Junior Consultant Procurement UK

Founded in Germany 25 years ago, H&Z has grown into one of Europe's most successful independent consultancies helping our clients transform their organizations with a focus on strategy & performance, procurement, and sales. Our rapidly growing UK procurement and supply chain team support clients with cost reduction, organizational transformation, sustainability, and digitalization.

We love consulting and shaping it according to our high standards. Teamwork and flat hierarchies are not empty promises at H&Z, but a living culture. We care about the people in a project, that's why we consult with head, heart, and hand. For us, consulting is more than pure know-how: Individuality, authenticity, and enthusiasm – that is H&Z.

Our UK business is rapidly expanding and we need dynamic and committed people to support our growth. If you've got the talent and the attitude, we'll give you the responsibility and the rewards.

The role of Junior Consultant at H&Z is the first step on a Management Consulting career path with Europe's leading procurement consultancy. Working as part of team, and with focused development, training and mentoring, you will take early responsibility for the management and delivery of cost improvement initiatives across direct and indirect categories, support organizational transformation initiatives, work closely with the implementation of leading procurement technology and support our client's supply chain decarbonization and ESG initiatives.

Confident working on your own, you'll also thrive in a team environment, and you'll relish a big challenge. Most of all, you'll need to be highly motivated with the passion to achieve outstanding results.

• Spend analysis
• Supply market and product analysis
• Development of sourcing and category strategies
• Managing tender and e-auction processes
• Supporting supplier negotiations
• Process improvement and digital transformation
• Managing a variety of stakeholders, at all levels
• Implementation of cost improvement plans

If you believe you can contribute to our success and enjoy working in a collaborative environment where excellent technical knowledge, consulting methodology and people-skills are highly valued, we offer the chance to make your skills and experience count

• An excellent degree (with procurement, supply chain, economics or business orientation)
• (Ideally) Work placement experience within procurement/commercial and/or consultancy
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Enjoy solving complex problems
• Clear understanding of technical issues
• Very good communication skills
• Strong results focus
• Global outlook and commercial awareness
• Flexible, and the ability to work hard as part of a team and to work well under pressure
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint
• Fluent English
• Other language skills desirable

• Challenging projects working for a wide range of clients (including in Europe)
• The opportunity to work with a high-performance team of excellent people
• Continuous training and development
• mentoring program
• Familiar, friendly, and collaborative working atmosphere
• Employee events and company retreats
• Build a career based on progression through performance
• Competitive salary package with performance related bonus
• Pension, travel, medical and dental insurance
• 27 days holiday

Our teams are hybrid working as standard, often based on-site with clients, so you must be prepared to travel.

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H&Z Management Consulting stands for consulting with head, heart and hand. Through our unique consulting approach, H&Z ensures sustainable results for international corporations and leading medium-sized companies. Our focus is on Strategy & Performance, Procurement, Sustainability and Transformation - for which H&Z has been awarded several times as Hidden Champion among the top management consultancies.

H&Z Management Consulting is headquartered in Munich and has offices in London & Vienna. We are part of the H&Z Group, a network of 8 companies and initiatives with over 650 consultants in 14 locations. H&Z is also part of the Transformation Alliance - an association of international consulting companies with more than 1,500 employees worldwide.

H&Z is a great place to work, as shown by multiple prices, such as the Great Place to Work awards. At H&Z, team spirit and flat hierarchies are part of our culture. In addition to extensive benefits, we offer excellent and individual training opportunities as well as an exciting everyday working life in a motivated and friendly environment.