Job Description
Are you passionate about digital procurement technology and developing your career as a consultant?
Barkers is an award-winning procurement consultancy delivering a range of outstanding procurement solutions and expertise across a wide range of industry sectors with organisations typically from the FTSE 250.
Our consultancy is rapidly expanding, and we are looking to recruit a graduate to join our successful team and work alongside our senior consultants in delivering first class digital procurement transformation.
We strive to deliver high-quality services, and our success is driven by a commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction. The role will give the ideal candidate the opportunity to learn not only procurement, P2P technology and procurement transformation across a number of different categories, but also provide you with the skills and tools to be a successful consultant with full support on your journey to being a Consulting Solution Architect.
About the Opportunity
In your role as a Digital Consultant, you will be involved in the end-to-end client journey in the deployment of class-leading purchase to pay technology. The role will be varied from day to day involving activities such as:
- You will work with our team of solution architects and support the implementation of the class-leading purchase-to-pay technology within their organisation, including platform design, configuration, maintenance and knowledge transfer.
- Working closely with our Solution Architects across a range of customers you will deploy our implementation methodologies and use leading edge industry knowledge to develop impactful functional design.
- You will support (and have the opportunity to participate) in workshops and design review sessions that will ensure that clients achieve an effective functional design and configuration
- Participates in functional and design discussions with customers and partners
- Participates in design and architecture reviews
- Translates business process requirements into functional and technical options
- Undertake project management activities
- Collate, interpret and translate business processes into new and best practice system processes.
About You
We are looking for a graduate with a passion for technology, process design and automation. Our ideal candidate would have an understanding of procurement and supply chain gained either through degree studies or work experience. Our ideal team member will:
- Hold bachelor’s degree in a business administration, procurement or STEM field subject.
- Have a passion for technology, process design, data and technical architecture.
- Support our Solution Architects in communicating and translating complex technical requirements into a solution that addresses client needs.
- Possess excellent communication skills, fluent in English.
- Ability to work on your own initiative in a fast-paced team.
- Desire to learn and expand your knowledge and experience whilst also being committed to your own learning, by being an inquisitive thinker and be prepared to ask questions and remain curious.
- Be comfortable with a mix of both client-facing work, which will test your project management and presentation skills, and, concentrated work which is ‘in system’ that will test your focus, attention to detail and technical skills.
- Have a sound working understanding of key procurement, finance and business process concepts.
- Have excellent people skills with the ability to build relationships at all levels.
- Numerate with the ability to assess and manipulate data.
- Possess an excellent attention to detail.
- Creative approach to problem solving.
We Offer
- An award-winning team, deploying the world’s leading P2P technology.
- 1:1 mentoring and development.
- Access to a wide range of clients and industries to enhance and develop your skills both in procurement & supply chain as well as a range of consulting and technology skills.
- Training allowance to support development of wider associated skills and support for completion of your qualifications.
- On-the-job platform/technology certifications in addition.
- Flexible working through a hybrid approach – with time each month spent in our Head Office in Chorley or on client sites as required.
- Progression opportunities.
- A supportive work environment that values diversity, collaboration, and innovation
As part of our commitment to reducing our environmental impact, you will complete a full Carbon Neutral training program when you start. This comprehensive training will ensure that you have the knowledge and skills necessary to contribute to our sustainability efforts and make a meaningful difference in the world. Join us in our mission to protect the planet for future generations and take the first step towards an eco-friendly career!
We know we ask a lot from our ideal candidate, but we know this is a great opportunity to start procurement technology and consulting career in an organisation that can provide outstanding support and development, alongside gaining real world experience and exposure to a wide range of sectors and clients. It will be face paced and there will be a lot of learn, but it’s a superb prospect for an ambitious and dynamic graduate with a passion for technology and digital procurement transformation.