S&C - GN - SC&E - S&P - Direct Spend Optimization- Manager

Accenture in India; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 4,500,000 - 7,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture is seeking an energetic professional for the Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) practice, focusing on energy sector transformations across upstream, midstream and downstream. The role involves leading engagements, driving cost takeout, and delivering EBITDA improvements while guiding teams and shaping client strategies.

The role requires 8+ years of managerial experience, an MBA, and strong analytical and leadership capabilities to work across global clients and industries.

Qualifications

• MBA from Tier-1 B School.
• 8+ years of experience for a Manager.
• Experience in a consulting firm and global exposure desirable.
• Chemicals, Energy, Utilities, Mining and/or Metals industry experience would be preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in Consulting and/or leading mid-large sized teams on transformation programs.
• Strong presentation and client relationship management skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive client value creation by understanding client priorities and leadership agenda.
• Lead C&PR engagements, including EBITDA improvement programs and spend analyses.
• Coach teams on as-is process, opportunity identification and roadmap implementation.
• Grow the business by driving sales, revenue and profitability for the practice.

Skills

Analytics

Problem solving

Communication

Cross-cultural

Education

MBA

Tools

MS Excel

PowerBI

Alteryx

Job description

Cost & Productivity Reinvention Exec (Energy)

Find endless opportunities to solve our clients' toughest challenges, as you work with exceptional people, the latest tech and leading companies across industries.

Practice: Strategy & Consulting, Global Network I Areas of Work: Energy industry with focus on areas of upstream, midstream and downstream cost takeout, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), improvement in Direct, Indirect and Trade Spend | Level: Manager | Location: Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad | Years of Exp: 8+ years for Manager

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture. Are you an outcome-oriented problem solver? Do you enjoy working on transformation strategies for global clients? Does working in an inclusive and collaborative environment spark your interest? Then, Accenture Strategy and Consulting is the right place for you to explore limitless possibilities. As a part of our Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) practice, you will help organizations reimagine and transform their supply chains for tomorrow—with a positive impact on the business, society and the planet. Together, let’s innovate, build competitive advantage, improve business, and societal outcomes, in an ever-changing, ever-challenging world. Help us make supply chains work better, faster, and be more resilient, with the following initiatives:

• Be a part of the Accenture Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) practice that has expertise in delivering projects with quantified savings in the indirect and direct categories for energy industry.
• Support and lead Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) engagements, including sourcing, planning for direct, indirect categories in energy industry, conducting spend analyses, market intelligence, identifying cost reduction or process improvement opportunities, data analytics, so on.
• Take the lead on all digital sourcing, planning and technology initiatives.
• Work towards Accenture's Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) approach to energy industry including detailed analysis of business processes, identify company’s key cost and value drivers, work with ecosystem partners to help clients reach their sustainability goals through digital transformations. Deliver cost transformation engagements for clients in energy industry.
• Develop and execute strategies to address the challenges facing energy companies, including competition, regulatory issues, and technological advancements.
• Manage proposals, new business initiatives and lead others to create consensus driven deliverables.

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role

• Strong analytics skills driven by the next wave digital and technology initiatives
• Ability to solve complex business problems and deliver client delight
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills
• Cross-cultural competence with an ability to thrive in a dynamic environment

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Role Details

• Drive client value creation
  • Understand the client’s business, priorities and leadership agenda
  • Co-create with the client, articulate transformation and drive innovation agenda for the client
  • Establish self as a trusted advisor with the client C-suite through an in-depth understanding of the client as well as industry
  • Build energy networks at Accenture to be able to bring the best of Accenture to the client
• Lead Program Delivery
  • Lead and deliver C&PR engagements, including direct/ indirect categories, EBITDA improvement programs, spend analysis/ market intelligence, cost reduction opportunities or process improvement opportunities, data analytics across GL/PO/ AP data, etc.
  • Coach team members on activities such as as-is process and maturity assessment, opportunity identification, business case and roadmap creation and implementation of recommendations
• Grow the business
  • Drive sales, revenue and profitability for the practice
  • Help originate deals based on defined commercial pathways; drive innovative deal construct and solutioning to grow business
  • Align the right teams or capabilities to enable (sell or deliver) successful transformation/ innovation agenda
• Develop Thought Leadership and Assets
  • Lead/ Support development of cutting-edge points of view/articles that drive Accenture equity in the market
  • Design and build assets that distinguish Accenture capabilities to drive additional business in energy industry
  • Participate in the development of thought leadership content, including white papers and presentations, on Chemicals, Energy and Utilities industry topics

Your experience counts!

• MBA from Tier-1 B School
• 8+ years of experience for a Manager, across:
  • Energy industry with focus on areas of upstream, midstream and downstream operations, Energy Transition, Digital technology trends
  • Develop clean energy strategies and plans for transitioning to sustainable and renewable sources
  • Cost takeout, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) improvement, improvement in Direct, Indirect and Trade Spend
  • Reducing carbon footprint, increase energy efficiency, and promote environmentally responsible practices within the energy industry.
• Experience in a consulting firm and global exposure is desirable.
• Chemicals, Energy, Utilities, Mining and/or Metals industry experience would be preferred
• Demonstrated experience in Consulting and/or leading mid-large sized teams on transformation programs
• Strong presentation and client relationship management skills
• Familiarity with analytical tools such MS Excel, PowerBI, Alteryx, etc. would be desirable

What’s in it for you?

• An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients
• Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.
• Ability to embed responsible business into everything—from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.
• Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities
• Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions — underpinned by the world’s largest delivery network — Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients’ future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Global Network – a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Global Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/global-network

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