Senior - SCO - Supply Chain Procurement Analytics

At EY, you'll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are, with the global scale, support, inclusive culture and technology to become the best version of you. And we're counting on your unique voice and perspective to help EY become even better, too. Join us and build an exceptional experience for yourself, and a better working world for all. EY-GDS: Business Consulting -SC&O (Supply Chain & Operations) As part of our EY-GDS team, you will support sourcing and procurement engagements by managing direct and indirect categories, conducting detailed spend analyses and market intelligence, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and process improvements. You will contribute to category management and strategic sourcing initiatives, perform contract analysis, and assist with vendor and performance management. Additionally, you will support purchasing, expediting, and end-to-end procure-to-pay (P2P) process optimization to drive greater efficiency and value. The opportunity We are looking for seasoned professionals with 3–7 years of experience and a strong consulting background in supply chain operations, particularly in contract and supplier management. The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in transforming Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) processes—ranging from digitization and compliance reviews to analytics and automation—while ensuring alignment with legal and business objectives. In parallel, the candidate will lead supplier management initiatives, including onboarding, segmentation, performance tracking, and risk mitigation, using advanced tools and data-driven insights. This role demands a strategic thinker who can drive procurement excellence by optimizing contractual value, enhancing supplier collaboration, and delivering measurable outcomes across both direct and indirect categories. Your key responsibilities Conduct comprehensive spend analysis across direct and indirect categories using advanced tools such as Power BI, Tableau, Excel, Alteryx, or SQL and augment with GenAI-driven insights to uncover cost-saving opportunities, bundling synergies, compliance gaps, and sourcing inefficiencies Build and maintain cost and financial models including Should-Cost, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), and Clean-Sheet models leveraging GenAI to simulate sourcing scenarios and generate negotiation playbooks Enable maverick spend reduction by developing compliance monitoring dashboards and reinforcing procurement policy adherence through analytics-driven controls Classify and segment spend data by supplier, category, business unit, region, and other dimensions using both rule-based and AI/ML-driven approaches—including large language models (LLMs), supervised classification algorithms, and natural language processing (NLP) Develop and automate real-time dashboards and insights engines, powered by natural language querying interfaces (e.g., GenAI-powered chatbots) that enable business users to interact with data conversationally Apply predictive and prescriptive analytics to forecast demand, price inflation, and market dynamics, enabling proactive category strategies and risk mitigation plans Support strategic sourcing and category management by delivering data-driven insights, supplier scorecards, market benchmarks, and opportunity assessments Partner with category leads and procurement stakeholders to translate analytics into actionable sourcing strategies, negotiation levers, and supplier optimization roadmaps Integrate analytics capabilities with source-to-pay systems (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, Ariba, Coupa, Oracle) to ensure seamless data flow, enhanced data quality, and consistent reporting Continuously improve analytics maturity by experimenting with emerging technologies including agentic AI, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), autonomous spend monitoring bots, and advanced visualization techniques for real-time, self-serve procurement intelligence

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