Skill required: Contract Services - Contract management

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. Please also note that Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

What are we looking for What's in it for you Choose Accenture for an exciting career, where the variety of opportunities and challenges allows you to make a difference every day. A place where you can develop your expertise working with the best people worldwide in a dynamic, team-focused environment. The only place where you can use your skills to provide high-quality, long-term services for our Global Fortune 500 clients, helping them achieve high performance. If this is your idea of a typical working day, then Accenture is the place to be. Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with approximately 281,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world's most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high-performance businesses and governments. Legal degree with relevant years of experience, or relevant contract management experience required with between 6 years of experience; In depth experience working with a variety of contract types (i.e. preparing, reviewing and negotiating) and contract processes; Be able to identify legal risk in various contract types; Must be able to recognize, identify and clearly be able to explain business and convey legal positions; Impactful experience working within cross-functional and/or global teams of contracting and / or procurement professionals and aligning with established performance expectations; Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process review, project management and performance reporting skills; Procurement process knowledge, contract management, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, supplier management, technology utilization experience is an advantage; Experience with contract reporting desirable (i.e. total number of contracts, number of suppliers under contract, and other indicators) to assess progress and effectiveness of the contract function; Experience responding to inquiries regarding contract obligations and redlines/revisions;

Roles and Responsibilities:

The key aspects and responsibilities of your role will be: Draft and negotiate contracts based on client templates, in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with client standards; Past experience with drafting agreements in following areas: IT, Marketing, Professional Services, Facilities, MRO. Specific experience within the Pharma industry highly desirable; Coordinate and perform contract analysis, including redlines and negotiations with client legal and other stakeholders, as well as suppliers to: Negotiate business terms and collaborate, coordinate, and be able to explain risks and implications of contract terms to the business and other stakeholders. Complete gap analyses, review, redline, and understand contract language, risks and implications of such language. Draft commercial terms as needed. Prepare and disseminate information regarding contract status, compliance and modifications as well as partnering with cross-functional teams to maintain effective contracting procedures and ensuring adherence to regional/global category strategies; Consulting and escalating positioning issues which are not solved satisfactorily by the project team in a timely manner; Ensure that at all times written guidelines and client policies are followed and/or required SME input is obtained throughout the process (eg, privacy, finance, international and domestic taxation, customs and trade, information security, systems quality, software asset management, etc.); Manage multiple projects independently with the ability to resolve negotiation issues in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate and push a deal through to execution; Manage projects within Accenture's proprietary or client workflow tools to document each step of the contract formation process. Maintenance and facilitation of records including updates, amendments and archiving of inactive contracts based on client schedule and requests. Enable Contract content and Load Contracts / Agreements as per schedule / approved client
Demonstrated a results driven approach, in a team setting where team members are not directly located within the same geography; Strong client management skills; Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word., Any Graduation