Skill required: Agile Sourcing - Procurement Operations
Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:5 - 8 Years
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What would you do? 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. Operational procurement is defined as the procurement of the goods or services that are needed to sustain the daily operation of a business. What are we looking for? Manage all negotiation and contract development processes
What are we looking for? Manage all negotiation and contract development processes •Stakeholder Management •Establish communication plan with stakeholders in each category supported, including Business Sponsors MD and CAL • Act as Procurement Expert to guide discussions with stakeholders on program goals, plans and projects • Liaise with multiple departments (Category, Procurement, Legal, SLD, SA, CFM etc) to ensure communication and collaboration with other cross functional teams. Role Expectations •Complexity • End to end support provided to business for client deals. • Requires analysis and solving of moderately complex problems. May create new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures. • Requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals. • Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor. May interact with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture. Authority • Ability to influence or complete assignments independently and make decisions. • Only requires guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments Impact or Decision Impact Scope • End to end Accountability for the sourcing projects Key Skills •Category experience should be primarily responsible for client deal services sourcing and category for Technology / Non-Technology segment and should have worked in India in this category for at-least 6- 7 years. Project Management Business acumen Analytics Good communication and articulation ability Ability to visualize and present to a group Critical Thinking Operational Excellence Operations Management Problem Solving
Roles and Responsibilities: Category ManagementEstablish, maintain and manage relationship between Stakeholder and suppliers.Effectively raise issues/concerns proactively and present options for resolution Ensure adherence to overall governance of company policies and guidelines.Collaborate with cross functional leads as a team to improve the TAT.Define sourcing strategy along with functional leads and stakeholdersSourcing and ContractingAccountable for contract management process on behalf of the Business Lead for all deal services as provisioned in the scope of work.Responsible for negotiating contracts and execute within parameters.Drive savings on behalf of our business team by conducting opportunity assessments/ risk analysis by utilizing Accenture s category experienceDevelop Pipeline spend and savings forecasts for category.Understand Client deals related procurement policies and work towards improving compliance.Manage and develop new subcon database with various technology capabilities.Direct a variety of sourcing objectives including manual negotiations, traditional Request for Proposal (RFP) and various online sourcing opportunities (including competitive bids and complex downward auctions) ExecutionReview operational results and identify opportunities for process changes and additional spend savings Following sourcing (buying) and contracting process, recommend to and obtain approval from the Accenture Business leads.Ensure 100% adherence to Category-specific policies and lead implementation.Engage with the Category leads to develop and execute category strategyMetricsImplementation of Supplier performance tracking periodically Establish metrics [Spend/Saving Tracker, Key Performance Indicators(KPIs) etc.] monitor and report on supplier performance and compliance Build expertise in usage of various procurement tools for our sourcing and contracting work.Define accountability for compliance tracking, Analysis and Reporting, and customer participation Perform operational reviews on contract performance and spending for categories SourcingAnalyze spend Build and manage baseline data (spend, requisition/pay order(PO) process, supplier/user behavior and procurement practices)Develop sourcing strategy and obtain stakeholders approval.Develop supplier evaluation and selection criteria as part of agreed procurement strategy.Coordinate and respond to Deal specific requirements as necessary.Identify and evaluate incumbent and potential suppliers by applying established evaluation and selection criteria.