Skill required: Sourcing - Sourcing
Designation: Procurement Practice Specialist
Qualifications:BBA/Master of Business Administration
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
About Accenture
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What would you do? Accenture seeks a Sourcing Specialist to collaborate with internal and external clients to support/lead sourcing strategies related to various spend areas for different categories (i.e., Technology, HR, CPS, Marketing, Professional Services, Legal, Travel etc). The resource will support/lead multiple sourcing projects, client selection criteria, supplier selection processes, contract negotiations, and formal bidding processes. The resource will also develop market insights from cross-client sourcing activities, provide financial analyses, and collaborate with the Sourcing Category function
What are we looking for? Category Specific Skill Should have good exposure to category planning, stakeholder management, global sourcing, and strong knowledge of the supplier landscape for various sourcing categories. Should have handson experience in RFx processes and analysis of supplier proposals. Strong analytical and presentation skills are a mustRequired • B.E /B.Tech, MBA, CPSM / CPM (desired) • 7+ years of Sourcing & Category Management experience, out of which approximately 90% should be in Global Sourcing Skill Name Expected proficiency level Business Insight P4 - Expert Contract planning & development P4 - Expert Global strategic sourcing P4 - Expert Negotiation management P4 - Expert RFx Management P4 - Expert Supplier analysis & selection P4 - Expert MS Powerpoint & Excel P4 - Exper
Roles and Responsibilities: •This role includes some or all the following key responsibilities. Please review these in conjunction with career-level guidelines to understand the expectations for this role. ? Sourcing Execution • Manage/lead execution of sourcing projects for various sourcing categories and clients • Spend & vendor consolidation to optimize the savings • Support/lead annual rate contracts with suppliers • Strong hands-on experience working on ERP systems such as Jaeggar, Ariba, SAP, etc. • Interact with key customer and internal stakeholders and work closely with them to identify areas of improvement • Offer creative solutions to support the overall sourcing program and achieve desired results • Collaborate with the core team of a fast-growing Business Unit to extend and improve existing processes, develop new products and services, and support business unit strategic planning • To ensure timely project deliverables with the defined quality standards • Will be responsible for creating & presenting the deliverables to Client/Internal global team members • Work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical terms in a contract. • Negotiate and close the contract with advice from legal and technical/ business teams.Complexity • Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. • Requires adherence to the strategic direction set by senior management • Interaction with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach. ? Authority • Power to influence or complete assignments independently and ability to make decisions, as indicated by latitude to devise work products or plans, reliance on instruction, and decisionmaking ability • Some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on the new assignments Impact or Decision Impact • Risk or consequences in the event of failure, as indicated by the range of expected impact, such as within a team or across a team or area of responsibility and level of risk • Decisions have a significant day-to-day impact on areas of responsibility ? Scope • Degree of accountability for assigned tasks, our clients, and/or the organization, as indicated by the size of work effort and scale of entity and/or program • May manage medium-sized teams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture

BBA,Master of Business Administration

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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