Coupa Project Lead — Sourcing & Procurement Innovator

Accenture; Scottsdale (AZ); On-site; USD 100,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

401(k)

Bonus opportunities

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Job summary

Accenture seeks an experienced Coupa Project Lead to drive sourcing and procurement initiatives across client engagements in the United States. You will manage PMO activities, design processes, and support implementation and change management efforts to enable fast deployment.

Travel may be required and candidates should have 5+ years in Sourcing/Procurement with Coupa or Ariba P2P. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required, with opportunity to work across multiple clients.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in Sourcing and Procurement.
• 5+ years of experience with Coupa or Ariba P2P solutions or equivalent platforms.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years’ work experience). If Associate’s Degree, must have equivalent (minimum 6-year work experience)

Responsibilities

• Participating in Project Management activities (PMO, status calls, operational committee).
• Addressing both strategic and operational Sourcing and Procurement topics.
• Supporting team through problem definition, issue identification and work plan development using problem solving principles and past experience.
• Supporting process design activities, formulating the specific solutions to address prioritized requirements (Workshops, Agile prototyping).
• Supporting implementation activities for organization, processes and business content.
• Supporting Change Management activities to prepare the client for deployment and adoption (Change Program, Operating Model & Organizational alignment, Communications, Trainings).
• Executing Supplier Enablement methodology (Supply Base segmentation, Communications, Connectivity).
• Supporting the collection and analysis of large amounts of data, developing key insights / findings, and proposing solutions to Procure to Pay issues.
• Coordinating Master Data activities with the client and the technical teams.

Skills

Sourcing & Procurement

Coupa P2P

Ariba P2P

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Coupa

Ariba

Job description

Accenture seeks an experienced Coupa Project Lead to drive sourcing and procurement initiatives across client engagements in the United States. You will manage PMO activities, design processes, and support implementation and change management efforts to enable fast deployment.

Travel may be required and candidates should have 5+ years in Sourcing/Procurement with Coupa or Ariba P2P. A bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required, with opportunity to work across multiple clients.