Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Skill required: Contract Services - Contract Negotiations
Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:5 to 8 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 & lead negotiations by focusing on mutual strategic interests & remaining unconditionally constructive to promote an enduring business relationship. Manage the overall contracting process by collaborating with client & Accenture procurement, legal, & business teams to get to an agreement.
What are we looking for? Draft and negotiate contracts based on client templates, in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with client standards; Past experience with drafting agreements in Procurement area; Coordinate and perform contract analysis, including redlines and negotiations with client legal and other stakeholders, as well as suppliers to: Negotiate business terms and collaborate, coordinate, and be able to explain risks and implications of contract terms to the business and other stakeholders.? Complete gap analyses, review, redline, and understand contract language, risks and implications of such language. Draft commercial terms as needed. Prepare and disseminate information regarding contract status, compliance and modifications as well as partnering with cross-functional teams to maintain effective contracting procedures and ensuring adherence to regional/global category strategies; Consulting and escalating positioning issues which are not solved satisfactorily by the project team in a timely manner; Ensure that at all times written guidelines and client policies are followed and/or required SME input is obtained throughout the process (eg, privacy, finance, international and domestic taxation, custom •Manage multiple projects independently with the ability to resolve negotiation issues in a timely manner, escalating as appropriate and push a deal through to execution; Manage projects within Accenture’s proprietary or client workflow tools to document each step of the contract formation process. Maintenance and facilitation of records including updates, amendments and archiving of inactive contracts based on client schedule and requests. Enable Contract content and Load Contracts / Agreements as per schedule / approved client requests. Legal degree with between 4 years of experience, or relevant contract management experience required with between 6 years of experience; In depth experience working with a variety of contract types (i.e. preparing, reviewing and negotiating) and contract processes; Be able to identify legal risk in various contract types; Must be able to recognize, identify and clearly be able to explain business and convey legal positions; Impactful experience working within cross-functional and/or global teams of contracting and / or procurement professionals and aligning with established performance expectations;
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of increasingly complex problems • Your day to day interactions are with peers within Accenture • You are likely to have some interaction with clients and/or Accenture management • You will be given minimal instruction on daily work/tasks and a moderate level of instruction on new assignments • Decisions that are made by you impact your own work and may impact the work of others • In this role you would be an individual contributor and/or oversee a small work effort and/or team • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts

Any Graduation