Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Management

Designation: Procurement Practice Analyst

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:3 to 5 years

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What would you do

The Procurement Operations Analyst will be aligned to Accentures fastest growing business segment, Accenture Operations. The Procurement Operations Analyst integrates the various purchasing functions ranging from the front end short term strategic activities of sourcing and auction services to the back end long term activities of TCO driven category management, procurement transaction processing, and procurement
You will be working as a part of Procurement management team which uses a systematic approach for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable They are involved in the identification of need finding and qualifying the suppliers requesting proposals negotiating with suppliers contracting delivery and analyzing results
Proven ability to work independently and as a team member
Excellent communication skills written and verbal including formal presentation skills (needs to be able to build relationships over the phone without meeting suppliers customers on a regular basis)
Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills
Adaptable communication ability to conform to the varied corporate cultures What are we looking for
Bachelors Degree
Minimum of 1 years of experience in a strategic sourcing, procurement, and or supply chain function
Bachelors Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Sourcing, Procurement
Strong analytical skills spend analysis, savings opportunity assessment
Proficiency with Microsoft Word and Excel
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Eagerness to contribute in a team oriented environment
Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem solving environment
Desire to work in an information systems environment Roles and Responsibilities:
Provide daily support to a team lead
Provide process and transaction support
Execute the spot buying process for general, low to midlevel spend categories
Manage specifications, using the clientspecified standards and agreement templates, for the provision of specific goods or services in line with the business needs of the client
Strive for best value for money options, through execution of a standardized spot buying processes, use of appropriate spot buy tools and negotiations
Completion of quoting process including supplier selection from preselected suppliers
Completion of buying process initiated by the user including supplier selection from preselected suppliers
Accountable for maintaining quality and service standards to support the overall AccentureClient relationship and to deliver continuous improvement
Understand incoming requests, check quality requirements, follow up with requester where required (by phone, email) to ensure specifications are clear to select the best spot buying options
Where required, make new supplier proposals and align with Procurement Business Partner on client side
Identify potential vendors and obtain quotes as needed, per clients policy
Research and identify potential vendors and recommend alternative qualified vendors to requestors to drive clients savings, relationship leverage, vendor base optimization, and compliance as part of the spot buying or tactical buying process
Update requisition PO creation process