Job Title: Procurement+ External Talent Strategic Programs Lead (Services)

Management Level: L8 Associate Manager Consultant

Location: Bengaluru (as a priority)/ Mumbai

Must have skills:

• Advanced in analytics and the ability to analyze specifications and explain the data
• Strong project management eexperience
• Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management
• Ability to break down complex scenarios into executable tasks
• Strong communicator in both spoken and written with confidence in communication to senior stakeholders and broader community
• Strong understanding of Procurement processes & External talent Industry
• Procurement and Talent experience
• Experience in sourcing, contract negotiation and supplier management in Services
• Deep Microsoft Excel and PPT skills

Experience: min 8-10 years relevant procurement experience

Educational Qualification: A master’s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, procurement, talent or comparable professional education. Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree with a proven multi-year track record in the above areas

Job Summary:
Within the Global Procurement Plus (P+) organization delivering for Accenture internal client, the External Talent (ET) Strategic Programs Lead (Services), will design, define, evolve & innovate the ET Services supply chain strategy for Services. Working closely with P+ projects, tools teams on related technology deployments and with P+ Operations teams on execution and delivery of Services engagements.

This role will involve building and maintaining strong business relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, supporting External Talent Market leads with market supplier strategy and alignment to strategic projects for Services. In addition, the role will involve communicating and negotiating with internal and external stakeholders on supplier contracting strategy and ongoing support to facilitate global and local initiatives & implementations

Roles & Responsibilities:

• Strategic Program Management
  • Work in alignment with ET leads to support implementation of Global & Regional ET strategic goals for the “Galaxy” Services program
  • Project manage / monitor at global level the progress of ET Services program by collaborating with MU team members
  • Support global, regional and pillar specific stakeholder relationships, including demand management, sales/ opportunities, analytics and market information
  • Actively participate and present in ET community calls.
  • Collaborate with all ET MU Leads or members
  • Leverage industry & market information to inform Accenture’s ETM services strategy
  • Monitor and support highly complex work in Delivery
  • Actively participate in innovative initiatives
• Reporting:
  • Provide best practices and oversight, ensure global alignment on metrics and definitions and driving to single source of truth.
  • Periodically audit the source data, calculations, measurement processes, report accuracy, etc.
  • Manage continuous improvements on Data, Reporting/ Dashboards and Processes with the Data and Insights Team to support the Delivery teams, stakeholders and P+ leadership so that insights can be derived for discussion & decision making
  • Periodically (annually / quarterly / as strategic objectives change), drive discussions with leadership and/ or operation leads (BU planners, BPMs etc.) to re-evaluate effectiveness of metrics / KPIs.
  • Drive Ad-hoc reporting analysis required by management to support Global programs alongside ET Services Program
  • Oversee the long-term strategy to integrate Fieldglass data into the data lake
• Services Enablement & Services Value:
  • With global P+ lens on, calibrate on an overall Services action plan as one team in terms of new opportunities, scope, preferred suppliers, stakeholder engagement with and fulfilment of Services
  • Derive how Services value can be realized through metrics and estimate value
  • Showcase how P+ is delivering Services for Accenture at global/ local levels in terms of value realized to stakeholders by generating success stories/ value frameworks
  • Actively steer future strategy through P+ Services lens
  • Work with the P+ technology teams on R2P process for MUs and suppliers.
  • Support the Field Glass (FG) Opportunity team & leadership to identify countries for future FG deployments, weigh considerations in terms of impact analysis for operations
  • Deploy & adhere to global procurement process, tools and templates
• Team Cohesiveness:
  • Actively participate in ET Regional & Global sessions and foster team spirit at local level
  • Build and empower the ET community: Schedule team meetings, encourage synergies, improve knowledge gathering/ repository and drive knowledge sharing.

Professional & Technical Skills:

• Advanced in analytics and the ability to analyze specifications and explain the data
• Strong project management eexperience
• Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management
• Ability to break down complex scenarios into executable tasks
• Strong communicator in both spoken and written with confidence in communication to senior stakeholders and broader community
• Deep Microsoft Excel and PPT skills
• Ability to understand client requirements and executing Procurement strategies to meet those requirements
• Strong capability to independently interact throughout the broader Accenture organization
• Strong analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
• Strong knowledge of procurement tools content and data analysis
• Forward, out of the box thinking and an innovative, disruptive, and open mindset
• Fluent in English, spoken and written

Additional Information:

• Other details:
  • This position is based at our Bengaluru office
  • Traveling to other office locations is occasionally required
  • Role is hybrid with both office and work from home, unless stated by local office requirements

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• Experience
  • Deep working experience in ET industry, with Procurement & Talent’ experience
  • Extensive experience in sourcing, contract negotiation and supplier management
  • Good understanding of Procurement processes
  • Good understanding of ET industry
  • Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
  • Experience in governance management
  • Owned ROI measurement & reporting
  • Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
  • Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
  • BI dashboard skills desired
• Qualifications:
  • A master’s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, procurement, talent or comparable professional education
  • Alternatively, a bachelor’s degree with a proven multi-year track record in the above areas
  • SIA CCWP Certification desired

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