Procurement Practice Associate Manager

Skill required: Enablement - Market Intelligence
Designation: Procurement Practice Associate Manager
Qualifications:BCom/MCom
Years of Experience:10 to 14 years
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
What would you do? The Supplier Assure powered by SynOps team is part of Accenture Operations Procurement, Supply Chain and Network (PSN) business vertical, providing dedicated and shared support services for our external and internal operations. This includes dealing with a diverse set of hardware, software, and service suppliers, who may be client-retained vendors or Accenture third-party sub-contractors. Our core areas of expertise are to ensure offerings Third Party Risk Assessment – Supplier Performance Management-Supplier Relationship Management – Innovation works in loop all together to deliver effectively & efficiently and power businesses around the globe but are not limited to the relation in between and each workstream can work independently to ensure seamless deliverables and meeting client expectations.
What are we looking for? Must Have: Minimum 12 years of relevant experience in Supplier Risk Management or Procurement domain of which Minimum 3 years of experience working with and influencing multiple stakeholders including senior leadership. Minimum 4 year of experience in client facing roles - directly responsible for delivering on (either two or more areas of) significant pieces of scope, quality, budget, resources, and delivery schedule. Minimum 7 years of experience in Business Operations Management, Project Management or similar domain. Minimum 2 years of experience in working with virtual teams. Candidate should be able to demonstrate good understanding of minimum 4 skill sets from the above and should be able to provide at least 1 to 2 real life scenario(s) and outcome as example(s) of his/ her expertise in all skills sets as below: Third Party Risk Management Supplier segmentation Supplier due diligence Service request fulfilment Strong communication skills - candidate should be able to demonstrate his/ her ability to drive effective and articulate communications with senior internal and client leadership. Ensuring strict adherence to Accenture’s Anti-Corruption, Anti-Bribery, Client Data Protection, and other similar regulatory or compliance policies in-force and in accordance with Accenture’s Core Values. •Moderate Expertise on Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.) and knows at basics of Microsoft Project (MPP), Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Visio. • Good to Have: Quality Program and/ or Training experience. IACCM Ability to lead and innovate in the delivery of operational activities proactively and independently. Technology Management experience. Understanding and development of Macros, Visual Basics, Process automations, etc. ESG experience Educational Qualification and Certification Must Have: Diploma/ B.E./ B. Tech in E&TC/ CS/ IT OR B.Com/ B.Sc/ CA/ CA Intern Good to Have: Certification in ITIL Foundation Certification in IACCM Certification in CPSM Any other domain certificates
Roles and Responsibilities: •Supplier Assure Associate Manager requires the resource to be responsible for managing one or more strategic supplier relationships - either managed or sub-contractor. These suppliers are typically core to the Accenture Operations internal as well external commercial offerings. Some key responsibilities for the potential candidate including but not limited to are as enlisted below: Understand and develop Supplier Assure based on deals framework. Efficiently manage core processes and sub-processes for in-scope deliverables for: Third Party Risk Management: Develop and implement third-party risk management policies and procedures; Develop and govern third-party risk management program to ensure ongoing monitoring of vendor risk and performance; Ensure that the company s third-party risk management program aligns with industry best practices and regulatory requirements; Collaborate with key stakeholders, such as Legal, Procurement, and Information Security, to ensure that vendor risk management is integrated into other relevant processes; Govern and report on the performance of the third-party risk management program and identify areas for improvement Supplier segmentation: differentiating your supply in terms of their influence and the risks they bring is a process. Supplier due diligence: Oversee the due diligence process to verify the vendor s compliance with company standards, regulations, and policies. Service delivery: ensuring that client/user service requests are met according to agreed-upon SLA/KPIs and that we are meeting project requirements. Develop, drive and sustain qualitative delivery outputs via continuous improvement in supplier delivery, automation and target-based savings for the project. Implement Automation and CSI initiatives enabling Cost to Serve (CTS) benefits, productivity gains of 15% or more. Identify upsell opportunity in your deal & support solution, client visit and sales pipeline for Supplier Assure deals. Design processes required for errorless & noise free delivery in terms of Scope of Work. Ensuring best market practice and relevant past experience vital in enhancing current processes External and internal stakeholder management Upskill self on digital platforms & tools like Ariba, SAP, Apex, Coupa, ServiceNow, Power BI, etc. Effective management of attritions with excellent people handling skills. People engagement, development and management with strict adherence to Accenture’s policies on people/ HR as application and in-force.

BCom,MCom

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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