Senior Analyst

About Everest Group

Confident decisions driven by deep expertise and tenacious research.

Everest Group is a research firm helping business leaders confidently navigate today's market challenges, driving maximised operational and financial performance and transformative experiences. Our deep expertise and tenacious research focused on technology, business processes, and engineering through the lenses of talent, sustainability, and sourcing delivers precise and action-oriented guidance. For more information, visit www.everestgrp.com.

Job Overview

A market-facing position that requires providing insightful analysis and advice to clients on strategic sourcing, category strategies, and supplier management-related aspects through published reports and client-specific advisory, while supporting client relationships and leading cross-functional collaboration across service lines. The role will include developing domain expertise across activities such as strategic sourcing, ProcureTech, supplier relationship management, AI adoption in procurement, cost reduction, and value engineering across indirect spend categories, managing the research agenda for these fields, authoring industry reports and thought papers, and helping clients through custom advisory engagements. This will include regular interaction with global buyers, CPOs, category managers, and industry associations, as well as primary and secondary research.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop domain knowledge and get recognised as an SME within Everest Group as well as the wider industry

o Interact with industry constituents across companies to form a 360-degree view

o Support in gathering and structuring of relevant subject-area data and information through primary and secondary research

o Conduct detailed numerical analysis of data combined with domain knowledge to identify as well as predict key trends affecting markets

• Consolidate numerical analysis and domain knowledge into publishing best-in-class industry reports and cutting-edge thought papers through original research and blue-sky thinking

• Lead medium-sized custom advisory engagements - understand client-specific requirements and conduct relevant research to provide recommendations

• Support internal business development efforts through proposals, marketing campaigns, etc. and leveraging market connect

• Support AI-enablement and automation efforts to optimise workflows

• Interact with market participants and clients, including interviews and presentations

• Work as an integral team member on published and custom research with independent responsibilities. Key activities include:

o Problem structuring and analysis, including filling data gaps

o Writing end-to-end reports containing impactful insights, ably supported by statistics

o Managing broader research agenda for the team

o Ensure quality of deliverables

Skills Required

• Procurement/sourcing and ProcureTech domain knowledge

• Category management/vendor management expertise

• Strong problem-solving skills and analytical capability

• Strong oral communication skills

• Strong written communication skills with attention to detail

• Project management skills: ability to multitask, work under pressure and successfully manage to deadlines

• Ability to interact and effectively work with others in a team environment

• Comfortable with MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word and MS Outlook

• Self-motivated and able to prioritise and work independently

• Desire to be in an entrepreneurial environment; comfort with ambiguity

• Strong organisational and leadership skills

• Motivated to excel in business and intellectual curiosity

• Solid business judgment and professional in appearance

Education and Experience

We are seeking a high-calibre individual to maintain our exceptional standards. This person should have:

• Bachelor's degree from a reputed college; MBA strongly preferred (from a reputed B-school)

• 2 – 3 years of work experience in procurement or vendor management roles

• Experience across consulting/research/outsourcing strategy environment is strongly preferred

• History of excellence in academics, personal, and vocational achievements

• Interest in outsourcing space, software, and sourcing trends