Principal Consultant - Technology
About this role
The opportunity
As a Principal Consultant in our IT and Technology practice at Proxima, you will be part of client-facing teams delivering high-impact commercial, sourcing, and supplier initiatives within IT Procurement. You will support the development of insights, contribute to solution design, and play an active role in delivering outcomes—not just recommendations.
This is not a passive learning role. At Proxima, we are practitioner-consultants. You will build experience quickly, take responsibility early, and work alongside clients to deliver real, measurable change.
What you’ll do
Support delivery across client engagements
Experience leading and managing global teams.
Build strategy development and execution, lead on category management and sourcing activities.
Assist with opportunity identification, supplier research, and commercial analysis.
Build structured fact bases that turn data into clear insights.
Analyse data to inform decisions
Use Excel and data analysis techniques to identify value, risk, and performance improvement opportunities.
Support benefits tracking and progress against delivery milestones.
Ensure analyses are accurate, structured, and decision-oriented.
Engage and collaborate with stakeholders
Work with client stakeholders to gather requirements and align objectives.
Communicate findings clearly and professionally with team members and clients.
Support workshops, working sessions, and day-to-day client interactions.
Work in a global, flexible model
Operate in a hybrid environment, balancing client, home, and office-based work.
Travel as required to support client delivery and team collaboration.
What you bring
Experience and skills
8+ years of experience in global IT procurement category knowledge
Strong knowledge of indirect procurement, ideally gained in a consultancy environment or working alongside consultants (relevant industry experience will be considered).
Deep subject matter expertise in Enterprise Software, IT Services, and/or Cloud Hosting.
Experience with spend profiles over $50M annual.
Consulting mindset
Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
A proactive, ownership-oriented approach to your work.
Comfort operating in a fast-paced, delivery-focused environment.
Flexibility and growth orientation
Willingness to travel as required.
Curiosity, adaptability, and a strong desire to learn and develop.
Motivation to build a long-term consulting career in a growing global firm.
Company at a glance
Proxima works with Chief Procurement Officers who expect procurement to deliver measurable performance, support growth, and lead with confidence. We help CPOs strengthen procurement capability, improve commercial outcomes, and build high-performing teams that can operate at scale in complex organizations.
Procurement for the Bold is about making clear commercial choices, acting decisively, and backing procurement to deliver real impact.
CPOs work with Proxima to
- Deliver cost and value outcomes that stand up to executive scrutiny
- Strengthen category strategy, sourcing decisions, and supplier leverage
- Build procurement operating models that support growth
- Equip procurement teams with the skills, tools, and confidence to perform
- Increase procurement’s credibility with the C suite and the board
We focus on what works in practice, not theory.
Expertise that delivers.
Our teams bring deep functional procurement experience and understand the realities of running procurement in large, complex organizations. We work alongside client teams to ensure improvements are embedded in day-to-day operations, not left as recommendations.
Proxima is part of Bain & Company, combining the focus of a specialist procurement consultancy with access to global insight, scale, and best practice.
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Procurement performance depends on people as much as process. We help CPOs build procurement functions that attract strong talent, develop future leaders, and create teams that are confident, capable, and commercially respected.
If you believe procurement should lead with confidence and deliver at pace, you are in the right place.
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