Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Support

Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:5 to 8 years

About Accenture

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What would you do Go beyond processing purchase orders at lower costs to help clients reap savings and value from the billions they spend on the goods and services that run their day-to-day business operations. Procurement Operations involve the process of acquiring goods and services that a business needs to operate. This includes identifying needs, selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing purchase orders. The goal is to obtain quality products at the best possible prices while ensuring timely delivery. Effective procurement operations help control costs, maintain supply chain efficiency, and support overall business objectives. They are essential for the smooth functioning of any organization. Analyze and design the best practices for tactical and transactional procurement processes. Plan implementation based on detailed understanding of technologies involved and best practice process output measures. Provide the setup and ongoing maintenance of suppliers, catalog content, user authorization data and procurement applications to provide efficient and effective transactions, and to help maximize compliance.

What are we looking for

Supports low dollar sourcing projects of varying complexity
May manage small complexity incumbent negotiations
Manages multiple projects simultaneously
Supports overall project delivery activities with the rest of the project team
Provides data, project or supplier updates to project team and customer regarding project status, deliverables, etc.
Manages/supports execution of deliverables on sourcing projects such as RFx build/management, supplier communication, data, spend/market analysis, negotiation strategy development and execution, etc.
Ensures completeness of project RFx documentation and provides key inputs into the structure of each project. Performs RFx reviews, analysis and/or data management activities
Ensures appropriate and relevant peer and/or quality reviews are completed for each project/deliverable
Works and/or delivers against clearly defined timeline, budget and project/category parameters and targets
Assist in the reporting of project and category specific savings results to customers
Provide analytical support for necessary re-sourcing activities to maintain the competitiveness of category contracts
Individual contributor as a part of a team
Strong analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Strong project management skills
Proven success in contributing to a team-oriented environment
Proven ability to work creatively, analytically and proactively in a problem-solving environment
Proven ability to manage multiple priorities at a given time
Excellent leadership, communication (written and oral) and interpersonal skills
Excellent client and supplier relationship management skills Roles and Responsibilities:
In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems
Your day to day interactions are with peers within Accenture
You are likely to have some interaction with clients and/or Accenture management
You will be given minimal instruction on daily work/tasks and a moderate level of instruction on new assignments
Decisions that are made by you impact your own work and may impact the work of others
In this role you would be an individual contributor and/or oversee a small work effort and/or team
Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts, Any Graduation