Procurement Practice Associate

Accenture; Mumbai; On-site; INR 400,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Mumbai is seeking a Procurement Practice Associate with 1-3 years of experience to join the procurement management team. You will help optimize spending across goods and services, identify savings opportunities, and support end-to-end procurement processes.

The role involves working with suppliers, ensuring timely delivery, quality assurance, and collaboration across departments in a fast-paced environment. Any Graduation is required.

Qualifications

• Manage procurement activities and drive value in procurement operations.
• Support buying goods and services required for company operations.
• Coordinate with suppliers to ensure timely delivery and quality.

Responsibilities

• Execute defined scope of work and meet SLA/KPI targets.
• Maintain effective customer and supplier relationships.
• Ensure quality and service standards for projects and drive continual improvement.
• Understand and process Purchase Requisitions and ensure specifications are met.
• Collaborate with team and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.

Skills

Procurement management

Education

Any Graduation

Job description

Skill required

Procurement Operations - Procurement Management

Designation

Procurement Practice Associate

Qualifications

Any Graduation

Years of Experience

1 to 3 years

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.

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.
• You will be working as a part of Procurement management team which uses a systematic approach for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable They are involved in the identification of need finding and qualifying the suppliers requesting proposals negotiating with suppliers contracting delivery and analyzing results
• Ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Ability to work comfortably with all levels of the organization and fast-paced team environment.
• Proven ability to work independently and as a team member, with success contributing to a collaborative environment.
• Excellent communication skills written and verbal including formal presentation skills (needs to be able to build

What are we looking for

• Responsible for executing defined scope of work agreed with the client and making sure the SLA KPI targets are consistently met.
• Ensure effective customer and supplier relationships and support the business needs.
• Accountable for maintaining quality and service standards for the project and delivery continual improvement.
• Understand incoming requests, check quality requirements, follow up with requester where required (by phone, email) to ensure specifications of the Purchase Requisitions.

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.

Qualification

Any Graduation