Sourcing & Procurement Management Chemicals Center of Excellence Lead Senior Manager - NASPFY26

Accenture•Atlanta, GA

12d•Remote

About The Position

Accenture's Sourcing & Procurement team delivers tangible business results for clients by identifying opportunities to reduce chemicals costs and environmental impacts, or proposing innovative solutions that curb the effect of soaring prices and longer lead times. As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for running most aspects of client cost optimization or procurement process optimization projects, including project management, client and supplier communications, supplier negotiations, and delivery of results. You will also actively lead and mentor our junior staff resources. As Accenture’s Chemicals Center of Excellence leader, you will play an important role in deepening our expertise and knowledge capture to support business development opportunities while helping scale Accenture’s chemicals sourcing capabilities.

Requirements

Minimum of 7+ years of experience executing strategic sourcing and procurement projects/programs
4+ years in chemicals sourcing or chemicals negotiations
Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience)
Strong analytical skills including the ability to manage resources performing complex analytics to develop client decision support data
Ability to effectively plan and manage multiple projects, tasks, and/or initiatives simultaneously, especially related to chemicals projects
Strong work ethic and high level of integrity

Nice To Haves

Proven experience sourcing a broad range of types of chemicals such as Chlor-Alkali (e.g., Caustic Soda), Petrochemicals, Specialty Chemicals (e.g., excipients)
Consulting experience with a well-regarded firm

Responsibilities

Developing project plans and leading some or all parts of the client engagement
Managing project support resources and coordinating with subject matter experts from within and outside the firm
Developing creative cost reduction strategies and recommendations
Presenting to client executives
Building consensus among client stakeholders
Developing and nurture relationships with clients
Assessing client expenditures and identifying targets to reduce costs and improve quality
Reengineering procurement processes
Manage Chemicals Center of Excellence sales target, sales pipeline
Lead sales calls providing category expertise with clients
Coach and develop internal team members career growth plans
Provide chemicals industry thought leadership and benchmarking
Create and curate deliverable content (POV slides, case studies, whitepapers, etc.)
Build and expand internal category knowledge capture and technologies