Skill required: Contract Services - Contract Negotiations
Designation: Procurement Practice Associate
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:1 to 3 years
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
What would you do? • You will be part of a team of Global Sourcing and Procurement Serivce professionals where in you will be responsible for sourcing third party suppliers according to corporate policies and procedures. You will thoroughly diagnose client business needs, collaborate with legal counsel, and support contract negotiations that maximize customer value while mitigating risk. • You will be drafting and negotiating SOWs, Change Orders and similar Contract documents which incorporate all negotiated business terms to assist legal counsel in drafting documents which appropriately document agreed upon business terms such as deliverables, pricing, SLAs, specifications, etc. Generally involves independent judgment and analysis of significant issue identification and resolution. • Develop & lead negotiations by focusing on mutual strategic interests & remaining unconditionally constructive to promote an enduring business relationship. • Manage the overall contracting process by collaborating with client & Accenture procurement, legal, & business teams to get to an agreement. • "• Use of independent judgment and creativity applied to resolution of contract issues • • Excellent internal and exte
What are we looking for? • "• Ability to draft documents which describe negotiated and agreed upon business terms with third party vendors to assist legal counsel in drafting final vendor agreements • • Comprehensive knowledge of typical corporate policies and procedures, coupled with ability to identify required improvement to established policies and to communicate implementation procedures to others • • Expert knowledge of purchasing contracting concepts and processes, including deep understanding of contract business terms and working knowledge of contract legal terms. • • Strong analytical, collaboration and communicatio • Contract Management - P2  • Procurement Strategy and Planning - P2  • Supplier Analysis & Selection - P2  • "Working knowledge of Indirect Sourcing with international Client • Spend Analysis • MS Excel Skills"
Roles and Responsibilities: • "Your role and responsibilities shall include but not limited to : • Close collaboration with client business stakeholders to secure a thorough understanding of client business needs for the supplier relationship. • Leading negotiation of business requirements and commercials for routine through complex vendor engagements • Collaborating with Category Sourcing Managers on negotiation strategy • Performing in depth analysis of existing contracts or proposed contract amendments against client business needs, draw conclusions, prepare comprehensive summaries, and presenting back to the client in a concise manner • Coaching colleagues, transferring knowledge, and developing team members to be more effective in their current roles • Sourcing support for SOWs and contract execution • Facilitating risk due diligence and assessment • Drafting SOWs, Change Orders, Amendments, Work Orders, Schedules, etc. • Collaborating with legal counsel to support contract negotiations or use contract templates pre-approved by Legal • Ensuring all documentation meets the guidelines of supported category for contract execution."

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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