Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager

Accenture UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days vacation

Private medical insurance

Charitable leave

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager to lead strategic cost reduction and procurement transformation programmes for major clients in the UK. You will work with SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Jaggaer and other tools to enable digital procurement and supply chain improvements.

The role requires leadership, client relationship development, and the ability to drive value across finance and operations while delivering tangible business outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading procurement transformation programmes.
• Ability to formulate and execute strategic cost reduction.
• Strong advisory consulting background with senior stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects and delivery teams to drive strategic cost reduction in procurement.
• Oversee end-to-end procurement transformations including digital capabilities (ERP/SCM).
• Build client relationships with CPO, COO, CFO and senior supply chain leaders.

Skills

Strategic cost reduction

Procurement strategy

Sourcing & procurement

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Relationship building

Commercial acumen

Tools

SAP Ariba

Coupa

Jaggaer

iValua

Job description

Role Title: Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager
Location: UK
Salary:Competitive salary and package dependent on experience
Career Level: Senior Manager

As a team:

Supply Chain & Engineering is a major functionally-oriented consulting practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human-centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, Zero-Based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain. Supply Chain & Operations is seeking to recruit a consultant with strong advisory consulting experience and a history of strategic cost reduction and/or sourcing & procurement projects. The Sourcing & Procurement community is one of the key components of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations service line within Strategy & Consulting that operates across industry groups alongside Supply Chain & Fulfillment, Operational Process Transformation, and Responsible Value Chain.

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, etc.)
• Mergers and Acquisitions (Pre and Post Merger Integration)
• Large-scale ERP Transformation (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
• AI evaluation and deployment
• Procurement managed services / outsourcing

In this role you will:

• Be responsible for leading projects and delivery teams in our Sourcing & Procurement group to formulate and execute strategic cost reduction and procurement transformations
• Lead end-to-end strategy to implementation of procurement’s digital and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Jaggaer, iValua, etc.
• Drive supply chain 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 improve their ability to drive business outcomes through digital planning, reporting, and analytics
• Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)
• Refine and optimise the client's ability to organise and analyse financial, operational and external information to create substantial shareholder value
• Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, the supply chain ecosystem and broader marketplace
• Drive and develop vendors relationships with our strategic partners
• Establish and strengthen client relationships with the CPO, as well as, COO, CFO and Supply Chain executives
• Lead business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals
• Develop Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations assets, tools and PoV to support both sales opportunities and the education of the broader Supply Chain and Operations community
• Build and establish relationships with key third parties (e.g. technology providers, governmental bodies) that help to complement and expand Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations capabilities and PoV
• Play a leading role in the development and education of our UKI Supply Chain and Operations practice.

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 30 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.

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Ability to analyse complex client problems, understand financial performance links between operations, supply chain and corporate results and think strategically to create a benefit/business case
• Ability to manage the origination of new work, and drive the sales process
• Ability to execute programme management and large scale delivery of projects
• Commercial management of consulting engagements
• Ability to form strong client relationships particularly at the senior levels
• Leadership; the ability to easily establish trust-based relationships and gain valuable insights through collaboration and communication
• Strong strategic thinking and team building with a proven track record in driving business outcomes for large clients
• Ability to structure ideas and solutions, to communicate clearly and concisely

Set yourself apart:

• Extensive 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
• Functional experience should include some of the following: direct or indirect materials/SG&A (Technology, Marketing, Travel, Facilities, Professional Services, etc.) cost takeout, sourcing, procure-to-pay, contract & supplier management, 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
• Experience working in one or more of Financial Services, Energy, Utilities, High-Tech (including Aerospace & Defence), Communications, Media & Entertainment, Chemical & Natural Resources, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences and Logistics