Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Skill required:

Agile Sourcing - Sourcing

Designation:

Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Qualifications:

BE/BTech/Master of Business Administration

Years of Experience:

5 to 8 years

About Accenture

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, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— 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.Visit us at www.accenture.com

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. 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?

Should have good exposure to category planning, stakeholder management, global sourcing, and strong knowledge of the supplier landscape for various sourcing categories. Should have hands-on experience in RFx processes and analysis of supplier proposals. Strong analytical and presentation skills are a must.

• Business Insight P3 - Proficient Contract planning & development P3 - Proficient Global strategic sourcing P3 - Proficient Negotiation management P3 - Proficient RFx Management P3 - Proficient Supplier analysis & selection P3 - Proficient MS Powerpoint & Excel P4 - Expert 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
• ] 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 and execute the contract.