Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Management

Designation: Procurement Practice Analyst

Qualifications:BCom/Bachelor's degree with Finance specialization

Years of Experience:3 to 5 years

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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. 1. Serve as a process Subject Matter Expert for procurement and supply chain operations. 2. Perform and oversee end to end PR validation and approval activities, ensuring completeness, accuracy, and compliance with defined procurement policies and SOPs. 3. Ensure daily procurement operations run seamlessly with zero disruption to downstream buying and PO processes 4. Ensure all PR validation and approval activities are completed within agreed SLAs, TATs, and quality benchmarks. 5. Monitor daily queues and ageing to proactively address bottlenecks and risks. 6. Support defect reduction by identifying root causes and driving process adherence. 7. Act as the first point of contact for requestor queries related to PR validation, approval status, rejections, and rework requirements. 8. Provide timely, clear, and professional responses to requestors to enhance user experience. 9. Maintain clear and effective communication with internal teams, procurement stakeholders, and requestors. 10. Provide accurate operational updates and insights to leads or managers as required.

What are we looking for Core Competencies Strong stakeholder coordination and follow-up skills High attention to detail and data accuracy Ability to handle high-volume onboarding requests under SLA pressure Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities Soft Skills Excellent communication (supplier-facing + internal teams) Ability to manage escalations and resolve onboarding bottlenecks Strong ownership mindset as an individual contributor Work Conditions Shift: US Shift Work Model: Hybrid (office + remote)

Roles and Responsibilities:

In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of lower-complexity problems
Your day to day interaction is with peers within Accenture before updating supervisors
In this role you may have limited exposure with clients and/or Accenture management
You will be given moderate level instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instructions on new assignments
The decisions you make impact your own work and may impact the work of others
You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a focused scope of work
Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts