Job Description

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Interactive, Technology and Operations services—all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 699,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners, and communities.

Responsibilities 

• Deliver sourcing and procurement engagements in the areas of strategic cost reduction, sourcing optimization, procurement transformation, including but not limited to:

• Define and execute sourcing optimization initiatives such as direct/ indirect/ capex sourcing, cost take-out, category management, should-cost modeling, procure-to-pay transformation, spend management solutions, etc.

• Identify, evaluate and prioritize sourcing opportunities through in-depth spend analysis, market research, etc.

• Work collaboratively with other team members to identify key insights and profit-growth opportunities

• Implement and execute ideas, capturing tangible improvement to the bottom line

• Support execution of various stages of strategic cost reduction, zero based budgeting and operations value transformation programs

• Support in business development activities such as responding to proposal requests, conducting roadshows/demos, staffing management, people engagement, asset development, etc.

• Address both strategic and operational supply chain issues within Sourcing and Procurement 

• Driving, supervising and reviewing technology diagnosis and value assessments to identify value creation opportunities for clients 

• Guiding team through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using problem solving principles and past experience

• Work effectively within groups of highly talented individuals and contribute to the development and implementation of strategies (e.g. category management, spend analyses, reverse auctions, supplier contract management, contract negotiations, etc.)

• Manage the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, develop key insights / findings, and propose solutions to various Supply Chain issues. 

• Gather client requirements, such as spend, other accounting data, etc.

• Develop supplier market intelligence, understand supplier market economics, develop pricing benchmarks. 

• Facilitate compliance to sourcing processes. 

• Identify and maximize addressable spend.

Job Requirements