Sourcing & Procurement Consultant

Accenture UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 days vacation per year

Private medical insurance

Charity leave days

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Sourcing & Procurement Consultant to help global clients transform procurement functions. You will shape strategic sourcing, lead cost reduction programmes, and work with leading technologies such as SAP Ariba, Coupa and Jaggaer.

In this role you will partner with CPOs and business leaders to design operating models, drive procurement transformations, and enable intelligent procurement through AI and analytics. Flexibility to work onsite with clients is required.

Qualifications

• Experience in defining procurement strategy and operating models.
• Knowledge of procurement technology and digital disruptors.
• Familiarity with AI applications in sourcing and P2P.

Responsibilities

• Develop strategic approach to procuring materials and services with make/buy decisions.
• Design business cases for procurement transformations and digital solutions.
• Advise on deploying AI across the Source to Pay value chain.
• Deliver procurement transformations and support value chain improvements.
• Support sales opportunities and develop capabilities in junior colleagues.

Skills

Procurement strategy

Cost takeout

Sourcing

Contract management

AI in procurement

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

SAP Ariba

Coupa

Jaggaer

iValua

Job description

Role Title: Sourcing & Procurement Consultant

Location: UK

Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Consultant

As a team:

Supply Chain and Engineering is a major functionally-oriented consulting practice: we help our clients to identify and quantify the transformational opportunities available in today’s dynamic business environment. Our work spans a range of value-focused operations assignments from redefining an operating model, reconfiguring national, regional or global supply chain footprint and capabilities through to global sourcing of core categories and creation of supply chain risk frameworks to ensure that potential risks are transparent and the extended supply chain is resilient.

In our team you will:

• Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale

• Work in a central role enabling our Sourcing & Procurement capabilities in working with some of the most prominent global companies in the world, responsible for helping the CPO, and their business partners, address some of the critical business issues faced today, including:

  • Procurement Strategy Definition

  • Procurement Transformation (Operating Model, Process Design, AI etc.)

  • Indirect & Direct Materials Spend Optimisation

  • Contract Management (Compliance, Contract Lifecycle Management, etc.)

  • Intelligent Procurement (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, AI)

  • Procurement managed services / outsourcing

In this role you will:

• Work with leadership at our clients to develop their strategic approach to procuring material and services including make/buy decisions throughout their value chain in order to optimise efficiency and client value.

• Design and prove the strategic business case for procurement transformations (alongside the rest of Accenture’s network). This will include the strategic assessment of the optimal digital and analytics solution for sourcing and procurement (including but not limited SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Jaggaer, iValua).

• Advise on how to deploy AI across the Source to Pay value chain, and work with technology partners to deploy AI use cases

• Deliver sourcing & procurement transformations in line with client’s business challenges:

  • Create capabilities (process/tools/people) in line with the future operating model

  • Analyse and model financial data to support large scale cost reduction programmes, utilising functional and cost category benchmarks, process definitions and enterprise value targeting tools

  • Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)

• Support value chain transformation projects across functional areas within and outside of supply chain, focusing on process reinvention, operational excellence, and cost transformation

• Support business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals

• Execute client engagements, with a strong capability to develop the skills and capabilities of junior colleagues

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/10/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Functional experience should include some of the following: direct or indirect materials/SG&A (Technology, Marketing, Travel, Facilities, Professional Services, etc.), sourcing, contract & supplier management, cost takeout, procure-to-pay, third party risk management, sustainable procurement

• Procurement technology and digital disruptor awareness, including but not limited to SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, iValua, intelligent automation, Internet of Things (IoT), blockchain and analytics; other specific systems / applications relevant from previous experience

• Knowledge and awareness of AI and where possible experience of use cases in Procurement

• Ability to support the origination of new work, and drive the sales process

• Execute programme management and large scale delivery of projects

• Ability to structure ideas and solutions, to communicate clearly and concisely

Set yourself apart:

• 3-5 years of experience in consulting and/or project delivery experience including: delivery to agreed scope, time scales and budgets from a top tier consulting company or blue-chip organisation

• Experience working in one or more of Consumer Goods, Communications, Media & Entertainment, Financial Services, Energy, Utilities, Manufacturing, High-Tech (including Aerospace & Defence), Chemical & Natural Resources, Life Sciences and Logistics

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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