Procurement Practice Specialist

Skill required: Strategic Sourcing - Sourcing Designation: Procurement Practice Specialist Qualifications: Any Graduation Years of Experience: 7 to 11 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 What would you do? • Sourcing and Contracting specific to the Workplace category. • The Category Management Associate is responsible for supporting the delivery of Workplace Category management services to customers including but not limited to stakeholder management, strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, price management, savings or compliance reporting, continuous improvement and ongoing cost reductions, • supply market monitoring, and issue resolution. This employee will be responsible for drafting, updating and training for various unique Workplace Category processes, procedures and related deliverables. In addition, this employee will team with Accenture support functions (MMPR document repository, Centralized Category Management, Buy Now; Workplace Category metric development, maintenance and reporting • special project management and reporting to ensure deliverables are completed on time and to the customers satisfaction. What are we looking for? Ability to establish strong client relationship• The Category Management Associate is responsible for supporting the delivery of External Talent Category management services to customers including but not limited to stakeholder management, strategic sourcing, supplier performance management, price management, savings or compliance reporting, continuous improvement and ongoing cost reductions, supply market monitoring, and issue resolution. This employee will be responsible for drafting, updating and training for various unique Category processes, procedures and related deliverables. In addition, Roles and Responsibilities: • Work experience details 10 to 14 years • Interacts with all levels of management including Manager, executive levels. • Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to lead, communicate and support sourcing and category management procurement-related activities. • Provide analytical support for necessary sourcing activities to maintain the competitiveness of category contracts. • Perform total cost of ownership analyses for the evaluation of continuous cost improvement projects. • Support supply market research for your relevant categories. • Support sales and business development, spend and contract analysis and category planning activities Assist in the development of customer reports for category specific savings results. • • 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. Visit us at 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.