Skill required: Strategic Sourcing - Sourcing
Designation: Procurement Practice Specialist
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
About Accenture
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What would you do? • The successful candidate will be expected to understand and agree each sourcing requirements, identify, plan and deliver sourcing initiatives and take responsibility for delivery against agreed cost savings and other targets. The ideal candidate should have the ability to manage multiple projects of varying complexity in support of several concurrent projects. • He or she should always seek out innovative procurement solutions, working in partnership with suppliers and Accenture customers (through cross-functional teams as appropriate), to implement and deliver significant cost reduction and or effective service improvement opportunities in line with the business needs of Accenture. • Skills in manipulating data and a quick learner of new systems and tools with the ability to understand and develop pricing models and analyses or interpret commercial proposals • Excellent negotiation and influencing skills while engaging with senior management within Accenture or Accenture suppliers • Strong stakeholder and supplier relationship management skills • Strong analytical and reporting skills
What are we looking for? • 5 - 7 years of experience in the procurement sourcing and at least 1 - 2 years in Technology sourcing • Understanding of the legislations across USA related to procurement and to the use of subcontractors • Understanding of supplier sourcing, contract negotiation and supplier management, with experience in supporting or delivering tender management and negotiating agreements or Service Level Agreements • Demonstrable experience in leading small teams, if required • Ability to work effectively in a team environment, leading where appropriate • Ability to plan, prioritize and deliver own work • High standard of empathy towards the stakeholder, listening ability • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Intermediate or High level Microsoft Office proficiency including expertise in MS Word, PowerPoint and Excel
Roles and Responsibilities: • Lead Technology sourcing projects (Low or medium strategic complexity), including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution, and or support other team members in delivery of procurement projects • Work with senior level stakeholders to lead and execute strategic sourcing projects including strategy development, RFQ RFP execution, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution • Communicate frequently and professionally with customer stakeholders regarding the status of the procurement aspect of the project including creation of Statement of Work and other sourcing and contracting documents. • Ability to work closely with other internal stakeholders like Legal, Information Security, Platform Management team, Contract Managers, Supplier relationship Management teams as required by the project. • Participate in initiatives aimed at improving productivity and efficiency to support company and account growth. • Keep up to date with new processes technologies, look for ways to be more innovative • Provide accurate and useful project reports or issues status reports • Offer creative solutions to support sourcing projects and achieve desired results. • Ensure the consistent delivery of sourcing services that meet and exceed savings targets • Establish and cultivate key client stakeholder relationships across organizations, building trust and support for each sourcing projects. • Delivers reports on performance and targets achievements • Collaborate with and support projects and initiatives involving other procurement categories and geographies • Suggest automation options where possible, using existing Accenture toolsets • Suggest process improvements across the whole of Procurement Plus

Any Graduation

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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