Delivery Operations Associate Manager

 About The Role  

Skill required: Contract Services - Contract Negotiations

Designation: Delivery Operations Associate Manager

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:10 to 14 years

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. 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.Develop & lead negotiations by focusing on mutual strategic interests & remaining unconditionally constructive to promote an enduring business relationship. Manage the overall contracting process by collaborating with client & Accenture procurement, legal, & business teams to get to an agreement.

What are we looking for? Draft and negotiate contracts based on both client templates and supplier templates, in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with client standards; Strong subject matter expertise in Procurement; 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; Act as the primary contact between project teams to ensure that written guidelines and client policies are followed and/or required SME input is obtained throughout the process Issue necessary modifications to clarify questions concerning such topics as specification changes, language ambiguities or clarification of contract clause; Manage multiple, complex projects independently with the ability to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate and push a deal through to execution; Responsible for oversight / QC of work product by team members; Ability to contribute to creation of Market Insights and capture procurement contracting best practice and industry trends, ensure that contract databases are kept updated and disseminate information appropriately; Manage projects within Accenture's proprietary or client workflow tools to document each step of the contract formation process. Provide training and coaching to other contract specialists or category teams on legal review and interpretation.

Roles and Responsibilities:

In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of moderately complex problems

Typically creates new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures

The person requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals

Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor or team leads

Generally interacts with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture

The person should require minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments

Decisions often impact the team in which they reside and occasionally impact other teams

Individual would manage medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture

Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts
 Qualification Any Graduation