Procurement Practice Associate Manager

8119 ASOL Gurgaon 5 SEZ Company; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is a leading global professional services company seeking a Procurement Practice Associate Manager with 10–14 years of sourcing experience. You will identify cost improvements, lead sourcing projects, manage RFx and supplier negotiations, and work with legal and technical teams to finalize contracts.

Strong analytics and stakeholder management are essential. You will engage with senior stakeholders, develop market insights, and contribute to cross-client procurement initiatives across

Qualifications

• BBA/MBA with 10–14 years of experience in procurement/sourcing.
• Experience leading sourcing projects including strategy, RFx, negotiations.
• Strong analytical and stakeholder management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead sourcing projects across multiple industries with end-to-end execution.
• Develop procurement strategy, manage RFx processes and supplier negotiations.
• Coordinate with legal and technical teams to finalize contracts and terms.
• Provide market intelligence, financial analyses and senior stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Sourcing

Risk Management

Contract Management

Supplier Relationship Management

Analytical Thinking

KPI

Negotiation Skills

Written and Verbal Communication

Education

BBA

Master of Business Administration

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Excel

PowerPoint

Generative AI

Job description

Skill required: Sourcing - Sourcing Designation: Procurement Practice Associate Manager Qualifications:BBA/Master of Business Administration 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?

As a member of the technology sourcing practice, you will be responsible for identifying cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spend across a wide array of leading companies and industries. You will lead sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, RFx management, risk management/mitigation, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution. You will work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical terms in a contract and execute it. You will also provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analyses to clients, support the development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity, and collaborate with Technology Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization. You will pursue and develop senior-level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts and support account relationship plans.

What are we looking for?

Risk Management, contract Management, Supplier Relationship Management, analytical Thinking, Kep Performance Indicators (KPI), Risk Management, Sourcing and Procurement Strategy, Key Stakeholder Relationships, Stakeholder Management, contract Negotiations, Strong Analytical Skills, Numerical Ability, Microsoft Office Suite, Generative AI, Innovation, Technological Innovation, Contract Compliance & Execution, Sourcing Problem-Solving Skills, Negotiation Skills, Written and Verbal Communication, Collaboration and Interpersonal skills,

Roles and Responsibilities

To be successful in this role, you should be a strong critical thinker and self-starter who can take the initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision. You should have a passion for continuous self-learning across industries, such as IT, banking, retail, industrial, healthcare, etc., with end-to-end technology sourcing exposure. You should possess proven analytical skills in terms of numeric and text-based analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients. Awareness of generative AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Microsoft Copilot) and their responsible use in sourcing and procurement activities. Ability to leverage generative AI to improve efficiency in tasks such as RFP drafting, spend classification, data summarization, and contract review. Foundational understanding of how generative AI works and its evolving role in procurement technology. Demonstrated openness to adopting emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement and innovation in sourcing practices Engineers with a full-time MBA are preferred, and a minimum of eight years of relevant experience in strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to software, infrastructure & IT services is required. Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills are necessary; a minimum of five years of experience managing global customers and suppliers (NA, EMEA, APAC) is preferred. Three years plus of team management experience leading a team of five-plus members is preferred. BBA,Master of Business Administration

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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