Senior Associate - Consulting Procurement

Welcome to GEP

Who We Are

GEP, with over 30 offices internationally, is the fastest growing procurement and supply chain solutions firm – consulting, software and managed services. GEP has succeeded by being smart and creative; solving complex problems and finding opportunities for the world’s largest organizations.

How You Grow At GEP

We recognize people who make a genuine difference, work hard and drive achievements. Results are noticed and rewarded. It’s how you will grow a career at GEP, and in a much shorter time frame than at other firms.

Celebrating Everyone

GEP succeeds through the ideas and creativity of our team members so we embrace people of all experiences, nationalities, abilities, cultures, races, gender identities, sexual orientations and ages. What makes you unique and different is celebrated and will help GEP stand out even more. And we are a women-founded and -owned company so our foundation is making GEP a great place to work for women, a place where women can learn, advance and give back.

Are You One of Us

Tasks will include (but not limited to):

• Helps understanding client needs to provide flawless service
• Recommending actions and help clients implement them
• Working closely with middle management and clients to create customized high impact

solutions

• Analyzing client spend data and creating deliverables for the project
• Supports developing sound recommendations contributing to program objectives (cost savings)
• Delivering presentations and communicating confidently with the client
• Responsible for handling complex analyses
• Participating and driving the client’s engagement cycle from lead to operations
• Contributing to team understanding of client culture. Giving suggestions on how team could be

more effective

• Starts developing sourcing strategies & processes in line with client’s business goals & policies
• Monitoring and analyze trends of key commodities as input to sourcing initiatives
• Carrying out sourcing, RFQ events, auctions, supplier management and negotiations

What we expect from you:

• Bachelor’s Degree required (Master’s degree is a plus)
• Must have 5+ years in management consulting experience in a consulting firm or a combination

of consultancy and industry experience (procurement, strategic sourcing).

• Language proficiency in Spanish and English. Portuguese is a plus.
• Proficiency in MS Office Suite: including Word, PowerPoint, and Excel (ability to create formulas

and to analyze data)

• Should be flexible to travel onsite as required
• Demonstrated excellent quantitative, analytical, and communication skills
• Capable of creatively using data sources to develop fact-based approaches
• Capable of structuring logical and client ready documents
• Leadership ability
• Good client management skills
• Business problem solving skills with strong analytical and reporting skills
• Good presentation skills
• Demonstrated highly motivated team player with the ability to work with minimal supervision