DE032830-Procurement Practice Associate Manager

Accenture PLC; Mandaluyong; Hybrid; PHP 900,000 - 1,300,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC in Mandaluyong is seeking a Procurement Practice Associate Manager to lead complex sourcing projects and develop strong stakeholder relationships in a hybrid setup. The role focuses on client satisfaction, strategy development, and guiding cross-functional teams to optimize supplier negotiations and category management across Corporate & Professional Services, IT, Marketing, HR, and more.

The candidate should have extensive sourcing experience, strong communication skills, and the

Qualifications

• 7+ years of work experience
• Sourcing experience preferred
• Standard procurement knowledge
• Experience leading end-to-end projects

Responsibilities

• Lead formal strategic sourcing efforts related to multiple categories
• Develop supplier evaluation criteria and RFP documents
• Negotiate supplier agreements and leverage best practices
• Coach and manage Sourcing Team Members (onshore and offshore)
• Ensure services are delivered within budgets and timelines

Skills

Leadership

Sourcing

Stakeholder management

Excel

PowerPoint

Project management

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

ONLY THOSE APPLICANTS WHO ALREADY HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK IN THIS COUNTRY ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE

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 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

RESPONSIBILITIES

• 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: Night Shift
• Project Rest Day: Weekends Off
• Project/Team Location: Mandaluyong, Robinsons Cybergate Tower 2

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Standard Procurement only

Sourcing experience/background is preferred

With at least 7 years of work experience

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