Procurement Practice Analyst

Skill required: Enablement - Category Management Strategy
Designation: Procurement Practice Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:3 to 5 years
About Accenture
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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 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. Develop category 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.
What are we looking for? The Catalog Enablement team will demonstrate the ability to support multiple projects, offer solutions and escalate issues and manage the enablement of Catalog according to the project plan Ensure Catalog strategy is in alignment with respective category strategy to manage supply base (preferred suppliers with preferred pricing Work with Category Mangers to develop enablement strategy with wave approach for targeted suppliers Drive Catalog deployment for e-Catalogs and maintenance of Catalog as well as management of Catalog staging processes (includes collection, preparation, review, approval and publishing) Responsible for administration / maintenance of Catalogs for all categories and applicable suppliers Alignment and coordination with suppliers regarding Catalog and ongoing Catalog maintenance; educate and communicate suppliers with Catalog enablement process, requirements, timelines and readiness Develop and implement appropriate Catalog strategies, encompassing all categories of spend and based on best practices and industry knowledge Act in the role of subject matter expert and provide guidance and direction regarding COUPA transaction processing Act as primary conduit for P2P Catalog enablement linked to the Client Collaborate with clients to develop supplier on-boarding objectives, targets, and strategies; define target supplier segments, early payment offers, and other incentives. Design and implement onboarding and communication strategy to promote supplier registration, e-invoicing, and other objectives for clients Work with the broader Supplier Management team to ensure suppliers register Provide hands-on experience and lead by example by managing multiple clients and their targeted suppliers Collect information and analyze it to identify how well enablement is working, reporting these metrics to clients and adjust the enablement strategy and messaging accordingly to deliver Educate suppliers who are going through the enablement process and address any concerns that they have. In some cases, escalating concerns to the client Proactively identify, propose and implement process improvement, standardization and simplification activity Reinforce program adherence with identified suppliers and internal stakeholders as a part of change management Act as a subject matter expert and assist in the development of internal training and development programs
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of lower-complexity problems • Your day to day interaction is with peers within Accenture before updating supervisors • In this role you may have limited exposure with clients and/or Accenture management • You will be given moderate level instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instructions on new assignments • The decisions you make impact your own work and may impact the work of others • You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a focused scope of work • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts

Any Graduation