Procurement Strategy & Analytics Consultant

Accenture; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 206,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture in California is seeking a Sourcing & Procurement professional to help clients develop strategies and operating models that advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line impact. You will leverage data skills to improve value across supply bases, establish category plans, and deliver executive-ready insights quickly.

You will work on identifying opportunities to reduce costs, improve supplier performance, and lead analytical efforts to support decision making.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2.5 years of experience executing Strategic Sourcing projects/programs.
• Minimum 2.5 years of experience developing and executing cost optimization strategies.
• Strong acumen surrounding problem solving and data analytics tools (e.g. Excel, Alteryx, SQL, R, Power BI); experience developing complex models with advanced functions; demonstrated ability to structure data, check and “QA” models, and build executive-ready dashboards and summaries.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience.

Responsibilities

• Solving challenging problems and applying creativity and innovation.
• Creating robust sourcing strategies and cost-out recommendations.
• Driving category insights, analysis and benchmarking.
• Building and reviewing robust analytics models via Excel, Alteryx, SQL.
• Synthesizing disparate data sources into insights and clear deliverables.
• Working with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements.
• Nurturing relationships with client stakeholders.
• Facilitating development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables.
• Developing presentations and key deliverables to support decision making.
• Communicating findings and recommendations to internal teams and client stakeholders.
• Achieving excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives.

Skills

Sourcing

Procurement

Cost optimization

Data analytics

Problem solving

Dashboards

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience

Tools

Excel

Alteryx

SQL

R

Power BI

Job description

Accenture in California is seeking a Sourcing & Procurement professional to help clients develop strategies and operating models that advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line impact. You will leverage data skills to improve value across supply bases, establish category plans, and deliver executive-ready insights quickly.

You will work on identifying opportunities to reduce costs, improve supplier performance, and lead analytical efforts to support decision making.