Procurement Practice Specialist

 About The Role  

Skill required: Contract Services - Contract management

Designation: Procurement Practice Specialist

Qualifications:Bachelor of Laws/Master Of Law

Years of Experience:7 to 11 years

What would you do? The Contract Senior Specialist will facilitate the development and execution of a variety of third party commercial contracts in accordance with our clients policies and procedures, applicable laws, and other requirements. The Contract Senior Specialist may provide guidance to the clients business units and project teams on contract management and policy compliance matters, and may lead more than one engagement. Depending on the size and complexity of the agreement, the Contract Senior Specialist may be full-time on a single engagement. This is a non-attorney position.This role will be primarily based in Accenture India 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.Manage the processes whereby performance of client work is coordinated with the contract rights and obligations of the parties to ensure contract compliance (or that the contract is modified as appropriate).

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 drafting agreements in following areas:IT, Marketing, Professional Services, Facilities, MRO. Specific experience within the Pharma industry highly desirable;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, modifications, with the ability to work within cross-functional teams to maintain contracting procedures and ensuring adherence to regional/goal category strategies;Consulting and escalating positioning issues which are not solved satisfactorily to the project team in a timely manner; Act as a contact between the project teaLegal degree required with a minimum of 6 years of experience or relevant contract management experience required with a minimum of 8 years of experience; Be able to identify legal risk in various contract types;In depth experience working with a variety of contract types (i.e. preparing, reviewing and negotiating) and contract processes (i.e. implementation, etc.);

Roles and Responsibilities: Must be able to recognize, identify and clearly be able to explain business and convey legal positions; Impactful experience working within cross-functional and/or global teams of contracting and / or procurement professionals and aligning with established performance expectations;Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process design and continuous improvement initiatives, project management and performance measurement skills;Procurement process knowledge, contract management, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience is an advantage;Experience with contract reporting necessary (i.e. total number of contracts, number of suppliers under contract, and other indicators) to assess progress and effectiveness of the contract function; Experience responding to inquiries regarding contract obligations and redlines/revisions; Demonstrated a results driven approach, in a team setting where team members are not directly located within the same geography; Strong client management skills;Strong proficiency in Microsoft Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Word.
 Qualification Bachelor of Laws,Master Of Law