SC&O - S&P – SVC Digital Transformation - Consultant

Job Title -S&P SVC + Manager + S&C GN

Management Level:7-Manager

Location:Gurgaon,Bangalore, Mumbai, Pune and Hyderabad

Must-have skills:Sustainability/Decarbonization/net zero Implementation

Good to have skills:Ability to leverage design thinking, business process optimization, and stakeholder management skills.

Job Summary:

This role involves driving strategic initiatives, managing business transformations, and leveraging industry expertise to create value-driven solutions.

Roles & Responsibilities:

Provide strategic advisory services, conduct market research, and develop data-driven recommendations to enhance business performance.

Together, let's 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.

• A 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. The Manager is expected to work as part of a global team to support responsible value chain engagements related to sourcing & procurement. The responsibilities of a manager include but are not limited to the following:
• Work with clients to help shape their short term and long-term sustainability goalsfor supply chain / sourcing and procurement functions
• Lead a team of analysts and consultantsto implement sustainability initiatives for clients in supply chain / sourcing and procurement
• Integrate wider sustainability principles and frameworksinto sourcing & procurement policies, processes, and strategies
• Understand client objectives and drive multiple initiatives/engagements to address sustainability related business issues and financial goals
• Translate the business strategy into action planson key sustainability initiatives, and overseeing their execution
• Identify and provide guidanceto clients on leading sustainable sourcing practices in compliance with the latest global sustainability regulations and standards
• Define outcomes and formulate recommendationsand solutions in line with clients capabilities and limitations
• Initiate market/industry assessmentsfor carbon, energy, water, waste, hazardous materials, environment impacts, human/labor rights etc.
• Lead development of robust solutionsin line with the latest trends and innovations in the space of sustainability and responsible value chain
• Develop functional capability and knowledgeacross the practice to ensure a consistent approach to embedding sustainability into supply chain activities

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role:

• Knowledge of devising, developing, managing, and reporting on strategic sustainable development and direct impact reduction programs at corporate level
• Experience in strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management and continuous improvement
• Detailed understanding of the risks and opportunities associated with sustainability and improved environmental management across industry sectors
• Well versed in end to end Strategic sourcing and procurement activities
• Awareness of internationally recognized sustainability reporting standards and frameworks such as GRI (Global Reporting Initiative), Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), Taskforce on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), GHG Protocol, disclosure to CDP etc.
• Knowledge of ESG/ sustainability tools (like Ecovadis, Rheaply, Greenstone etc.) is a plus
• Knowledge of ESG databases (like Arabesque, EORA etc.) is a plus
• Should have good project and people management skills
• Experience in development of category specific sourcing strategies, procurement operating model and sourcing and procurement process frameworks in line with the ESG targets

Professional & Technical Skills:

- Relevant experience in the required domain.

- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

• Experience of having designed and implemented sustainability initiatives in areas of net zero (decarbonization of supply chain, green logistics, scope 3 emission reduction) or trust (local supplier development, prevention of child labour, transparency in supply chain) or circular supply chain
• Strong experience and deep understanding of supply chain logistics or sourcing and procurement function
• Strong proficiency of developing business cases and implementation roadmaps for sustainability initiatives
• Experience of having led a team of sustainability and/or supply chain or sourcing and procurement practitioners
• Understanding of global and regional compliance and regulatory standards pertaining to ESG requirements is desirable
• Excellent communication skills, networking and relationship management skills and ability to develop strong effective working relationships with internal and client networks
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