Skill required: Sourcing & Procurement - Sourcing and Procurement Strategy
Designation: Delivery Operations Team Lead
Qualifications:BTech/Bachelors of Information Technology
Years of Experience:7 to 10 years
About Accenture
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What would you do? As a member of the Technology sourcing practice, you will be responsible for identifying cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spend across a wide array of leading companies and industries. You will lead IT sourcing projects, including all key steps such as IT strategy development, RFx management, risk management/mitigation, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution. You will work with the legal and technical teams to facilitate the negotiations of the legal and technical terms in a contract and execute it. You will also provide IT industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analyses to clients, support the development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity, and collaborate with Technology Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization. You will pursue and develop senior-level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts and support account relationship plans. Key activities include: • Supplier outreach, RFx events, negotiations, awards, and contract execution. • Supporting development of category strategies and roadmaps aligned to client business goals. • Conducting supplier/market analysis to inform negotiation strategies and outcomes. • Applying AI and digital tools to streamline workflows, reporting, and delivery accuracy. • Contributing to market intelligence and thought leadership for clients and internal teams. • Supporting business development with assessments, due diligence, and case studies.
What are we looking for? • 7 –10 years in strategic sourcing, category management, or consulting, with expertise in Category. Experience engaging suppliers & adapting across spend areas • Sourcing & Procurement Expertise: Hands-on in category strategy support, sourcing events, supplier evaluation, & negotiations. Able to balance execution excellence with emerging advisory responsibilities • Skills: Strong numeric/text analysis with financial/commercial evaluation of supplier proposals; ability to translate data into actionable strategies • Leadership & Collaboration: Manages own workstreams, mentors’ peers/juniors in sourcing, AI literacy, procurement practices, and Category • Stakeholder Engagement: Builds trusted supplier/stakeholder relationships; tailors communication for executives and partners AI Literacy: o Practical, consistent use of AI assistants for S2C tasks with judgment & quality control o Translate business goals into clear prompts, iterate quickly, validate outputs, and refine documents (tables, tracked changes, scans/PDFs) o Candidates with S2C experience welcome; those without AI background must demonstrate adaptability, curiosity, & structured thinking
Roles and Responsibilities: Execute sourcing across S2C lifecycle: supplier outreach, RFx events, negotiations, awards, and contracting. • Support development of category strategies, pipelines, and roadmaps using research and financial/commercial analysis. • Analyze supplier proposals/contracts to optimize results and inform negotiations. • Embed AI and digital tools into sourcing workflows to streamline operations and reporting. • Deliver business development support including assessments, due diligence, and case studies. • Produce market intelligence and thought leadership content for clients and stakeholders. • Mentor and coach peers/juniors in sourcing, AI use, procurement practices, and Category. • Build trusted relationships with suppliers and stakeholders; adapt communication for executives and functions. • Manage multiple projects independently in dynamic environments while contributing to shared services/matrix structures. • Drive continuous improvement and innovation in procurement practices and ecosystems. • Travel up to 50% to client sites. • Other Competencies: o Strong project management in dynamic environments. o Self-starter, adaptable, growth-oriented problem-solver. o Strong storytelling/communication skills for stakeholders and C-suite. o Emerging business development support: due diligence, contracts, case studies. o Tools: Proficient in procurement platforms, Microsoft Office, AI tools.

BTech,Bachelors of Information Technology

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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