Procurement Practice Associate

Accenture in India; Mumbai; On-site; INR 360,000 - 540,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking a Procurement Practice Associate in Mumbai to support procurement management and drive cost savings across client spend. You will participate in end-to-end procurement activities, from supplier identification to contract delivery, helping clients improve efficiency.

The role requires 1–3 years of experience, graduation, and the ability to work in a fast-paced team, communicating clearly with stakeholders at all levels.

Qualifications

• Graduation is required.
• 1–3 years of experience in procurement.
• Strong communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Go beyond processing purchase orders to help clients save costs and extract value from large spend across goods and services.
• Work as part of a procurement management team using a systematic approach from needs identification to supplier qualification, proposals, negotiation and delivery analysis.
• Be able to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment.
• Collaborate with all levels of the organization in a fast-paced team setting.
• Independently and as a team member, contributing to a collaborative work environment.
• Understand requests, verify quality requirements, and follow up on purchase requisitions as needed.
• Role may require rotational shifts.

Skills

Procurement operations

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

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.
• 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.