Your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, curiosity and best true self to work.

In Accenture Operations we rethink the way people work and businesses perform by harnessing the power of rich data for decision-making, innovative technology, and advanced machine intelligence.

By being part of our team, you will work from Monday to Friday, 09:00-18:00 in a 90% remote setup.

The Corporate&HR Procurement Practice Associate Manager will:

• Lead sourcing exercises including RFIs and RFPs in the delivery of the category strategy and market unit objectives;

• Lead upfront market research and supplier identification for category projects;

• Business partner stakeholders to ensure delivery is aligned to procurement and stakeholder objectives;

• Work collaboratively with suppliers and stakeholders to lead, communicate and support sourcing and category management activities;

• Provide analysis for necessary sourcing activities to maintain the competitiveness of category contracts;

• Build trusted partnerships with our supplier panel to deliver our strategy and market unit objectives;

• Manage KPI reporting of supplier performance, and identify opportunities for data to improve the delivery of our category strategy;

• Perform total cost of ownership analyses for the evaluation of continuous cost improvement projects;

• Gather monthly performance-related data and prepare executive reports and presentations;

• Support supply market research for your category;

• Support sales & business development, spend & contract analysis, and category planning activities;

• Perform numerous complex problem-solving functions to ensure customer satisfaction with Accenture’s services;

• Ensure communication flows between the relevant functions at a local and global level that are involved in delivering the category strategy;

• Develop excellent working relationships with customer stakeholders at both the corporate and business unit level;

• Support P2P processes as required in delivery of procurement services to key category stakeholders;

• Proactively present recommendations for efficiency, innovative ideas, cost optimization strategies, and new ways of working to the customer/stakeholder in an advisory capacity.

Skills that make your work successful:

• Dutch and English advanced speaker, at least B2 level;

• Bachelor’s degree (nice to have);

• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, procurement and supplier management;

• Proven knowledge of procurement methodology and sourcing execution with demonstrated success negotiating complex purchasing agreements in this category;

• Ability to manage multiple projects, adopt a flexible approach and prioritize tasks appropriately;

• Comfortable navigating and communicating in a multicultural and broad environment and with all levels of the organization;

• Strong stakeholder management, relationship building, and communication skills aligned to a proactive customer-focused approach;

• Forward and solution minded, team player and with high degree of self-management;

• Comfortable working in a matrix type organization;

• Possess a desire to learn and deliver as a true team player.

Employee Benefits – Be well, work well, live well

Be at your physical best & take advantage of additional financial support:

• Flexible medical & dental subscription plan with Regina Maria;

• Nutrition counselling & Wellness subscriptions (7Card, Worldclass, SanoPass, or other providers);

• Benefit Online platform for gift vouchers, transportation passes, vacation, cultural activities and many others;

• Discount on Accenture shares through Employee Shares Purchase Plan;

• Referral bonus, depending on the career level of the job opening;

• Life insurance for you and your loved ones.

Follow your purpose:

• 23 vacation days with our loyalty scheme, granting additional days: 1 extra day after 2 years, another after 5 years, and an additional day every 3 years until reaching a total of 30 vacation days;

• Additional private pension plan, starting the second month of employment;

• Flexible working hours depending on project specifics;

• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities;

• Communities of interest: sport, volunteering, and employees' resources groups (parents, mental health allies, Pride, disability, expats).

Care for you and your loved ones:

• Psychological and psychotherapy counselling support;

• Premium access to well-being apps (Calm and Wysa);

• Children educational reimbursement;

• Support for adoption & psychological, financial and legal sessions for everyone in your household.

At the heart of change, there is a great human. Bring your ideas, ingenuity and passion and be part of our team!

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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