This role can sit anywhere in the US as long as it is near an Accenture Corporate Office
We are:
Sourcing & Procurement, and we move fast, think fast, and work fast. Our clients need big-picture change, so we come at their challenges from all sides with functional insights, data power, digital leadership, and extensive industry know-how. It's our job to show clients how to take major leaps forward in cost-out, strategic category management, and procurement operations.
You are:
A Sourcing and Procurement professional who helps clients develop strategies and operating models to advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line financial impact. You use your data skills to develop and implement strategies that improve the value and performance delivered by clients' supply base, while establishing strategic procurement category plans and processes to sustain long-term value. You've also got the communication skills to make sure that everyone understands your ideas and how to get them working as quickly as possible. Your experience means that people look to you for guidance and ideas. And you know how to make sure teams get their work done on time, every time.
The work:
There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that's why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to begin a rewarding career at Accenture in a digitally compassionate and innovation-led environment, here is where you can help top clients shift to the new using leading-edge technologies on the most ground-breaking projects imaginable.
Whether identifying opportunities to reduce clients' costs and environmental impacts or proposing innovative solutions that curb the effect of soaring prices and longer lead times,
Accenture's Sourcing & Procurement team delivers tangible business results for our clients - while also enhancing the employee experience, customer satisfaction, and community impact.
Consultants provide the foundation for all these client-facing activities. With direction from the firm's experienced leadership, you will play a critical role in building and providing analyses and recommendations that will be the basis for key client decision making relative to their sourcing and procurement strategies. You will be accountable for:
Solving challenging problems and applying creativity and innovation
Creating robust sourcing strategies and cost-out recommendations
Driving category insights, analysis and benchmarking
Building and reviewing robust analytics models via Excel, Alteryx, SQL
Synthesizing disparate data sources into insights and clear deliverables
Working with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements
Nurturing relationships with client stakeholders
Facilitating development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables
Developing presentations and key deliverables to support decision making
Communicating findings and recommendations to internal teams and client stakeholders
Achieving excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives
Travel Requirements:
Travel is required for this role and could vary from 10-50%.