Procurement Category Associate Manager, Technology – Software, IT Professional Services and Managed Services
Full time @Accenture posted 5 hours ago in Accounting / Finance Shortlist Email JobJob Detail
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Job ID 17835
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Experience 5 Years
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Qualifications Degree Bachelor
Job Description
“The Work:
Work collaboratively with global client organizations, practice leadership, market leading technology providers, and client stakeholders to identify project pipelines, create category plans and execute continuous value, process and service improvement projects across a wide array of clients and industries.
Lead end to end sourcing projects to drive client value, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution
Leverage industry and supplier research, market intelligence (both internal and externally sourced) to perform financial and commercial analyses of IT contracts to advise clients in optimizing their IT Investments aligned to market leading strategies.
Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activities and collaborate with Technology Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization and published thought leadership for clients.
Pursue and develop senior level stakeholder relationships at priority client accounts, support account stakeholder relationship plans
Lead Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function
Mentor sourcing team on technology sourcing best practices with a special emphasis on technology market trends and insights, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies and contracting best practice
Lead advisory and sourcing execution delivery as a team leader, with focus on client satisfaction and delivery financials.
Engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits through support of contract assessments, client due diligence calls, and presenting the practice delivery approach and case studies
Here’s What You Need:
Minimum of 5 years of experience in strategic sourcing/category management, procurement advisory/consulting, focused on Software and IT Services categories:
Software: including SaaS, ELAs with major vendors, maintenance renewals, security, and Platform-as-a-Service
Services: services related software, application or cloud professional services including systems integration, cloud managed services, and application services, including requirements development and commercial
Bonus points if:
Bachelor’s degree
Ability to effectively lead formal strategic sourcing efforts and client procurement advisory related to Software and Cloud as primary accountability, with awareness of Infrastructure, Managed Services, and Telecom, and strong interest in expanding expertise across all technology categories as part of long-term growth.
Interest in leading development of market intelligence, industry trends, and thought leadership, with a goal of establishing yourself as a trusted advisor to clients and subject-matter expert.
Strong critical thinker, self-starter who can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision
Passion for continuous self-learning within the technology industry (i.e., cloud, consulting and services, infrastructure, software and telecommunications)
Proven analytical skills in terms of numeric (e.g. spreadsheets) and text based (e.g. reading terms and conditions) analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients, offering point-of-view and advisory recommendations.
Process oriented team leader with the ability to identify process efficiencies and opportunities to apply transformative technology such as Gen AI to improve service delivery.
Ability to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills
Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal and client stakeholders
Ability to self-manage multiple priorities and operate effectively in a shared service delivery model
Strong analytical, organization/time management and problem-solving skills
Interest in developing solution oriented selling skills to prospective clients
Ability to drive transformational change
Solid multi-phase project management skills
Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
Travel:
This position may require travel up to 50% to multiple customer locations.
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Required skills
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