Procurement Practice Associate
Designation: Procurement Practice Associate
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:1 to 3 years
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What would you do? Accenture is seeking a Procurement Operations Associate to support various indirect purchases for our customers. In this capacity, you will be based out of one of our delivery centers and will have frequent interaction with team members and customers in the execution of projects. These projects will help customers achieve significant value in the form of improved pricing, quality, delivery, and supplier performance. Specifically, you will 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? • Provide day to day buying and tactical sourcing services at the customer Procurement Operations center • Additional responsibilities include supporting the Analysts and Specialists, resolving complex tactical issues, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives. • Apply tactical sourcing for savings generation on non-routine purchases • Execute processes in compliance with the Procurement Operations Playbook standards; provide support for the order through the entire transaction • Manage individual compliance issues directly with customer stakeholders, escalating if issues are systematic • Ensure customer quality and timeliness requirements are met through each executed purchase order • Understand and apply the end-to-end process for tactical procurement • Ability to share and educate others on tactical purchasing knowledge • Assist special team projects as needed Role Opportunities: • Develop category knowledge through daily execution and management across a broad category space • Strong sourcing capabilities • Develop team leadership skills • Develop customer relationship management skills Basic Qualifications: • A bachelor’s degree or equivalent Preferred Qualifications: • Procurement experience • FAR based purchasing experience a plus • SAP experience a plus • Exposure to procurement operations life cycle including knowledge of procurement systems, PO creation and processing, contracting, and supplier invoicing • Exceptional multi-tasking skills • Solid understanding of and experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis • Proficiency with Excel and Access • Excellent communication, organization/time management and problem solving skills • Project management skills
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to solve routine problems, largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines • Your expected interactions are within your own team and direct supervisor • You will be provided detailed to moderate level of instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instruction on new assignments • The decisions that you make would impact your own work • You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a predetermined, focused scope of work • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts
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