KPMG Global Services-Procurement Transformation Implementation-Outsourcing Advisory (Consulting)

KPMG Global Services (KGS) India is a strategic global delivery organization that works with more than 50 KPMG firms to provide a progressive, scalable and customized approach to business requirements.

The KGS India journey has been one of consistent growth, with a current employee count of c.21,000, operating from eight locations in India Bengaluru, Gurugram, Hyderabad, Mumbai, Kochi, Noida, Pune and Kolkata. and providing a range of Advisory and Tax-related services to KPMG firms around the world.

Job description:

Location -Bangalore/Pune

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Expert in Outsourcing Advisory

Experience- 10-15 years

Must have Consulting background.

ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

Delivering outsourcing & business services advisory client engagements as an extension of the onshore team. Work directly with the onshore engagement lead from onshore/offshore on client deliverables.

Experience in GBS advisory across Build, Run and Transform type of projects across Strategy, Design, Implement and Monitor phases.

Typical engagements are about advising KPMG clients on one or more areas of the sourcing life cycle including but not limited to

Sourcing strategy

GBS setup strategy, feasibility assessment, and location assessment

Business case support and evaluation activities

RFP preparation and sourcing process management

Service Provider capability assessments & selection

Contracting and negotiation support

Shared services health check

Transition Planning including KT approach, scheduling, governance and resourcing as well as support for transition execution

Process Improvement and transformation.

Collect and analyse client data to develop key performance metrics (KPIs) and use the same to build an industry view on trends, pricing models, performance, practices and approaches

Work with onshore teams to help create propositions for their markets and thus help differentiate the firm in the market e.g. harvest IP/insights from the existing knowledge

Actively participate in practice development activities through:

Support for market insight research, surveys and reports

Providing the business services team with a greater insight and understanding of KGS propositions and capabilities

Conducting benchmarking studies to determine performance trends in ITO/BPO services and help the team to create a repository of benchmarking data across service lines.

EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

Consulting firms including Big 4 in advisory roles or

Experience in pre-sales / transition / operations roles

Global Business Services (GBS) centres or Shared Services Centres (SSC) of large multinational companies in Contract Management / Vendor Management / Operations / Transition roles

Should have experience in

Working on outsourcing projects for global clients in business process areas (Finance/Procurement/HR) with knowledge of at least one of the business processes

Transition related activities including planning, knowledge transfer approach, stakeholder management, risk management, scope management, tracking deliverables, team management and PMO for Shared Services or BPO engagements.

RFP drafting, RFP Analysis, Bid Management, Pricing, Contract Management,

Working in a global environment across diverse cultures & time zones

Experience in following areas would be a plus

Information Technology Outsourcing (ITO) & Digital

Robotics and automation

Financial modelling and business case development

Effective communication, presentation and networking skills with the ability to articulate analyses and recommendations in a coherent manner

The person should be a self-starter

Willingness to travel when required

QUALIFICATION

Graduate / Postgraduate degree from a Tier 1/Tier 2 institute. MBA Preferred.