Responsibilities

  • Leading client engagements and managing a project team across a range of sourcing and procurement focused projects typically covering:
  • Procurement performance capability assessment / benchmarking.
  • Strategic sourcing and value targeting, including zero based spend consumption and demand reduction.
  • Procurement transformation including operating model design.
  • Source to Pay process innovation and excellence.
  • Digital procurement assessment and roadmap development.
  • Supplier innovation and performance management.
  • Ensuring delivery of high-quality projects on time and within budget, demonstrating effective leadership of diverse teams, fostering a supportive and inclusive environment aligned to Accenture’s core values.
  • Directly managing client relationships, balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders to obtain buy-in.
  • Helping to build Accenture’s sourcing and procurement practice through the development of client proposals and thought leadership.
Requirement
  • Have experience, either gained from a management position in industry or from a consulting organisation, in delivering and leading activities in some of the following areas:
  • Procurement performance capability assessment / benchmarking.
  • Strategic sourcing and value targeting, including zero based spend consumption and demand reduction.
  • Procurement transformation including operating model design.
  • Source to Pay process innovation and excellence including digital procurement.
  • Digital procurement assessment and roadmap development.
  • Supplier innovation and performance management.
  • Have knowledge of cutting-edge procurement technologies eg. eProcurement tools, analytics, artificial intelligence and RPA deployed in a procurement environment.
  • Have demonstrated ability of structuring and deploying projects including managing effective governance and project risk.
  • Strong stakeholder management skills with evidence of having worked with a diverse group of stakeholders including the C-Suite.
  • Strong problem solving and analytical capabilities with a demonstrated ability to quickly synthesise complex sets of data, develop understanding and pull out key insights.

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