Sourcing & Procurement - Artificial Intelligence - Senior Associate

The Opportunity

Join our Acceleration Center India and help shape the future of business for our diverse client portfolio across geographies and jurisdictions. You’ll work at the heart of global teams across Advisory, Assurance, Tax and Business Services—solving real client challenges through connected collaboration. We’ll help you grow your skills so you can go further. With hands-on learning, cutting-edge tools and an inclusive culture, this is your opportunity to do inspiring work that makes a difference—every day.

As a Sourcing & Procurement - Artificial Intelligence - Senior Associate, you will focus on optimizing sourcing and procurement processes to drive cost savings, enhance supplier collaboration, and improve supply chain resilience. You will work closely with clients to analyze sourcing strategies, identify opportunities for cost reduction, and develop strategies to enhance procurement efficiency and effectiveness. Within our Operations practice, you will be part of a team that specializes in providing consulting services to optimize operational efficiency and effectiveness, helping clients streamline processes and drive business performance.

Responsibilities Job Summary A career in our Sourcing & Procurement Modernization practice offers the opportunity to help clients optimize procurement strategies through sourcing transformation, spend analysis, and cost reduction initiatives. As a Senior Associate, you will lead client engagements to enhance sourcing and supplier management while improving procurement efficiency through data-driven methodologies. You will also guide clients in adopting cutting-edge technologies—including AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI—to unlock value and enable enterprise-wide transformation.

PwC’s global leadership development framework provides a structured path for career progression and skill development.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include, but are not limited to: Key Responsibilities

• AI & Digital Procurement Strategy: Shape AI-enabled procurement strategies by assessing client readiness, identifying high-value use cases (e.g., autonomous sourcing, intelligent contract insights), and defining roadmaps for digital procurement modernization
• Data Governance & Quality: Design and implement procurement data governance frameworks, ensuring data quality, lineage, MDM, and controls to support reliable analytics and AI model performance. Partner with IT and client data owners to improve data structures required for spend analytics, supplier risk scoring, and forecasting models.
• AI Model Development & Deployment: Lead development, testing, and deployment of ML/GenAI models for sourcing & procurement using platforms such as AWS, Databricks, or Palantir Foundry
• Knowledge Transfer & Training: Conduct workshops and training sessions to transfer knowledge on new tools, technologies, and process changes to both clients and internal teams.
• Quality & Best Practices: Ensure that the engagement follows best practices in terms of quality, timelines, and cost, while maintaining strong relationships with stakeholders.
• Team Building: Lead / support team hiring, training & development activities.
• Business & Capability Development: Work closely with US & AC leadership to drive business development activities (e.g. RFP responses, GTM, opportunity identification), as well as capability build.

What You Must Have

• At least a Bachelor's degree
• At least 4 years of experience
• Oral and written proficiency in English required

Required Qualifications: Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, Analytics, or a related field; advanced degree (MBA/MSc/MTech ) or relevant certifications in Analytics, AI, Supply Chain, or Procurement is preferred.
• Professional certifications in Business Analytics, AI/ML, PowerBI, Alteryx, RPA, Palantir Foundry, or other digital procurement tools are highly valued.
• Experience: 4-8 years of relevant experience technology-driven transformation, visibility, and analytics, RPA, process enablement & Agentic AI development/ deployment with a focus on procurements or supply chain function

Skills:

• Strong proficiency in analytics, AI, and technologies including Alteryx, PowerBI, Palantir Foundry, Agentic AI development tools (Cursor/ Vercel), and cloud platforms such as AWS for data engineering and model deployment.
• Good understanding of end-to-end sourcing and procurement processes, including strategic sourcing, category management, supplier performance management, and source-to-pay (S2P) workflows.
• Strong knowledge of process automation and performance management in a supply chain context.
• Ability to drive process enablement through technology is preferred.
• Experience with ERP systems and the ability to integrate new tools into existing ERP environments is preferred.

What Sets You Apart

• Excelling in complex procurement and contract negotiation
• Utilizing SAP Ariba and Coupa Software for procurement processes
• Demonstrating analytical thinking in spend analysis and supplier evaluation
• Embracing change and innovation in digital procurement solutions
• Leading workshops and training sessions for knowledge transfer
• Developing AI models for sourcing and procurement modernization
• Building meaningful client relationships through strategic sourcing initiatives