DE030550-Procurement Practice Associate Manager

Accenture; Mandaluyong; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in Mandaluyong (Metro Manila) is hiring a Procurement Practice Associate Manager for a hybrid setup. The role focuses on leading complex sourcing projects, developing stakeholder relationships, and delivering outstanding client outcomes while guiding onshore and offshore teams.

The candidate should have 5+ years in Procurement/Global Sourcing/Category Management or Contracts, and be able to drive supplier selections, RFPs, and negotiations within budget and timeline constraints.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years combined relevant work experience in Procurement or Global Sourcing or Category Management or Contracts/Contracting

Responsibilities

• Lead complex sourcing projects
• Pursue and develop strong stakeholder relationships
• Make a significant impact from a client satisfaction standpoint with your projects
• Lead teams by example through the delivery of outstanding projects
• Understand client’s business needs to develop optimal sourcing solution
• Lead and facilitate the selection criteria for supplier selection and evaluations
• Design and develop relevant RFP documents for projects or make recommendations for incumbent negotiations
• Negotiate agreements with suppliers and incorporate best practice metrics for supplier relationships
• Develop and expands category knowledge in support of sourcing projects
• Develop and deploy Sourcing offering deliverables (templates)
• Coach and manage Sourcing Team Members and develop people onshore and offshore
• Ensure services are provided within budgets and timelines; address issues
• Provide input to Accenture best practices
• Monitor procurement processes for categories under management
• Capture and report key findings to gain efficiencies
• Support development of subcategory market insights materials
• Work with Client Delivery to ensure services meet contractual SLAs

Job description

Job Description:

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POSITION TITLE: Procurement Practice Associate Manager

WORK SETUP: Hybrid

OVERALL PURPOSE:

• Lead complex sourcing projects
• Pursue and develop strong stakeholder relationships
• Make a significant impact from a client satisfaction standpoint with your projects
• Lead teams by example through the delivery of outstanding projects
• Understand client’s business needs to develop optimal

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead complex sourcing projects
• Pursue and develop strong stakeholder relationships
• Make a significant impact from a client satisfaction standpoint with your projects
• Lead teams by example through the delivery of outstanding projects
• Understand client’s business needs to develop optimal sourcing solution
• Lead and facilitate (with the client’s cross-functional team) the selection criteria for supplier selection and evaluations
• Design and develop relevant RFP documents for projects or make recommendations for incumbent negotiations
• Negotiate agreement with supplier and incorporate best practice metrics for agreements to aid the Category Management process in supplier relationship management activities;
• May be responsible for contracting negotiated agreement
• Develops and expands category knowledge in support of sourcing projects
• Develop and deploy Sourcing offering deliverables (i.e. process templates)
• Indirectly (and in certain cases directly) coach and manage Sourcing Team Members and begin to develop people (onshore and offshore) in our business
• Ensure that services are provided within assigned budgets and timelines; takes actions necessary to address any issues
• Provide input to Accenture best practices
• Monitor and provide guidance on procurement process for categories under management
• Capture and report key findings from procurement activities that can be used to gain efficiencies and or knowledge for similar engagements
• Support development of subcategory market insights materials or benchmarks
• Work with Client Delivery to ensure that services are delivered in accordance with contractual/service level obligations

Bonus Points:

• Ability to effectively lead formal strategic sourcing efforts related to Corporate & Professional Services, IT, Marketing, HR, Facilities, MRO, etc. categories
• Solid understanding of and experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Excellent communication, organization/time management, and problem-solving skills
• Exceptional multi-tasking skills with the ability to manage multiple end-to-end project lifecycles
• Strong project management and relationship-building skills
• Advanced proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Collaborative in nature to ensure both internal and external stakeholders are being managed and engaged when appropriate
• Successful track record with clients
• Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
• Knowledge of procurement operations
• Experience working directly with key stakeholders in business units

OTHERS:

Project Shift Schedule: Rotation
Project Rest Day: Rotation
Project/Team Location: Mandaluyong Robinsons Cybergate Tower 2

SKILL AND QUALIFICATIONS:

• At least 5 years combined relevant work experience in Procurement or Global Sourcing or Category Management or Contracts/Contracting

Profile Flexes:

• Base profile is in Global Sourcing or Category Management or Procurement, Global Procurement (Project is willing to flex the 5 years’ experience to a COMBINED years approach)
• Example: 3 Years Experience in Global Sourcing and 2 Years Experience in Procurement or Category Management
• Combined years approach also applies to the preferred experiences listed per profile. The preferred skills/ relevant work experiences do not need to meet the minimum 5 years (as long as these additional skills/ work experiences are reflected on the CV, project is willing to screen)

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.

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