Offer summary

Qualifications:

Experience in strategic sourcing or supply chain management., Knowledge of sourcing optimization and analytical techniques., Proficiency in Excel and sourcing software tools., Strong interpersonal and client management skills..

Key responsibilities:

Assist clients in designing and evaluating complex sourcing events.

Lead deployment projects and support implementation partners.

Conduct customer workshops and support product development feedback.

Travel up to 50% to client sites as needed.

Coupa makes margins multiply through its communitygenerated AI and industryleading total spend management platform for businesses large and small. Coupa AI is informed by trillions of dollars of direct and indirect spend data across a global network of 10M+ buyers and suppliers. We empower you with the ability to predict, prescribe, and automate smarter, more profitable business decisions to improve operating margins.

Why join Coupa?
🔹 Pioneering Technology: At Coupa, were at the forefront of innovation, leveraging the latest technology to empower our customers with greater efficiency and visibility in their spend.
🔹 Collaborative Culture: We value collaboration and teamwork, and our culture is driven by transparency, openness, and a shared commitment to excellence.
🔹 Global Impact: Join a company where your work has a global, measurable impact on our clients, the business, and each other.

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The Impact of a Sourcing Optimization Consultant at Coupa:

This is an outstanding opportunity to join a highgrowth organization in a key role where you can impact and fuel your career development.

Our Professional Services Teams work closely with Coupa Customers, Partners and internal Product Management to implement the most valuable solutions for our customers.

As an expert in Sourcing Optimisation, your main goal will be in training and enabling customers in designing, running, and evaluating complex sourcing events using Coupa Sourcing Optimisation.

What Youll Do: Working with some of the largest companies in the world to assist them in designing Sourcing events for some of their largest and most complex spend categories such as logistics, raw materials and packaging.
Working towards becoming a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for Coupa Sourcing Optimization and engage with customers to assist them with event design for complex Sourcing events and in running post award scenarios
Leading the CSO deployment projects with customers and supporting external implementation partners as a subject matter expert
Leading and supporting customer design workshops to guide customers through the implementation journey
Supporting design reviews and collaborating with Product Management on the strategic direction of the product
Managing customers where up to 50% of your time may include travel

What You Will Bring to Coupa:
Previous experience in strategic sourcing, either internally via a procurement or supply chain organization or externally with a consulting firm or software provider OR in depth knowledge of optimization in combination with a business discipline gained in an academic environment.
Experience in leading consulting engagements or projects via an external consulting firm software provider, or with internal customersstakeholders within an organization
Excellent interpersonal and client management skills are required along with the passion to work with customers to execute an implementation plan that works towards a rapid, successful golive
Ability to use Excel andor other platforms for complex scenario analysis
Experience of configuring and delivering software demonstrations
Experience in Sourcing, Category Management, and in running complex Sourcing events, in particular Logistics, Raw Materials, Packaging or other complex spend categories
Experience in applying advanced eSourcing tools to conduct complex tenders making use of advanced analytical techniques such as scenario analysis and optimization
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