Skill required: Agile Sourcing - Sourcing
Designation: Service Delivery Ops Specialist
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:7 to 11 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. In this role, you will work and understand when & how to use a request for proposal (price and non-price factors) and RFQ (price only) and how to develop, execute and analyze the results. You will collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to assess, screen, and select suppliers. Inventory performance will need to be improved through flexible fulfillment and available-to-promise methods. In this role, you may also have to work on the COUPA sourcing module.
What are we looking for? This role includes all the following key responsibilities. Please review these in conjunction with career-level guidelines to understand the expectations for this role. • Lead Sourcing Function o Lead without guidance execution of sourcing projects to contract closure o Demonstrate the ability to negotiate both incumbent renewals or as part of a RFP process o achieve savings. o Knowledge and experience in desired category. o Strong hands-on experience working on ERP systems such as Jaggaer, Ariba, SAP, etc. o Interact with key customer and internal stakeholders and work closely with them to identify o areas of improvement o Offer creative solutions to support the overall sourcing program and achieve desired results o To ensure timely project deliverables with the defined quality standards o Will be responsible for creating & presenting the deliverables to Client/Internal global team o members o A track record of strong collaboration and ability to influence outcomes. o Strong analytical skills and ability to translate data to create recommendations • Complexity o Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. o Requires adherence to the strategic direction set by senior management o Interaction with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach. • Authority o Power to influence or complete assignments independently and ability to make decisions, as indicated by latitude to devise work products or plans, reliance on instruction, and decision-making ability o Some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on the new assignments • Impact or Decision Impact o Risk or consequences in the event of failure, as indicated by the range of expected impact, such as within a team or across a team or area of responsibility and level of risk o Decisions have a significant day-to-day impact on areas of responsibility • Scope o Degree of accountability for assigned tasks, our clients, and/or the organization, as indicated by the size of work effort and scale of entity and/or program o May manage medium-sized teams and/or work efforts at a
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of moderately complex problems • May create new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures • The person would require 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 • Guidance would be provided when determining methods and procedures on new assignments • Decisions made by you will often impact the team in which they reside • Individual would manage small teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts