采购顾问 (美国)
Procurement Consultant (US)
关于公司
在快节奏的全球环境中，采购可以带来真正的战略挑战。在 Keelvar，我们致力于优化和博弈论，并将其应用于战略采购。Keelvar 由一群专注于人工智能的计算机科学家和工程师在欧洲最大的人工智能研究实验室中创立。依托独特的 AI 技术，由我们的品类专家设计，我们的使命是帮助全球采购团队提升采购卓越性。Keelvar 是一家获奖的、品类领先的全球采购优化和自主采购供应商，每年优化的支出超过 2000 亿美元以上。
职位概述
作为采购/采购顾问，您将加入一个负责实施自动化解决方案、采购优化项目和分析的团队。您将成为客户及其供应商使用 Keelvar 的采购优化、自主采购和费率管理解决方案时的主要支持资源之一。此外，您将与我们的高级顾问和领域专家合作，并在掌握我们的软件、采购流程以及各种直接和间接采购品类的过程中不断学习。
这是一个以美国为基础的远程办公职位，员工需位于佐治亚州、佛罗里达州或宾夕法尼亚州。
工作内容
· 为企业的客户提供 Keelvar 的战略采购项目管理服务，利用先进的优化工具评估多轮供应商报价并提出数据驱动的授标建议。
- 分析并解决客户及其供应商提出的与 Keelvar 运营功能相关的技术问题。
- 与关键客户建立并发展关系，预判、诊断并解读他们的需求。
- 利用我们的技术制定创造性的解决方案，超越客户的期望和要求。
- 成为 Keelvar 软件产品（包括采购优化、自主采购和费率管理）的领域专家。
- 实施基于 AI 的解决方案，优化内部流程并提高运营效率。
- 协助销售前会议和演示，作为产品技术专家与客户沟通，并安排培训以帮助他们更好地使用我们的产品。
- 通过与其它团队和部门（包括二级支持、客户成功经理和工程团队）紧密合作，确保我们超越客户的期望。
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about us
In a fast-paced global environment procurement can provide a real strategic challenge. At Keelvar we work hard on optimization and game theory, applying it to strategic sourcing. Keelvar was founded in Europe's largest AI research lab by a team of computer scientists and engineers specialising in AI. Powered by unique artificial intelligence, designed by our category experts, our mission is to help procurement teams globally to scale sourcing excellence. Keelvar is an award-winning, category leading, global sourcing optimization and autonomous sourcing vendor, optimising over $200bn+ in spend annually.
role overview
As a Procurement / Sourcing Consultant, you will be part of a team that is responsible for implementing automation solutions, sourcing optimization projects, and analysis. You will serve as one of the primary support resources for our clients and their suppliers as they leverage Keelvar’s Sourcing Optimization, Autonomous Sourcing, and Rate Manager solutions. Additionally, you will work with and learn from our Senior Consultants and subject matter experts as you master our software, the sourcing process, and a variety of direct and indirect sourcing categories.
This is a US based remote working role which requires the employee to be based in Georgia, Florida or Pennsylvania.
what the work looks like
- Manage strategic sourcing projects in Keelvar for enterprise clients, leveraging advanced optimization tools to evaluate multi-round supplier bids and present data-driven award recommendations.
- Analyze and solve technical inquiries initiated from customers and their suppliers relating to Keelvar operational functionality.
- Build and develop relationships with key customers, anticipate, diagnose and interpret their needs.
- Formulate creative solutions leveraging our technology that exceeds customers’ requirements and expectations.
- Become a subject matter expert on Keelvar software products including Sourcing Optimization, Autonomous Sourcing, and Rate Manager.
- Implement AI based solutions to optimize internal processes and improve operational efficiency.
- Assist with pre-sales meetings and demonstrations as product technical expert. Liaise with customers and schedule training to assist them with utilization of our product.
- Ensure we are exceeding customer expectations by collaborating closely with other teams and departments including tier 2 support, customer success managers and engineering.
what we are looking for
- 2 to 4+ years’ experience, including internships, in supply chain, strategic sourcing, or management consulting.
- Experienced with sourcing software and automated procurement platforms.
- Exposure to Sourcing Optimization frameworks and cost-efficiency modeling.
- You have good Microsoft Excel skills including knowledge of formulae and pivot tables.
- Leveraged AI technologies and advanced prompt engineering techniques to automate repetitive workflows, improving task efficiency and data accuracy.
- You have a sound foundation in data analysis, supply chain, and sourcing.
- You are a strong communicator and thrive in an environment of mutual respect, openness and collaboration. You enjoy getting things done at a quick pace.
- You are a creative problem solver and enjoy a technical challenge.
- You like working with motivated people; and you strive to build relationships and delight customers.
- You are familiar with the enterprise SaaS ecosystem.
- A bachelor's degree in business analytics, supply chain, engineering, data science or related field is preferred.
- While not a strict requirement, professional working proficiency in Spanish is a plus for this role.
what you can expect from us
At Keelvar, we are proud to offer flexible working and great benefits, including:
- Medical Insurance
- 401k
- Paid family related leave
- Up to 27 days of annual leave per annum.
- Additional day off for your birthday!
- Flexible working hours with a positive approach to work - life balance.
- An inclusive, collaborative, innovative culture.
- Generous leave offerings including 2 CSR days.
- A clear development path: Regular 1-1s with your manager and a defined career ladder so you know what your learning and development looks like at Keelvar.
If you really like the sound of the role but don't match every listed criteria exactly, we still want to hear from you. You could be the exact fit for this or any of our other roles.
We are a diverse group and we intend to continue to attract and retain diverse talent in our organisation. We're committed to an inclusive and diverse Keelvar. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, civil or family status, age, disability, or race.
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