Procurement Practice Manager

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Skill required: Sourcing - Sourcing Designation: Procurement Practice Manager Qualifications:BBA/Master of Business Administration Years of Experience:13 to 18 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 784,000 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. • This position may require travel to customer locations. • Interest in developing solution oriented selling capabilities. • Ability to drive transformational change initiatives. • Strong multi phase project management skills. • Ability to adapt to diverse customer cultures and organizational structures. What are we looking for? • Financial and Insurance Services • Legal Services • Fleet Management • Professional Services • Research and Development • Ability to lead strategic sourcing initiatives across professional services categories. • Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage customers and suppliers effectively. • Experience working in a matrix organization with multiple internal and client stakeholders. • Ability to manage multiple priorities in a shared services environment. • Strong analytical, organizational, time management, and problem solving skills. • Strong analytical capability in both numerical and text based analysis with the ability to transform insights into actionable recommendations. • Bachelor s degree or equivalent work experience. • Relevant years of relevant experience in consulting, sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management. • Relevant years of experience managing global customers and suppliers across North America, EMEA, and Australia • Relevant years of strategic sourcing, category management, or industry experience in one or more of the following areas: • Banking Operations • Business Intelligence • Management Consulti. Roles and Responsibilities: • Identify cost or productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide array of leading companies and industries. • Lead sourcing projects including strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution while leveraging an agile approach to drive execution efficiency. • Provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analysis to clients. • Support development of market insights from cross client sourcing activities and collaborate with Professional Services Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization. • Develop and manage senior stakeholder relationships at priority accounts and support stakeholder engagement plans. • Lead category strategy development for clients to identify project opportunities that achieve business goals and strengthen procurement capabilities. • Lead and mentor sourcing teams on industry best practices with emphasis on market trends, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies, and contracting. • Engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits through contract assessments, client due diligence discussions, and presentation of delivery approaches and case studies. • Oversee account portfolios as a coach and mentor while maintaining accountability for account performance. • Work with legal and technical teams to facilitate negotiation of contractual legal and technical terms. • Negotiate and close contracts with support from legal, technical, and business teams. • At least 70 percent of experience should be in managing global client stakeholders and global suppliers. • Strong critical thinking and self starter mindset with the ability to work independently and deliver client outcomes with minimal supervision. • Passion for continuous learning within professional services. BBA,Master of Business Administration About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com Equal Employment Opportunity Statement We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, military veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by applicable law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities.