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Job Description

Skill required: Procurement management - Procurement Strategy and Planning Designation: Associate Manager Job Location: Gurugram Qualifications: Any Graduation Years of Experience: 10-14 years About Accenture Operations 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, Interactive, Technology and Operations services all powered by the world s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 674,000 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 You will be aligned with our Procurement vertical and help us in the process of finding and agreeing to terms, and acquiring goods, services, or works from an external source, often via a tendering or competitive bidding process. Procurement is used to ensure the buyer receives goods, services, or works at the best possible price when aspects such as quality, quantity, time, and location are compared.You will be working as a part of Procurement management team which uses a systematic approach for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable. They are involved in the identification of need, finding and qualifying the suppliers, requesting proposals, negotiating with suppliers, contracting, delivery and analyzing results.The Procurement Strategy and Planning team is responsible for establishing long-range plans for ensuring a timely supply of goods and/or services that are critical to our firms ability to meet its core business objectives. The team is focused on ensuring on-time delivery of materials at the designated place from suppliers while managing any queries during the process. Coordinating with suppliers & other stakeholders, determining expediting methodology, keeping track of delivery schedules, inspections, PO amendments, project milestones, & post-PO management will all be critical elements. The role may require you to have experience working in Direct or Indirect (CAPEX, MRO) categories, knowledge of PO Processing, Vendor Master Data, Tactical Buying / Spot Buys, RFx, Procurement Help Desk functions, Process Optimization, QA Framework, etc. What are we looking for We are looking for individuals who have the following skillset:
• Category Management Strategy
• Procurement Management
• QlikView
• Microsoft Excel
• Ability to establish strong client relationship
• Ability to handle disputes
• Written and verbal communication
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Corporate planning & strategic planning
It would be a value add if you are proficient in:
• Coupa Sourcing
Roles and Responsibilities
• In this role, you need to analyze and solve moderately complex problems
• You will typically be creating new solutions, leveraging and, where needed, adapting existing methods and procedures
• The role requires a clear understanding of the strategic direction set by senior management as it relates to team goals
• You will need to hold monthly meaningful conversations with team members to discuss performance, coaching and feedback, training needs, and career discussions
• You will need to monitor & drive team performance, including throughput and quality as per defined metrics
• Your primary upward interaction is with a direct supervisor or team leads
• You will generally interact with peers and/or management levels with clients or internal stakeholders
• You will be provided with minimal guidance when determining methods and procedures on new assignments
• Decisions that you make often impact the team in which they reside and occasionally impact other teams
• You would be managing medium-small sized teams and/or work efforts at a client or within Accenture.
Please note this role may require you to work in rotational shifts.,

Keyskills :
salesmanagementmiscustomer relationsqualitymaster datavendor mastertraining needsbusiness processteam performancesenior managementsystematic approach