Accelerate your career with the UK’s largest independent procurement consulting provider.

Part of the global leader Bain & Company, Proxima is a well-established and leading management consulting firm specialising in procurement currently with offices in London, Leeds, Cardiff, and Chicago; with new European offices opening shortly. Hybrid working is the norm with time spent at client site, home as well as your local office.

We are experiencing growth across all categories and we are seeing significant expansion across Europe. This would be an exciting time to join a team of exceptional people driven to influencing and shaping outcomes for our clients.

We are looking for candidates who want to accelerate their career in management consulting who work in industry or existing management consultants, with 1-2 years post graduate experience in supply chain or procurement. You would join our consulting Accelerate programme and be based out of our London, Cardiff or Leeds office.

What Training & Development will I receive? What you know is what we can sell to our clients. So we will invest in your development from your first day. You will join our Accelerate programme where, to help you develop, we offer training which is wide spread and practical combining sessions that focus on critical soft skills, as well as the core capabilities. Dependent on your previous experience, this training will combine sessions that focus on critical soft skills as well as the procurement core capabilities. You can receive consulting and procurement specific courses, such as Consulting Foundation Programme, Influencing skills and Procurement Skills Programme., You will be mentored by one of our Senior Consultants and have the opportunity to work within different categories to expand your knowledge. Our training will help you get the all-round skills for success but it will be your experience that will really make the difference, which is why the variety of live project work we will give you will be so important.

What do we look for?

• Strong communicator with an ability to create strong client relationships and influence stakeholders of all levels
• Analytical skills and problem solving ability

• Intellectually curious with a proactive approach
• Ability to think on your feet
• High emotional intelligence and natural born problem solver
• Commercial acumen
• Active listener
• Willingness to travel is also required