Analyst - Procurement UK

Position

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.

Your mission

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 Analyst at H&Z is the first step on a Management Consulting career path with Europe's leading procurement consultancy. Working as part of a 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.

Your responsibilities will include:

• 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

Your profile

• 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 German language skills desirable

What do we offer you?

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:

• 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.