Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Management
Designation: Procurement Practice Associate Manager
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:10 to 14 years
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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. You will be working as a part of Procurement management team which uses a systematic approach for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable. They are involved in the identification of need, finding and qualifying the suppliers, requesting proposals, negotiating with suppliers, contracting, delivery and analyzing results. The Procurement Support team focuses on identifying the requirements for goods and services from all business units. The team is responsible for identifying and evaluating a list of suppliers, negotiating contracts with the selected supplier, raising a purchase requisition and releasing the purchase order. The team is also responsible for completing the payment process upon receiving an invoice, auditing the delivery of requested goods/services and maintaining proper records of invoices.
What are we looking for? Team leadership experience · Understanding of the full procurement to pay processes and associated technologies · Ability to track work effectiveness and efficiency through structured performance indicators and service level agreements with the client · Good communication skills · Work planning, progress tracking, and project management · Ability to diagnose work priority requirements and plan accordingly · Maintaining a positive work atmosphere especially in times of pressure and issues · At least 5 years of professional procurement and or team leaders experience · You previously worked in a field related to Procurement or Finance · You have experience working on ERP/e-procurement systems (SAP, Oracle, Ivalua, Coupa, Ariba…) •Among other talents, you speak fluent English and possibly communicate in another language such as Spanish or Portuguese.
Roles and Responsibilities: You will serve as a senior lead supporting the Service Delivery manager with operations for a global manufacturing Client. You will be responsible to oversee and supervise a team of up to 20 people delivering procurement day-to-day operations, with the objective that all services are delivered in accordance to agreed procedures, policy and target performance metrics. In addition, you will lead ad-hoc projects and system / tech implementations from the Operational point of View and work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure that Accenture best practices are implemented across all workstreams. Lastly, you will be counted on as an escalation point of contact to liaise with the client stakeholders to solve operational related issues or expedited requests. Your key responsibilities will include: · Leading the team such that it operates as an integral extension of our client’s organization · Monitoring team members’s performance and providing guidance to achieve desired productivity levels · Oversee onboarding of new team members including communications and introduction to the client · Assist our team leaders group with ad-hoc projects and day-to-day delivery. · Be involved in transformation type projects and work on continuously improving operational procedures. · Ensure the continuity of delivery by monitoring performance metrics and performing analysis of available data sources. · Provide support to the team, act as a point of contact between team members and the Client · Monitor SLAs and KPIs, work on escalations and problem management · Lead by example, inspire the team and create an environment that encourages innovation, creativity, and critical thinking What’s more, you get to deepen your knowledge on market-leading applications (ERP, Procurement, Service Management…) and you have the chance to lead process design, automation initiatives, reporting and a lot of other exciting stuff.