Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Job Description

Skill required: Agile Sourcing - Sourcing Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst Qualifications: Any Graduation Years of Experience: 5 to 8 years About Accenture Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song all powered by the worlds 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. Visit us at www.accenture.com What would you do This role includes some or all the following key responsibilities. Please review these in conjunction with career-level guidelines to understand the expectations for this role.Sourcing Execution Support execution of sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution Help create industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analyses for the client. Support the development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with various category advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization. Pursue and develop client stakeholder relationships within the assigned accounts, support reporting, and team management. Help Sourcing Leads with Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their sourcing function Work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical terms in a contract. Negotiate and close the contract with advice from legal and technical/ business teams.Understand when & how to use a request for proposal (price and non-price factors) and RFQ (price only) and how to develop, execute and analyze the results. Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to assess, screen and select suppliers. What are we looking for ComplexityIdentifies and evaluates complex problems within the area of responsibility.Develops solutions through detailed analysis of changing factors.Follows strategic direction from senior management.Works with senior leaders at the client or within Accenture on key issues requiring flexibility.AuthorityHas the ability to influence outcomes and complete tasks independently.Makes decisions with some autonomy.Chooses methods and approaches for new work with minimal guidance.ImpactDecisions have a direct impact on daily operations.Errors may affect teams or broader areas of responsibility.ScopeResponsible for tasks that support both client and internal objectives.Work effort is significant in size and scale, depending on the project or program.Category Specific Skill Should have good exposure to category planning, stakeholder management, global sourcing, and strong knowledge of the supplier landscape for various sourcing categories. Should have handson experience in RFx processes and analysis of supplier proposals. Strong analytical and presentation skills are a must.Required B.E /B.Tech, MBA, CPSM / CPM (desired) 5+ years of Sourcing & Category Management experience, out of which approximately 80% should be in Global sourcing Roles and Responsibilities: In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems Your day to day interactions are with peers within Accenture You are likely to have some interaction with clients and/or Accenture management You will be given minimal instruction on daily work/tasks and a moderate level of instruction on new assignments Decisions that are made by you impact your own work and may impact the work of others In this role you would be an individual contributor and/or oversee a small work effort and/or team Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts Qualification Any Graduation