S&C GN - SC&O - S&P - Business Solutions - Manager

Job Description

Job Summary : The Manager in the Sourcing and Procurement team within the Capability Network (CN) in Accenture would be a part of globally diverse consulting team entrusted with the task of delivering sourcing and procurement engagements for clients across industries. Together, lets innovate, build competitive advantage, improve business, and societal outcomes, in an ever-changing, ever-challenging world. Help us make supply chains work better, faster, and be more resilient, Roles and Responsibilities: Deliver Sourcing and Procurement engagements in the areas of strategic cost reduction, sourcing optimization, procurement transformation, intelligent procurement using tools such as Coupa, IVALUA, Zycus and Jaggaer , across industries and geographies. Key activities including but not limited to - Support implementation of procurement solutions including requirements gathering, technical design definition, define test scenarios & scripts to ensure that the configured solution meets clients requirements and be comfortable working with application developers & managing multiple stakeholders Understand core Source to Pay functionalities for assessment, design and solutioning Get involved in supply chain Sourcing & Procurement business process and requirement discussions with the client Clearly understand clients requirements and design apt solutions by considering the inbuilt as well as configurable capabilities within either of these eProcurement platforms - Ivalua, Coupa, Zycus, Jaggaer Provide estimates to project managers of complex work and resource requirements Design test scripts for configuration testing, create user manual and train users on the capability Identify apt S2P KPIs/metrics to develop baseline and track value post implementations Provide final solution deliverables to the customer as per design Participate in customer liaison activities to ensure success of the project Support in business development activities such as responding to proposal requests, conducting roadshows/demos, staffing management, people engagement, asset development and so on. Qualification Professional and Technical Skills Ability to define and execute end-to-end Source to Pay processes including category management & procurement analytics, supplier management, sourcing, contracts, order/goods, receipt/invoice management Ability to develop business case for procurement transformation initiatives such as implementation of source-to-pay solutions (e.g., Coupa, Ivalua, Zycus, Jaggaer and so on) Excellent data analytics and data interpretation and presentation skills Ability to solve complex business problems and deliver client delight Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills Cross-cultural competence with an ability to thrive in a dynamic environment