Job Description

Location: Bangalore/ Mumbai

What impact will you make?

Every day, your work will make an impact that matters, while you thrive in a dynamic culture of inclusion, collaboration and high performance. As the undisputed leader in professional services, Deloitte is where you\'ll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential

Deloitte is where you\'ll find unrivaled opportunities to succeed and realize your full potential.

The Team

Business leaders must act with conviction, even in an era of growing complexity, uncertainty, and disruption. These business leaders need clear, concise, well-informed perspectives on the important dynamics that are currently reshaping their business environments. Our global network of Strategy & Operations professionals draws on the strength of Deloitte\'s full suite of professional services and industry experience to focus solutions on the real issues affecting businesses today. We work collaboratively with our clients to link strategic vision to flawless execution to achieve tangible, long-term value. From developing a pragmatic strategy and evaluating M&A opportunities to improving finance and operations functions, we have the experience and expertise to help clients act with certainty and thrive.

Work you\'ll do

The primary role of the Senior Consultant is to make direct contributions to client\'s team by assisting client through the setting up or expanding shared services across various competency like IT, Finance, HR etc. The role will entail advising clients on operating model, driving technology led transformation programs, sourcing strategy and vendor portfolio optimization.

The responsibilities of current role may include:

• Lead independent workstreams of VMO/GBS related transformation programs/IT outsourcing programs
• Contract management, contract performance and governance, review and validation
• Validations of SOWs focusing aspects including retained vs outsourced organization design, dependencies, RACI, risks, etc.
• Leading discussions with 3PSP including all contract partners and sub-supplements
• Transition and transformation plan validations for contracting activities
• Obtaining signoffs and agreements with various teams (design, PMO local process leads) at the proposal phase
• Alignment with countries and regions in scope on the SLAs - targets, dependencies, etc.
• Support in discussions with central design teams and businesses with respect to charges (Billing entities, Currencies), SLAs, etc.
• Provide inputs to negotiating positions and negotiation strategy for geographies
• Leverage the standardized global program structure tools, templates and methodologies and draw learnings from other geographies
• Support in negotiation as required to get commercially acceptable, agreed contracts
• Establish and optimize best practices for contracting, negotiations, vendor services implementation and ongoing performance monitoring and management
• Act as a subject matter expert, and contribute to the contracting and negotiation activities
• Help manage, build and effectively leverage client relationships
• Assist leadership to take strategic decisions
• Provide benchmarks and support as necessary for the various regions in global outsourcing program during the engagement
• Review of the current contracts of suppliers relevant to the services lines and evaluate opportunities to integrate with the new contracts
• All commercials related to consulting engagements
• Work with internal and client teams to develop and implement work plan
• Analyse technology/process footprint of shared service centres and identify ways to expand the reach and control
• Understand and analyse impact of various technologies in FMCG space such as Supply Chain technology, Procurement technologies, Cloud etc. and assist the shared service centres in setting up an operating model to drive programs involving such technologies.
• Identify challenges and risks of running such programs and mitigation steps
• Work closely and collaboratively with teams to analyse client operations, gather data, brainstorm potential options, and make recommendation
• Conduct appropriate market research and analysis to provide insights to client team

Qualifications

• A strong and demonstrated interest in consulting specially in thinking through large and complex exercises with 3-5 years of relevant experience.
• Prior experience in driving client engagements and programs. Experience in dealing with clients on a day-to-day basis and managing client interactions independently.
• Experience of executing technology led transformation programs.
• Past experience of service delivery through vendor management.
• Excellent academic credentials for both undergraduate and graduate coursework. MBA preferred
• Strong advanced excel skills
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Leadership qualities and the ability to mentor
• Willingness and ability to take initiative and learn independently
• Expertise in one or more share services functions such as Finance, HR, Procurement, IT operations/ processes is preferred
• Exposure to Vendor mgmt. strategy, Operationalizing vendor management operations is a plus
• Good understanding of DevOps/Agile, ADM methodology, familiarity with IT infrastructure considerations, Data center operations, cloud etc. is a plus
• Proficient user of Microsoft suite (advanced Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• This role involves travel.

Key Skills

• Understand objectives for clients and Deloitte, align own work to objectives and set personal priorities
• Build relationships and communicate effectively in order to positively influence peers and other stakeholders
• Good networking and influencing skills
• Good business awareness, understanding the broader context in which delivery has an impact on overall business performance.
• Confident leadership and influencing style, being able to make an immediate impact with client stakeholders

Your role as a leader

At Deloitte India, we believe in the importance of leadership at all levels. We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society and make an impact that matters.

• Builds own understanding of our purpose and values; explores opportunities for impact
• Understands expectations and demonstrates personal accountability for keeping performance on track
• Actively focuses on developing effective communication and relationship-building skills
• Understands how their daily work contributes to the priorities of the team and the business.
• Demonstrates strong commitment to personal learning and development; acts as a brand ambassador to help attract top talent

How you\'ll grow

At Deloitte, our professional development plan focuses on helping people at every level of their career to identify and use their strengths to do their best work every day. From entry-level employees to senior leaders, we believe there\'s always room to learn. We offer opportunities to help build world-class skills in addition to hands-on experience in the global, fast-changing business world. From on-the-job learning experiences to formal development

Programs at Deloitte University, our professionals have a variety of opportunities to continue to grow throughout their career.

Benefits

At Deloitte, we know that great people make a great organization. We value our people and offer employees a broad range of benefits.

Our purpose

Deloitte is led by a purpose: To make an impact that matters.

Every day, Deloitte people are making a real impact in the places they live and work. We pride ourselves on doing not only what is good for clients, but also what is good for our people and the communities in which we live and work-always striving to be an organization that is held up as a role model of quality, integrity, and positive change.

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