Procurement Practice Specialist

Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Management
Designation: Procurement Practice Specialist
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:7 to 11 years
About Accenture
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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.Accenture is seeking a collaborative and results-oriented Procurement Operations Specialist who will build exceptional client relationship management skills. You will develop strong project management skills and grow analytical problem solving capabilities. You will be part of Accenture’s market leading procurement organization driving significant and tangible value by impacting bottom line results that can support our client’s strategic objectives like sustainability, innovation growth. Procurement Operations involve the process of acquiring goods and services that a business needs to operate. This includes identifying needs, selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing purchase orders. The goal is to obtain quality products at the best possible prices while ensuring timely delivery. Effective procurement operations help control costs, maintain supply chain efficiency, and support overall business objectives. They are essential for the smooth functioning of any organization. A systematic approach used for buying all the goods and services needed for a particular project or for the company generally to stay sustainable. It consists of: the identification of need; finding and qualifying the suppliers; requesting proposals, negotiating with suppliers, contracting, delivery and analyzing results; and contract close.
What are we looking for? • Maintain close relationships with clients in order to understand requirements • Validate and approve submitted requisitions as well as approving requisition submissions • Analysis of client spending trends • Recommendation of strategies to improve bottom line results • Leverage market leading technology assets to drive financial impact • Ensure effective customer and supplier relationships and serves as initial escalation point for issue resolution • Provide high quality procurement service to the client ensuring that contractual and SLA obligations are met for work within scope of role, report on activities, opportunities and risks • Active management of designated client • Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement operations • Identify process improvements, cost savings and initiatives, document and raise with line manager for approval, then complete relevant actions/project • Maximize performance across the procurement function Increasing spend transparency, compliance and control • Enable organizations to reduce their overall cost of acquiring goods and services Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree • Minimum of 4 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, or man Basic Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree • Minimum of 4 years of experience in procurement, strategic sourcing, supply chain management, or managing suppliers Preferred Qualifications: • Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain or related discipline • Masters Business Administration • Formal training and/or experience in strategic sourcing • Knowledge of procurement operations • Proficiency in spreadsheet software (e.g. Microsoft Excel) and presentation software (i.e. Microsoft PowerPoint) Professional Skills: • Exceptional multi-tasking skills with the ability to manage multiple end-to-end project cycles • Excellent organization/time management and problem solving skills • Good communication written and oral and interpersonal skills (needs to be able to build relationships over the phone without meeting suppliers / customers on a regular basis) • Strong project management and relationship-building skills • Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers • Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a wide range of suppliers • Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal clients • Ability to adapt
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of moderately complex problems • May create new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures • The person would require understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals • Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor • May interact with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture • Guidance would be provided when determining methods and procedures on new assignments • Decisions made by you will often impact the team in which they reside • Individual would manage small teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts