Skill required: Sourcing - Sourcing

Designation: Procurement Practice Associate Manager

Qualifications:BBA/Master of Business Administration

Years of Experience:10 to 14 years

About Accenture

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What would you do We are one of the world s leading providers in sourcing and procurement services. You ll work on innovative projects with colleagues to drive collaboration from strategy through to implementation. You will be using the latest technologies with clients to help them get to the next level. Do you want to work in an environment where we partner with forward-thinking business leaders of the world's most dynamic companies, to transform procurement and drive sustainable changes You ll learn, grow and advance in an innovative culture that thrives on shared success, diverse ways of thinking and enables boundaryless opportunities that can drive your career in new and exciting ways.

What are we looking for Strong critical thinker, self-starter who can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision

Passion for continuous self-learning within the Professional Services
Proven analytical skills in terms of numeric (e.g. spreadsheets) and text based (e.g. reading terms and conditions) analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients
Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 10+ years of relevant experience in consulting, sourcing/procurement/supply chain management function
Minimum of 4+ years of experience in managing global Customers, and suppliers (NA, EMEA, Australia)
Minimum of 6+ years of strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to at the following sub-category areas: o Banking Operations o Business Intelligence o Management Consulting o Financial and Insurance Services o Legal o Fleet Management o Professional Services o Research and Development
Ability to effectively lead formal strategic and project sourcing efforts related to Professional Services related categories.
Ability to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills
Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal and client stakeholders
Ability to self-manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a shared service delivery model
Strong analytical, organization/time management and problem-solving skills
Interest in developing solution oriented selling skills to prospective clients
Ability to drive transformational change
Solid multi-phase project management skills
Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers Travel: This position may require travel customer locations. Roles and Responsibilities:
Key Responsibilities would include:
Help Identify cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide array of leading companies and industries
Help Lead sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution, leveraging and Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution
Help provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence and financial analyses to client.
Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with Professional Services Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization.
Pursue and develop stakeholder relationships in your accounts, support account stakeholder relationship plans
Help lead Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function
Able to lead and Mentor team members on industry best practices with a special emphasis on market trends and insights, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies and contracting
Help engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits through support of contract assessments, client due diligence calls, and presenting the practice delivery approach and case studies
Oversees one account as a coach/mentor and be held accountable for the accounts performance
The resource should also be able to work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical terms in a contract.
Ability to negotiate and close the contract with advice from legal and technical/ business teams.
At least 70% of experience should be in managing global client stakeholders and global suppliers (for India)