Global Sourcing Specialist

Accenture; Metro Manila; On-site; PHP 600,000 - 800,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in the Philippines is seeking a Procurement professional to lead or support sourcing initiatives across the S2C lifecycle, including supplier outreach, RFx support, negotiations, and contract preparation.

The role leverages market intelligence to identify savings opportunities, support negotiation strategies, and highlight risks, while applying AI tools to improve efficiency. Night shift alignment for global stakeholders is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Contract Management, or Supplier Management.
• Knowledge of sourcing methodologies, supplier negotiations, and procurement best practices.
• Experience managing RFx events and supplier evaluations.
• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.
• Willingness to work on a night shift schedule supporting global stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead or support sourcing initiatives across the S2C lifecycle, including supplier outreach, RFx support, negotiations, award recommendations, and contract preparation.
• Leverage industry and supplier research, and market intelligence to perform financial and commercial analysis to support negotiation strategies, identify savings opportunities, and highlight risks.
• Assist in development of market insights and collaborate to create content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization and contributes to thought leadership.
• Support creation of category strategy in partnership with more senior resources with identified opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function.
• Apply AI and digital tools (enterprise-approved assistants, GenAI platforms) to sourcing tasks such as RFx drafting, spend classification, contract clause review, and data summarization, ensuring outputs are validated and compliant.

Skills

Procurement

Strategic Sourcing

Category Management

Contract Management

Supplier Management

Job description

About the role

Lead or support sourcing initiatives across the S2C lifecycle, including supplier outreach, RFx support, negotiations, award recommendations, and contract preparation. Leverage industry and supplier research, and market intelligence to perform financial and commercial analysis to support negotiation strategies, identify savings opportunities, and highlight risks.

Key responsibilities

• Lead or support (depending on complexity) sourcing initiatives across the S2C lifecycle, including supplier outreach, RFx support, negotiations, award recommendations, and contract preparation.

• Leverage industry and supplier research, and market intelligence to perform financial and commercial analysis to support negotiation strategies, identify savings opportunities, and highlight risks.

• Assist in development of market insights and collaborate to create content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization and contributes to thought leadership.

• Support creation of category strategy in partnership with more senior resources with identified opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function.

• Apply AI and digital tools (enterprise-approved assistants, GenAI platforms) to sourcing tasks such as RFx drafting, spend classification, contract clause review, and data summarization, ensuring outputs are validated and compliant.

Qualifications:

• At least 3 years of experience in Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Category Management, Contract Management, or Supplier Management.

• Knowledge of sourcing methodologies, supplier negotiations, and procurement best practices.

• Experience managing RFx events and supplier evaluations.

• Strong stakeholder management and client-facing communication skills.

• Willingness to work on a night shift schedule supporting global stakeholders.