Sourcing & Procurement Plastics/Resins Management Consultant - NASPFY26

Accenture • Kirkland, WA

1d • $59,100 - $205,800

About The Position

We are: Sourcing & Procurement, 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. You are: A Sourcing and Procurement professional with Resins or Plastics experience who helps clients develop strategies and operating models to advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line financial impact. You use your data skills to develop and implement strategies that improve the value and performance delivered by clients’ supply base, while establishing strategic procurement category plans and processes to sustain long-term value. You also have 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’ resins or plastics 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. Consultants provide the foundation for all these client-facing activities, with direction from the firm’s experienced leadership. You will play a critical role in building and providing analyses and recommendations that will be the basis for key client decision making relative to their energy strategies and procurement.

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience executing Strategic Sourcing projects/programs
• Minimum 1 year of experience working in the Consulting or Resins & Plastics fields.
• A bachelor’s degree in engineering, chemistry, business, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

• You have deep category and procurement expertise in one or more type of resin (i.e., Polyethylene, Polystyrene, PET, etc.) or plastics manufacturing (i.e., blow molding, thermoforming, etc.)
• You have a strong understanding of resin and feedstock markets, including but not limited to: should-costing, tariff mitigation, spot vs contract buying, etc.
• You are comfortable in an entrepreneurial, performance-driven environment and a capacity for innovation and process improvement
• You have demonstrated abilities in problem solving and independent decision-making capabilities.
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
• Experience with Microsoft Office products (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), including the ability to develop and interpret complex models and ad-hoc reports.
• Ability to effectively take on multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously.
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Solving challenging problems and applying creativity and innovation
• Creating robust sourcing strategies and recommendations
• Driving category insights, analysis and benchmarking
• Synthesizing disparate data sources into insights and clear deliverables
• Working with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements
• Nurturing relationships with client stakeholders
• Facilitating development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables
• Developing presentations and key deliverables to support decision making
• Conducting negotiations with suppliers and driving results through creative negotiation strategies
• Communicating findings and recommendations to internal teams and client stakeholders
• Achieving excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives
• Supporting Accenture’s Plastics Center of Excellence by creating deliverable content (case studies, whitepapers, etc.) and documenting Plastics category knowledge to support internal knowledge share and broader firm business development / sales opportunities

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: Mid Level