Job Title: Strategic Spend Consultant

Job Description:

Leads and manages initiatives to identify improvement opportunities, KPIs and prioritization criteria. Performs business analysis to synthesize key themes and action plans for executives. The successful candidate will be a self-starter with a proven track record delivering exceptional results by adding structure to ambiguous situations and aligning stakeholders to a common agenda.

Responsibilities:

• Lead strategic initiatives driving productivity, improving quality, and efficiency across Technology with particular focus including (but not limited to): Workforce Strategy, IT Automation, Process Improvement, Financial Strategy, Data and Analytics Strategy

• Identify inefficiencies and propose improvements with appropriate monitoring and data

• Diverse problem-solving experience and ability to analyze problems using data-driven approaches across technology areas

• A self-starter with exceptional communication skills (both oral and written), story-telling, visual design, and PowerPoint skills

• Builds relationships and improves transparency among stakeholders

• Produces high quality deliverables and effectively manages expectations and deadlines to ensure exceptional outcomes

Knowledge / Skills Required:

• Ability to navigate and work across multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced, high performing environment

• Ability to structure work independently to meet deadlines

• Strong analytical skills

• Excellent communication skills

• Conversant in Agile development practices

• Strong organization and facilitation skills

• Project management fundamentals

• Comfortable presenting to senior executives

• Understanding of the software development lifecycle and broad technology concepts

• Thoughtful listener

• Ability to influence

• Deep sense of personal integrity

• Strong desire to drive projects to completion. Identifies issues and recommends solutions

Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Technology. Graduate degree a plus

• 8 years of work experience