Sourcing & Procurement Management Senior Manager

Accenture • Milwaukee, WI

22h

About The Position

We are: Supply Chain, and we move fast, think fast, and work fast. Our Fortune 500 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 planning, procurement, manufacturing, and fulfillment while becoming more sustainable and resilient. How do we do it? We call out the most important metrics. We cut costs, optimize capital, improve response times and consider ESG values. We connect suppliers and customers across the extended supply chain. And we create strategies and operating models that really work. You are: A Supply Chain and Operations professional who helps clients develop strategies and operating models that integrate planning, procurement, product design, manufacturing, and/or fulfillment functions within an organization, as well as connect suppliers and customers across the extended supply chains. You use your data skills to develop and implement strategies that improve the entire supply chain process by applying cost efficiency, increasing business effectiveness, and creating synergies and collaboration across companies. 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 Interactive Immersed 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. As a Senior Manager, you will be responsible for running all aspects of client cost optimization or process optimization projects, including project and people management, client and supplier communications, supplier negotiations, and delivery of project results. You will also actively lead and mentor our consultant and analyst resources

Requirements

• 10+ years relevant professional experience (procurement and strategic sourcing)
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field.
• Travel may be required for this role. The amount of travel will vary from 0 to 100% depending on business need and client requirements.
• Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States.

Nice To Haves

• You have the proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Management consulting experience with a well-regarded firm (strongly preferred)
• You excel in building and developing relationships, overseeing complex programs, and demonstrating leadership
• You have earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to present comfortably to senior executives
• Strong work ethic and high level of integrity
• An interest and passion for supporting the development of junior team members
• Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)
• Ability to effectively plan and manage multiple projects, tasks, and/or initiatives simultaneously
• Demonstrated project management and management consulting skills
• Strong analytical skills including the ability to manage resources performing complex analytics to develop client decision support data

Responsibilities

• Develop overall project plans and lead all parts of the client engagement
• Manage project support resources and coordinate with subject matter experts from within and outside the firm
• Develop creative client strategies and recommendations
• Present updates and recommendations to client executives
• Build consensus among client stakeholders
• Develop and nurture relationships with clients
• Support in developing internal strategies, intellectual capital, and deliverables
• Support client sales origination
• Strategic sourcing (both within companies and across private equity portfolios)
• Procurement process reengineering
• Spend analysis and savings opportunity diagnostic
• Pre-purchase due diligence
• Make vs. buy decision analysis
• Benchmarking and best practices implementation

Benefits

• Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees