Procurement Practice Analyst

Skill required: Sourcing - Sourcing
Designation: Procurement Practice Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:3 to 5 years
About Accenture
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What would you do? Go beyond processing purchase orders at lower costs to help clients reap savings and value from the billions they spend on the goods and services that run their day-to-day business operations. You will be working as a part of Procurement management team which uses a systematic approach for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable. They are involved in the identification of need, finding and qualifying the suppliers, requesting proposals, negotiating with suppliers, contracting, delivery and analyzing results.Understand when & how to use a request for proposal (price and non-price factors) and RFQ (price only) and how to develop, execute and analyze the results. Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to assess, screen and select suppliers. The Catalog Enablement team will demonstrate the ability to support multiple projects, offer solutions and escalate issues and manage the enablement of Catalog according to the project plan Ensure Catalog strategy is in alignment with respective category strategy to manage supply base (preferred suppliers with preferred pricing Work with Category Mangers to develop enablement strategy with wave approach for targeted suppliers Drive Catalog deployment for e-Catalogs and maintenance of Catalog as well as management of Catalog staging processes (includes collection, preparation, review, approval and publishing) Responsible for administration / maintenance of Catalogs for all categories and applicable suppliers Alignment and coordination with suppliers regarding Catalog and ongoing Catalog maintenance; educate and communicate suppliers with Catalog enablement process, requirements, timelines and readiness Develop and implement appropriate Catalog strategies, encompassing all categories of spend and based on best practices and industry knowledge Act in the role of subject matter expert and provide guidance and direction regarding SAP Ariba/COUPA transaction processing, such as Punch-out Catalogs, Internal CIF (Catalog Interchange Format) or Non-Catalog purchase orders; understand and convey the differences and benefits of each to stakeholders Act as primary conduit for P2P Catalog enablement linked to the Client Global Supplier Team Work with Client Delivery to ensure that services are delivered in accordance with contractual service level obligations
What are we looking for? •Deploy and drive execution of supplier communication strategy for Catalogs Review Assist in troubleshooting and analysis of errors in the Catalogs Reporting on status of enablement internally and externally Delivers high-quality, on-time implementation services on Catalog Enablement Projects to clients utilizing the Ariba/Coupa Network and liaise with SPLs Responsible for creation of Catalog Enablement specific education materialsRelevant Experience in electronic Catalog enablement for procurement Demonstrated proficiency in partnering with cross functional key stakeholders across the business Self-directed, flexible and able to work independently Demonstrated experience with coaching and mentoring team members to drive project initiatives Attention to detail, ability to multi-task and strong organizational skills Ariba and Coupa Tool Enablement Root Cause Analysis Excellent Communication Skills MS Excel (Advanced Excel) Dashboards and Reporting
Roles and Responsibilities: •In this role you are required to do analysis and solving of lower-complexity problems • Your day to day interaction is with peers within Accenture before updating supervisors • In this role you may have limited exposure with clients and/or Accenture management • You will be given moderate level instruction on daily work tasks and detailed instructions on new assignments • The decisions you make impact your own work and may impact the work of others • You will be an individual contributor as a part of a team, with a focused scope of work • Please note that this role may require you to work in rotational shifts