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Job Description & Summary

BRIEF COMPANY DESCRIPTION

At PwC we connect people with diverse backgrounds and skill sets to solve important problems together and lead with purposefor our clients our communities and for the world at large. It is no surprise therefore that 429 of 500 Fortune global companies engage with PwC.

Acceleration Centers (ACs) are PwCs diverse global talent hubs focused on enabling growth for the organization and value creation for our clients. The PwC Advisory Acceleration Center in Bangalore is part of our Advisory business in the US. The team is focused on developing a broader portfolio with solutions for Risk Consulting Management Consulting Technology Consulting Strategy Consulting Forensics as well as vertical specific solutions.

PwCs high-performance culture is based on passion for excellence with focus on diversity and inclusion. You will collaborate with and receive support from a network of people to achieve your goals. We will also provide you with global leadership development frameworks and the latest in digital technologies to learn and excel in your career. At the core of our firms philosophy is a simple construct: We care for our people.

Globally PwC is ranked the 3rd most attractive employer according to Universum. Our commitment to Responsible Business Leadership Diversity & Inclusion work-life flexibility career coaching and learning & development makes our firm one of the best places to work learn and excel. Apply to us if you believe PwC is the place to be. Now and in the future!

PwC US ADVISORY - MANAGEMENT CONSULTING

Our Management Consulting team works with our global clients to design and implement growth operational and customer focused strategies for sustainable competitive advantage. Our thought leadership and unparalleled experience help clients turn formidable challenges into market advantage across the value chain and around the globe. Additionally our extensive expertise in various industries allow us to serve clients with consulting services with a focus on the most profitable elements of the value chain to create scalable businesses that will deliver increased sustainable profits.

Our Management Consultants work with the client and project teams to support global engagements from India through activities that are driven towards delivering results - conduct analyses and develop insights prepare excel models analyze large sets of data capture as-is processes prepare work plans design to-be addition consultants also support project lead work directly with client teams and facilitate meetings to enable decision making organize and prepare recommendations on client issues and participate actively in new business development thought leadership and firm building activities.

COMPETENCY OVERVIEW: OPERATIONS

The Operations team works with clients across industry verticals supporting engagements in -

• Differentiated Supply Chain (Planning Inventory and Logistics)
• Strategic Supply Management (Sourcing)
• Competitive Manufacturing
• Innovation & Development (Product Strategy & Development PLM R&D Operations)
• Capital Projects & Infrastructure

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge Preferred:

• Experience leading endtoend Coupa implementations including architecture integrations and data design.
• Strong background across P2P S2P Procurement COE models and ERP integrations (SAP/Oracle).
• Expertise in REST APIs middleware platforms (Boomi MuleSoft SnapLogic) and data migration governance.
• Experience leading technical design authority and ensuring alignment across workstreams.
• Candidates should demonstrate substantial experience and / or knowledge in any sector (experience in the Automotive Aerospace & Defense Health Industries including Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices Industrial Products Energy Chemicals Utilities Oil & Gas Consumer Markets Technology & Telecom and Retail sectors would be an added bonus) in the following areas:
• Procurement Synergy Assessments Source-to-Pay Assessment Design & Implementation Category
• management with knowledge of various Direct & Indirect Categories. Candidates with experience in setting up
• large scale procurement COE for clients would be plus.
• Experience with Procure-to-Pay (P2P) platforms such as Coupa SAP Ariba / Fieldglass GEP Celonis and/or
• Ivalua as an implementer and administrator; ERP knowledge SAP / PeopleSoft / ORACLE or others is
• preferred.
• Preferable to have an active Coupa platform certification; Additional specialization certifications within Coupa would be a bonus.
• Understanding of fundamental principles of P2P including spend and commodity taxonomies requisitioning PO
• generation receiving and invoice processing.
• Experience with AP automation including eInvoicing scanning and workflow online tracking reporting
• capabilities electronic invoice user interfaces supplier networks.
• Ability to configure develop and troubleshoot RESTful APIs and flat file-based integrations for all master and
• transactional data between Coupa and backend systems.
• Ability to develop solutions for clients using service-oriented architecture patterns to ensure master and
• transactional data are traveling successfully between systems.
• Ability to gather technical requirements and conduct sessions to design the integrations between Coupa and
• backend systems.
• Ability to take responsibility for all technical phases of an implementation project including architecture design
• development test customization documentation and data migration solutions for business applications in the
• SaaS and other ERP systems.
• Ability to estimate the tasks and resources required to design build and test the integration design.
• Ability to design technical logic for solution development/enhancement.
• Ability to work with clients during the hypercare phase to resolve integration issues between Coupa and end systems.
• Ability to provide expert advice to clients on integration API and flat file best practice

Skills Preferred:

• Leading delivery workstreams and managing technical teams.
• Driving solution reviews resolving complex issues and managing risks.
• Contributing to proposals RFP responses estimations and thought leadership.
• Mentoring and developing junior team members to build capability.
• Delivering significant business results that utilize strategic and creative thinking problem solving and
• taking individual initiative.
• Leading project work streams providing oversight delegating work to aid efficiency and working autonomously
• with minimal direction.
• Collaborating with leadership to deliver client engagements and associated outputs supporting the team in
• day-to-day client management project management and the development of high-quality client deliverables.
• Emphasizing the ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members and also taking initiative
• to build relationships with client stakeholders.
• Communicating effectively (written and verbal) to various situations and audiences.
• Managing and conducting or overseeing quantitative and qualitative benchmarking and primary and secondary
• analyses of large and complex data.
• Intermediate skills in developing integrations with Web Services XML JSON SQL and or other integration
• technologies are mandatory.
• Hands on experience facilitating application integration architecture discussions and workshops.
• Proven experience in developing integrations using REST API SOAP Web Services and other integration
• architectures.
• Hands-on experience working with middleware platforms such as Dell Boomi Mulesoft Snaplogic etc.
• Proven skills as a team member team lead or project manager on at least three full life cycle implementations
• Functional knowledge of Procurement business processes is preferred.
• Technical aptitude and comfort in understanding Web-based applications and the SaaS PaaS and IaaS Cloud
• models and Integration concepts as well as application of these technologies in the enterprise environment.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple simultaneous projects.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience presenting a clear and concise technical narrative

Educational Background:

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or equivalent preferred. Full-time masters degree/equivalent is an added bonus.

Additional Information

• Travel Requirements: Travel to client locations may be required as per project requirements.
• Line of Service: Advisory
• Industry: Management Consulting
• Designation: Manager
• Location: Bangalore India
• Past Experience Required: 1014 years; 5 years in Coupa leadership
• Technical Architect capacity in an Agile/ Hybrid development environment for digital transformation in
• Source-to-Pay Programs or equivalent
• Preferred Work Experience: Experience in either of the following industries will be preferred- Hi-Tech Consumer
• Electronics & Hardware Software/ IT Semiconductors Telecommunications

Travel Requirements

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