Senior Consultant, CIO Advisory (IT Outsourcing & Procurement)

The posting, as West Monroe wrote it

Are you ready to make an impact?

West Monroe is currently seeking a Senior Consultant to join our Operations Excellence practice within our CIO Advisory discipline.

CIO Advisory consultants help clients think strategically about talent and service delivery models, transforming operations through effective transformation management, strategic sourcing and optimizing people, process and technology.

This person will bring experience advising clients on outsourcing assessments, outsourcing RFx development, evaluation, and selection, contract negotiations, outsourcing transition, vendor governance and management, and service delivery optimization.

What you’ll do

• Advise clients on outsourcing strategies, M&A procurement and sourcing strategies, and vendor relationships, including IT outsourcing and service delivery model optimization.
• Serve on client delivery teams as a program manager; structure and manage your own work and the work of others within a workstream according to project workplan and Statement of Work (SOW); support functional workstream planning and execution by collaborating with team members and client functional leads.
• Structure and lead deliverables via thorough and effective data gathering, generate sound hypotheses, and deliver high-quality analyses.
• Lead procurement workstreams during mergers, acquisitions, and divestitures, and carve-outs by assessing procurement organizations, supplier landscapes, spend, contracts, sourcing opportunities, operating models, and synergy value capture to support transaction objectives
• Work with clients to develop detailed technical / operational requirements, service level agreements, pricing strategies and approaches, and writing RFP documents.
• Evaluate vendor proposals from a technical, operational, pricing / financial, and contractual perspective.
• Support clients through the contract negotiation process by participating in contract negotiation sessions.
• Perform procurement due diligence by evaluation supplier contracts, third-party risks, spend, procurement capabilities, and sourcing opportunities to identify cost savings, operational risks, integration considerations, and value creation opportunities
• Develop Day 1 and post-close procurement integration and separation strategies, including operating model design, supplier rationalization, contract transition planning, governance models, and synergy realization roadmaps
• Build practice area capabilities (including AI capabilities), identify and scope practice development initiatives, lead onboarding activities, and lead training delivered to the practice.
• Regularly seek out farming opportunities and support project managers and practice leadership in the pursuit of business development goals.
• Engage in account management processes including supporting account planning, developing and maintaining relationships with client peers, invoicing, resource allocations, and project financial management.
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e know that technology alone is not the answer, but how we apply it is. We rely on data to constantly adapt and solve new challenges. Actions that work today with outcomes that generate value for years to come.

At West Monroe, we zero in on the heart of the opportunity, getting to results faster and preparing people for what’s next.

You’ll feel the difference in how we work. We show up personally. We’re right there in the room with you, co-creating through the challenges. With West Monroe, collaboration isn’t a lofty promise, but a daily action. We work together with you to turn vision into clear action with lasting impact.

West Monroe is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer
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