EP&P Analyst - Supplier Onboarding

<p class="job-description-header">Who We Are</p><p>Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we help clients with total transformation-inspiring complex change, enabling organizations to grow, building competitive advantage, and driving bottom-line impact.<br><br>To succeed, organizations must blend digital and human capabilities. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives to spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting along with technology and design, corporate and digital ventures—and business purpose. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, generating results that allow our clients to thrive.</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">What You'll Do</p><p>Enterprise Services (ES) was established in 2022 to provide efficient, resilient, and scalable <br>services to support the evolving needs and complexities of a more digital BCG. ES brings together <br>business-critical operations - such as Procurement & Payables, Global Finance Operations, and <br>Executive Support Services - alongside specialist expertise including Real Estate, Travel, and <br>Meetings & Events. United by a common service mindset, ES enables every BCGer to focus on <br>the work that matters most by giving time and energy back through streamlined, reliable service <br>delivery. In doing so, ES creates cost advantage and strengthens BCG’s market differentiation, <br>while reducing risk through consistent controls and business continuity. Through scalable <br>platforms and globally integrated ways of working across our strategic core global hubs, <br>Enterprise Services enhances agility and helps unlock the potential of those who advance the <br>world.</p><p><br>The EP&P Operations Analyst will primarily support the Global Procurement organization by delivering <br>global supplier onboarding & maintenance as a part of Enterprise Procurement & Payables (EP&P) <br>Operations Reporting to EP&P Manager, Supplier Onboarding, you will ensure systems and process are <br>updated to accelerate value proposition for the company.</p><p><br>• Support the Supplier intake / onboarding process and act as the procurement point of <br>contact for the same.<br>• Support supplier maintenance process providing time zone, language and local office <br>coverage for all supplier and business issues.<br>• Adhere to the SLA for various operations activities to be undertaken by supplier <br>management (SM) service line under EP&P Operations.<br>• Ensure accuracy and timeliness of completion for all supplier management support <br>tickets/incidents and escalations routed to EP&P Operations.<br>• Ensure a strong governance mechanism is in place for effective supplier on boarding <br>including risk attributes gathering, due diligence checks and risk assessment.<br>• Manage/Collect/Load all necessary documents for suppliers e.g. Regulatory/compliance <br>/tax/legal documentation in the system including following up to get the same.<br>• Maintain Vendor Master Data in our system to a high level of data integrity, and in our <br>Vendor Portal also manage suppliers’ distribution list and mass mailing.<br>• Acting as liaison with Accounts Payable regarding invoicing issues, supplier terms.</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">What You'll Bring</p><p>• University degree or equivalent<br>• 2+ years of experience preferably in a service center, managing supplier intake <br>operations, running related procurement operations or procurement consulting<br>• Experience of managing SLA and performance for support<br>• Excellent interpersonal skills and oral and written communication skills with experience <br>of managing multi-geographies across time-zones<br>• Proficiency in Microsoft suite (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint),<br>• Proficiency in Purchase-to-pay tools (e.g. Coupa, Ariba, Emptoris, Oracle, etc.)<br>• Global experience within the professional services industry to procurement or related <br>function</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">Who You'll Work With</p><p>BCG spends $1.3B on goods and services across the firm globally. At its core, Procurement is <br>accountable for ensuring that BCG is supplied with goods and services that meet business <br>requirements, drive value and at best whole life cost to BCG.</p><p><br>The functional procurement team at BCG is a healthy, yet nascent operating function that has <br>generated material savings to BCG over the past 5 years. Over the past 18 months, we’ve <br>embarked upon a procurement transformation to define and implement strategies, organization, <br>systems and policies to create a sustainable operating model. This model should maximize value <br>from our suppliers, mitigate risk and meet savings targets. BCG is a highly matrixed firm where <br>purchasing decisions are often taken at the local level, therefore this transformation will need to <br>be carried out with high levels of stakeholder engagement, alignment and collaboration.</p><p><br>The BCG Global Procurement function is currently made up of more than 40 procurement <br>professionals located in London, New Delhi, Boston and Munich. This Procurement Operations <br>Associate position will be supporting the team on a strategic and operational level.</p><p><br>Scope of work will be global, regional as well as local, requiring relationship building, sell-in <br>capabilities and sensitivity to local requirements. The individual taking on this challenge must <br>possess a very high level of self-motivation/drive, persistency, resourcefulness and a willingness <br>to facilitate change</p><br><br><p class="job-description-header">Additional info</p><p><strong>YOU’RE GOOD AT</strong></p><p><br>• Highly self-motivated with the ability to drive change in a global organization with <br>minimum supervision<br>• Strong verbal and written skills.<br>• Highly Service-oriented, anticipates the needs of others and work proactively to seek <br>opportunities to support others<br>• Convey a strong positive personal and professional image with excellent standards of <br>professional behavior and ethics<br>• Team player, highly motivated, energetic, resourceful and friendly<br>• Timely, flexible, and able to work under pressure<br>• Highly organized, detail oriented and able to handle multiple projects<br>• High level of initiative and resourcefulness<br>• Comfort with ambiguity and iterative process</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>At BCG, our people and relationships are at the heart of everything we do. We believe that in-person collaboration plays an important role in our culture, mentorship, and professional development.</p><p><br>For this role, you will generally be expected to work from a BCG office or in person with clients on a regular basis (typically around 50% of working time), depending on business needs and in line with local policies and practices.</p><p> </p><p>We aim to provide a dynamic and collaborative environment that fosters connection and teamwork.</p><br><br><p>Boston Consulting Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected under national, provincial, or local law, where applicable, and those with criminal histories will be considered in a manner consistent with applicable state and local laws. <br>BCG is an E - Verify Employer. <a href="https://careers.bcg.com/global/en/e-verify" target="_blank">Click here </a> for more information on E-Verify.</p>