Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Skill required: Sourcing

• Sourcing
  Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst
  Qualifications: BBA/Master of Business Administration
  **Years of Experience:**5 to 8 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? Accenture seeks a Senior Sourcing Analyst to collaborate with internal and external clients to support
  sourcing strategies related to various spend areas for different categories (i.e., Technology, HR, CPS,
  Marketing, Professional Services, Legal, Travel etc). The resource will support multiple sourcing projects,
  client selection criteria, supplier selection processes, contract negotiations, and formal bidding processes.
  The resource will also develop market insights from cross-client sourcing activities, provide financial
  analyses, and collaborate with the Sourcing Category function
  What are we looking for? Required
• B.E /B.Tech, MBA, CPSM / CPM (desired)
• 5+ years of Sourcing & Category Management experience, out of which approximately 80%
  should be in Global sourcing

Skill Name Expected proficiency level:

Business Insight P3 - Proficient
Contract planning & development P3 - Proficient
Global strategic sourcing P3 - Proficient
Negotiation management P3 - Proficient
RFx Management P3 - Proficient
Supplier analysis & selection P3 - Proficient
MS Powerpoint & Excel P4 - Exper
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Category Specific Skill:

Should have good exposure to category planning, stakeholder management, global sourcing, and
strong knowledge of the supplier landscape for various sourcing categories. Should have handson experience in RFx processes and analysis of supplier proposals. Strong analytical and
presentation skills are a must.
Roles and Responsibilities: •This role includes some or all the following key responsibilities. Please review these in conjunction with
career-level guidelines to understand the expectations for this role.
? Sourcing Execution

• Support execution of sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development,
  supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier
  contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution
• Help create industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analyses for the
  client.
• Support the development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate
  with various category advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the
  organization.
• Pursue and develop client stakeholder relationships within the assigned accounts, support
  reporting, and team management.
• Help Sourcing Leads with Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify
  project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their sourcing function
• Work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical
  terms in a contract.
• Negotiate and close the contract with advice from legal and technical/ business teams.? Complexity
• Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates
  solutions in situations where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Requires adherence to the strategic direction set by senior management
• Interaction with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture involving matters that
  may require acceptance of an alternate approach.
  ? Authority
• Power to influence or complete assignments independently and ability to make decisions, as
  indicated by latitude to devise work products or plans, reliance on instruction, and decisionmaking ability
• Some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures
  on the new assignments
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Impact or Decision Impact:

• Risk or consequences in the event of failure, as indicated by the range of expected impact,
  such as within a team or across a team or area of responsibility and level of risk
• Decisions have a significant day-to-day impact on areas of responsibility
  ? Scope
• Degree of accountability for assigned tasks, our clients, and/or the organization, as indicated
  by the size of work effort and scale of entity and/or program

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

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