Spend Optimization Consultant

Accenture PLC; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 35,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Accenture PLC is seeking a Spend Optimization Consultant to join the Mgmt Consulting team. The role focuses on leveraging data, AI and deep category expertise to identify and sustain procurement value, while coordinating with clients and internal teams across North America.

The candidate should have strong data analytics skills, experience in strategic sourcing, and the ability to lead workshops and travel for client visits. Bachelors required; English and French fluency is needed.

Qualifications

• 2+ years in strategic sourcing execution, category planning, contracting, negotiations.
• 2+ years in operating model, process, and policy design related to the function.
• 2+ years contributing to Integrated services.
• 2+ years working as a consultant, representing Professional Services.
• Fluent in English; willingness to interact with multi-country stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Spot and solve procurement problems using data analysis.
• Persuade senior managers about the benefit of new approaches.
• Decide methods and procedures for projects.
• Lead or participate in small-to-medium teams with diverse backgrounds.
• Ensure procurement operations support client objectives and challenge outdated approaches.

Skills

Data analytics

Sourcing & procurement

Stakeholder comms

French & English

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Ariba

Coupa

iValua

Job description

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Spend Optimization Consultant

Accenture

Spend Optimization Consultant

Mgmt Consulting Team Lead/Consultant | Mid-Level | Full time

Job Title- Spend Optimization Consultant

We are:

Supply Chain, and we move fast, think fast, and work fast. Our Fortune 500 clients need big-picture change, so we come at their challenges from all sides with functional insights, data power, digital leadership, and extensive industry know-how. It’s our job to show clients how to take major leaps forward in planning, procurement, manufacturing, and fulfillment. How do we do it? We call out the most important metrics. We cut costs. We connect suppliers and customers across the extended supply chain. And we create strategies and operating models that really work. Visit us here to find out more about Supply Chain .

You are:

As a Sourcing & Procurement professional. You know how to use data, AI, and deep category expertise to systematically identify, execute, and sustain value. And you’ve got the real life experience and analytical know-how to spot ways to cut out the hassles and cut costs.

The work:

• Spot and solve procurement, problems using your analytical skills to dive into data and check that against the real world
• Persuade senior managers at the client and Accenture about the benefit of new approaches
• Decide what methods and procedures to use when completing projects
• Work alone or lead and manage small-to-medium sized teams with diverse backgrounds, skills and knowledge as needed
• Make sure clients’ procurement operations support their overall objectives—and be ready to diplomatically challenge old fashioned approaches if needed
• Give clients insights that help make their companies work better, faster, and more efficiently
• Use digital tech to help clients find new ways to make things more cheaply, and make their organizations more effective and efficient
• Lead workshops that find ways to make procurement and client processes more efficient
• Be ready to rack up those air miles with client visits Monday to Friday

Here’s what you need:

• At least 2 years’ experience working in - strategic sourcing execution, category planning, contracting, negotiations
• At least 2 years’ experience working in Operating model, process, and policy design related to the function.
• At least 2 years’ experience contributing to Integrated services
• At least 2 years working as a consultant, representing Professional Services
• A Bachelor’s Degree
• English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
• You’ve got great data and analytics skills
• You can spot where to find new value in supply chain and procurement, and explain it simply
• You know how to run strategic cost takeout projects
• You know your way around procurement tools like Ariba, Coupa, and iValua
• You’re as good at communicating (in person and in writing) as you are at slicing and dicing data
• You’re Fluent in both French and English.

Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location,
role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time
employment, for roles that may be hired as set forth below.
The recruiting efforts for this position are intended to fill a brand new position.
The base pay range shown below is intended as a guideline to reflect the majority of offers for this role.
It does not represent a maximum limit — in some cases, actual compensation may exceed the range where appropriate.

Role Location Hourly Salary Range
British Columbia/Ontario/New Brunswick $36.25 to $60.29

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