Skill required: Category Management - Category Management Strategy
Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:5 to 8 years
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What would you do? Go beyond processing purchase orders at lower costs to help clients reap savings and value from the billions they spend on the goods and services that run their day-to-day business operations. You will be a part of Supply Chain Management team where in you will be accountable to manage the Supply Chain and provide insights which will help in increasing efficiency by doing away with waste and facilitating greater profits. It also involves management of the flow of goods and services and including all processes that transform raw materials into final products. You will develop category management strategy by driving down the total cost of targets goods/services with solution that meet business needs through proactive development and execution of the appropriate strategies. This further optimizes the business outcomes of sourcing, procurement enablement and transaction processing through category specific contract management, supplier relationship management, and procurement performance management.
What are we looking for? · Team leadership experience · Understanding of the full procurement to pay processes and associated technologies · Ability to track work effectiveness and efficiency through structured performance indicators and service level agreements with the client · Good communication skills · Work planning, progress tracking, and project management · Ability to diagnose work priority requirements and plan accordingly · Maintaining a positive work atmosphere especially in times of pressure and issues · At least 5 years of professional procurement and or team leaders experience · You previously worked in a field related to Procurement or Finance · You have experience working on ERP/e-procurement systems (SAP, Oracle, Ivalua, Coupa, Ariba…)
Roles and Responsibilities: You will serve as a senior lead supporting the Service Delivery manager with operations for a global manufacturing Client. You will be responsible to oversee and supervise a team of up to 20 people delivering procurement day-to-day operations, with the objective that all services are delivered in accordance to agreed procedures, policy and target performance metrics. In addition, you will lead ad-hoc projects and system / tech implementations from the Operational point of View and work closely with internal stakeholders to ensure that Accenture best practices are implemented across all workstreams. Lastly, you will be counted on as an escalation point of contact to liaise with the client stakeholders to solve operational related issues or expedited requests. Your key responsibilities will include: · Leading the team such that it operates as an integral extension of our client’s organization · Monitoring team members’s performance and providing guidance to achieve desired productivity levels · Oversee onboarding of new team members including communications and introduction to the client · Assist our team leaders group with ad-hoc projects and day-to-day delivery. · Be involved in transformation type projects and work on continuously improving operational procedures. · Ensure the continuity of delivery by monitoring performance metrics and performing analysis of available data sources. · Provide support to the team, act as a point of contact between team members and the Client · Monitor SLAs and KPIs, work on escalations and problem management · Lead by example, inspire the team and create an environment that encourages innovation, creativity, and critical thinking What’s more, you get to deepen your knowledge on market-leading applications (ERP, Procurement, Service Management…) and you have the chance to lead process design, automation initiatives, reporting and a lot of other exciting stuff.

Any Graduation

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