Procurement Practice Associate Manager

Accenture; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture Bengaluru is seeking a Procurement Practice Associate Manager with 10–14 years of experience to lead procurement operations and deliver value for enterprise clients. The role encompasses strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, contract management, and the optimization of procure-to-pay processes to achieve savings while maintaining quality and timely delivery.

You will partner with clients and internal teams to drive continuous improvement, manage medium-sized teams, and adapt to

Qualifications

• Graduation is required.
• Minimum 10–14 years of experience in procurement operations.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Analyze and solve moderately complex procurement problems.
• Develop new solutions or adapt existing methods as needed.
• Understand strategic direction set by senior management for team goals.
• Interact with direct supervisor, team leads, and peers at client and Accenture.
• Manage medium-sized teams or work efforts in client or Accenture environments.
• Role may require rotating shifts.

Skills

Procurement Operations

Procurement Management

Client relationship

Problem-solving

Thought leadership

Dispute handling

Pressure handling

Education

Any Graduation

Job description

Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Management

Designation: Procurement Practice Associate Manager

Qualifications: Any Graduation

Years of Experience: 10 to 14 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
• Problem-solving skills
• Thought leadership
• Ability to handle disputes
• Ability to perform under pressure Procurement Operations processes and Third party risk management

Roles and Responsibilities:

• In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of moderately complex problems
• Typically creates new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures
• The person requires understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals
• Primary upward interaction is with direct supervisor or team leads
• Generally interacts with peers and/or management levels at a client and/or within Accenture
• The person should require minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments
• Decisions often impact the team in which they reside and occasionally impact other teams
• Individual would manage medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts (if in an individual contributor role) at a client or within Accenture
• 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.

Visit us at www.accenture.com

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