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You Are:
The Procurement Practice Analyst executes small to medium sourcing projects and/or provides support to larger strategic sourcing projects. Activities may focus on data management or supplier management or project management.
Procurement Business Process Services (BPS) professionals integrate the various purchasing functions ranging from the front end/short term strategic activities of sourcing and auction services to the back end/long term activities of TCO driven category management, procurement transaction processing, and procurement enablement.
The Work:
Client Relationship Management: Develop and maintain strong relationships with clients, understanding their IT procurement needs and engaging the delivery teams to provide expert advice.
Project Management: Manage client engagement requests from inception to completion, ensuring timely delivery and adherence to budget and quality standards.
Strategic Consulting: Provide expert advice on IT procurement strategies and leverage framework, helping clients optimize their procurement processes and achieve cost savings.
Business Development: Identify and pursue new business opportunities within the IT procurement sector, driving revenue growth within existing client accounts.
Market Analysis: Stay updated on industry trends, market conditions, and emerging technologies to provide clients with the most relevant and up-to-date advice.
Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams, including analytics, finance, and internal account teams, to ensure seamless project execution and client satisfaction.
Reporting: Prepare and present detailed reports on engagement progress, outcomes, and market trends to client sponsors to ensure satisfaction and continued business.
Here's what you need:
Minimum of 1 year experience in procurement/sourcing experience. with a focus on market and/or data analysis, financial modeling, or pricing analysis
Bonus points if:
Strong critical thinker, self-starter who can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision
Highly adaptable and skilled in problem-solving, with the ability to develop and support creative solutions tailored to client-specific technology and cost optimization challenges.
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
Project management capabilities with the ability to prioritize a dynamic portfolio and assist in identifying process efficiencies and opportunities to apply transformative technology such as Gen AI to improve service delivery.
Travel:
This position may require travel up to 50% to multiple customer locations.
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New York or Washington as set forth below.
We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
Information on benefits is here.
Role Location Hourly Salary Range
California $21.97 to $63.03
Colorado $21.97 to $54.47
District of Columbia $23.37 to $57.98
Illinois $20.34 to $54.47
Minnesota $21.97 to $54.47
Maryland $20.34 to $50.43
New York $20.34 to $63.03
Washington $23.37 to $57.98
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