Skill required: Procurement Operations

• Procurement Management

Designation: Procurement Operations Associate

Qualifications: Any Graduation **Years of Experience:**1 to 3 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.
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? • Responsible for executing defined scope of work agreed with the client and making sure the SLA & KPI targets are consistently met.

• Ensure effective customer and supplier relationships and support the business needs.
• Accountable for maintaining quality and service standards for the project and delivery continual improvement.
• Understand incoming requests, check quality requirements, follow up with requester where required (by phone, email) to ensure specifications of the Purchase Requisitions.
• Verify purchase requisitions for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies and procedures.
• • Generate purchase orders based on requisitions received from different Operating Unit Buyers
• Ensure proper documentation of Purchase Orders
• Update requisition / PO creation process.
• Improve the efficiency and effectiveness of procurement operations.
• Verify purchase requisitions for accuracy, completeness, and compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Generate purchase orders based on requisitions received from different Operating Unit Buyers
• Ensure proper documentation of Purchase Orders
• Liaise with vendors to confirm PO acceptance, delivery schedules, past due cases.
• Liaise with Buyers to resolve discrepancies and delivery issues if any.
• Maintain strong relationships with vendors to facilitate smooth transactions and resolve any issues promptly.
• Monitor the status of purchase orders to ensure timely delivery of goods and services.
• Track shipments and communicate with suppliers to address any delays or issues.
• Coordinate with receiving departments to confirm receipt of ordered items and resolve discrepancies as needed Roles and Responsibilities: • Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Ability to work comfortably with all levels of the organization and fast-paced team environment.
• Initiative-taker, multi-task, flexible, demonstrating initiative and confidence.
• Thorough/detailed approach to work
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team member, with success contributing to a collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal including formal presentation skills (needs to be able to build relationships over the phone without meeting suppliers / customers on a regular basis)
• Good organizational, multi-tasking, and time management skills
• Adaptable communication ability to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers.

Any Graduation

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.
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