Consultant, Procurement

The Coca-Cola Company•Atlanta, GA

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The Procurement Consultant supports the Global Procurement and Supply Chain Services Organization through the collection, management, and analysis of data—providing insight and ultimately driving improvement. The Procurement Consultant will become a key member of a strategic sourcing team, providing analytical rigor and technical expertise enabling procurement leadership to improve decision-making. The person in this role will provide thought-leadership and drive innovation around how the analytics team functions. The Procurement Consultant will play a key role in developing analytics; and he/she will manage upward effectively, challenging leadership appropriately with thoughtful perspective and recommendation.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or supply chain, advanced degree preferred
1+ years of work experience in the areas of engineering, business, and/or supply chain
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Excellent analytical skills and judgement
Advanced Excel skills and knowledge of RDBMS (via SQL) concepts
Data visualization and story telling expertise
Proficiency in Extract, Transform, Load (ETL) processes
Familiarity with mathematical optimization and linear programming
E-Sourcing experience
Programming expertise (e.g. XML, VBA, Python) is preferred
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis and must not require The Coca-Cola Company's sponsorship to continue to work legally in the United States.

Nice To Haves

APICS Certification (Inactive)
Business Purchases
Contracts
Cost Analysis
Customer Service
Database Management
Food And Beverage (F&B)
Global SAP
Logility
Manufacturing Process Controls
Material Resource Planning (MRP)
Mathematics
Microsoft Office
Negotiation
Sourcing and Procurement

Responsibilities

Execute day-to-day delivery of sourcing operations services.
Facilitate sourcing events (e.g. RFP, RFI) through E-Sourcing tool management (i.e. develop bid sheets and cost model, configure E-Sourcing event settings)
Collaborate with category managers to ensure compliance to sourcing requirements
Review and approve catalog information for upload to TCCC systems
Lead key analytics activities to provide insight and drive improvement
Provide analytical rigor and technical expertise to improve decision-making
Act as subject matter expert on sourcing operations policies, processes, and systems
Participate in development of analytical capabilities and digitization initiatives
Provide leadership with regular, prioritized updates and escalated issues about operations
Communicate key analytics insights by creating and delivering presentations to TCCC teams, executive leaders and sponsors
Collaborate with category managers to build an understanding of category strategy, supplier markets, & processes