Procurement Practice Associate

Accenture; Chennai District; On-site; INR 420,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Procurement Practice Associate in Chennai for a role focused on procurement operations and value creation. The position requires 1-3 years of experience and any graduation. You will participate in end-to-end procurement processes, collaborate with suppliers, and support project teams while adapting to shift rotations.

The role emphasizes stakeholder management, timely delivery, and maintaining cost controls as part of a broader digital and operations strategy at Accenture.

Qualifications

• Experience in procurement operations or procurement management is preferred.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Solve routine problems largely through precedent and guidelines.
• Interact with your team and direct supervisor on daily tasks.
• Receive detailed instructions on tasks and new assignments.
• Contribute as an individual in a team with a focused scope of work.
• Role may require rotational shifts.

Skills

Procurement operations

Education

Graduation

Job description

Job Description

Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Management

Designation: Procurement Practice Associate

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:1-3 Years

About Accenture

Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com

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. Procurement Operations involve the process of acquiring goods and services that a business needs to operate. This includes identifying needs, selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing purchase orders. The goal is to obtain quality products at the best possible prices while ensuring timely delivery. Effective procurement operations help control costs, maintain supply chain efficiency, and support overall business objectives. They are essential for the smooth functioning of any organization.A systematic approach used for buying all the goods and services needed for a particular project or for the company generally to stay sustainable. It consists of: the identification of need; finding and qualifying the suppliers; requesting proposals, negotiating with suppliers, contracting, delivery and analyzing results; and contract close."

What are we looking for?

• Ability to establish strong client relationship
• Ability to handle disputes
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Ability to meet deadlines
• Ability to perform under pressure

Roles and Responsibilities

• In this role you are required to solve routine problems, largely through precedent and referral to general guidelines
• Your expected interactions are within your own team and direct supervisor
• You will be provided detailed to moderate level of instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instruction on new assignments
• The decisions that you make would impact your own work
• You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a predetermined, focused scope of work
• Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts

Any Graduation

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.

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