Business Advisory Senior Analyst
Designation: Business Advisory Senior Analyst
Qualifications:BCom/Master of Business Administration/CA Inter
Years of Experience:5 to 8 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. Sourcing & Procurement involves identifying, acquiring, and managing the goods and services an organization needs. This role includes researching suppliers, negotiating contracts, and purchasing materials. It also involves ensuring quality, cost-effectiveness, and timely delivery. The goal is to support the organizations operations by obtaining the best value and maintaining strong supplier relationships. 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. Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to assess, screen and select suppliers.
What are we looking for? B.E /B.Tech, MBA, CPSM / CPM (desired) • 5+ years of Sourcing & Category Management experience, out of which approximately 80% should be in Global sourcing •Complexity • Requires identifying and assessing complex problems for area of responsibility. Creates solutions in situations where analysis requires an in-depth evaluation of variable factors. • Requires adherence to the strategic direction set by senior management • Interaction with senior management at a client and/or within Accenture involving matters that may require acceptance of an alternate approach. Business Insight •Contract planning & development •Global strategic sourcing •Negotiation management RFx Management •Supplier analysis & selection MS PowerPoint & Excel
Roles and Responsibilities: •Sourcing Execution • Support execution of sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution • Help create industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analyses for the client. • Support the development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with various category advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization. • Pursue and develop client stakeholder relationships within the assigned accounts, support reporting, and team management. • Help Sourcing Leads with Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their sourcing function • Work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical terms in a contract. • Negotiate and close the contract with advice from legal and technical/ business teams. •Category Specific Skill Should have good exposure to category planning, stakeholder management, global sourcing, and strong knowledge of the supplier landscape for various sourcing categories. Should have hands on experience in RFx processes and analysis of supplier proposals. Strong analytical and presentation skills are a must. •Authority 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 • Some latitude in decision-making. Acts independently to determine methods and procedures on the new assignments •Impact or Decision Impact • 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 • Decisions have a significant day-to-day impact on areas of responsibility ? Scope • 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
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