/or Mandarin Chinese is a plus

• Must be willing to travel 80 - 100%.

• Locations: Chicago, IL; Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Nashville, TN; New York, NY

About The Team:

Advisory Services (AS) provides transaction support, bankruptcy and restructuring advisory, valuation, corporate finance advisory, litigation, dispute resolution consulting, and forensic investigation services. AS provides strategic vision and training to Crowe International's Global Corporate Advisors (GCA), comprised of corporate finance professionals from independent Crowe Global member firms. The AS team members collaborate with other Crowe practices on solutions for various industries, from financial institutions to manufacturing. Learn more about our AS team: https://www.crowe.com/services/advisory.

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We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe's values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

Our Benefits:

At Crowe, we know that great peopleare what makes a great firm. We value our people and offer employees a comprehensive benefits package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow:

We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More about Crowe:

Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.