Procurement & Delivery Transformation Leader

The Company:

Accenture is one of the world’s leading providers of sourcing and procurement services, we help our clients architect, build and operate high performance procurement organizations through our global and flexible solutions. At Accenture, we partner with forward-thinking business leaders of the world’s most dynamic companies, to transform procurement and drive sustainable changes to their cost structures.

As one of the leading procurement Business Process Services specialists, Accenture excels at helping companies build the foundation for long-term growth. We are committed to delivering exceptional service through our exceptional people, and as an employee you’d enjoy a fulfilling career in an innovative environment where challenging and interesting work is part of daily life.

Join Accenture and help transform leading organizations and communities around the world. The sheer scale of our capabilities and client engagements and the way we collaborate, operate and deliver value provides an unparalleled opportunity to grow and advance. Choose Accenture, and make delivering innovative work part of your extraordinary career.

Accenture people build careers in four different areas of our business: Consulting, Technology, Business Process Services and internal Corporate Functions. Each area offers a unique career experience and a compelling mix of work and training opportunities, work environment and structure for career progression.

Business Process Services professionals work on projects across a range of business processes, business applications and information technology. They may provide technology services, such as application management, infrastructure management and systems integration, or they may deliver business process services, including finance and accounting, procurement and human resources. Depending on the role, Business Process Services professionals may be based at a client’s office or in one of Accenture’s 50 delivery centers around the world.

The Position:

Accenture is seeking a Client Services Delivery Senior Manager (Procurement Client Leader) to serve as the day-to-day Procurement leader, providing leadership and operational management to ensure that the account team consistently meets and exceeds customer expectations. The Procurement Client Leader engages with the client to align on program objectives, business drivers and desired outcomes while focusing on all program activities related to the commercial account, including execution of commitments, revenue cost of program and profit. This Leader is also responsible for the commercial account as it relates to Procure to Pay.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop an in-depth understanding of the customer's business, structure, challenges and requirements within the context of the customer's business sector

• Manages internal and external resources to optimize client impact within project budget, timeline and deliverables and agreed upon scope

• Ensure client satisfaction through project delivery

• Effectively manages complex project in ambiguous environment

• Assist with creating and closing proposals generated by leadership

• Assist throughout the sales process, as required

• Develop senior client relationships in order to influence services sales opportunities

• Responsible for contributing to knowledge capital Communication Skills

• Communicates to resolve issues and problem solves with internal and external customers

• Translates ambiguous communication into clear and precise language Analytical Capability

• Responsible for determining data collection requirements and creating concrete analysis from ambiguous requests, based on customer needs

• Responsible for driving succinct analysis from multiple data loads

• Leadership- Responsible for supervising teams of 7+ employees

• Mentor junior associates to developing sound analysis and evoking critical thinking ability

• Demonstrated ability to lead client Commercial Capability

• Develops strategic relationships developing an advisor relationship

• Supports new sales efforts by participating in orals

• A Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum of 12 years of program management experience in a corporate and/or professional services (consulting, i.e. Big 4 or niche) environment

• Minimum of 8 years of Consulting experience at manager level or above

• Minimum of 6 years in leading procurement or sourcing engagements

• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in managing within Procure to Pay operations

• Knowledge of procurement operations and experience leading offshore teams.

• Knowledge of Source to Contract experience
  

Travel Requirements

• Must be willing to visit off-shore delivery centers

Preferred Qualifications:

• MBA or Master’s degree and/or PMP certification strongly preferred

• Bilingual B2 - Advanced French is preferred

• Excellent communication, organization/time management and problem-solving skills

• Demonstrated ability to forge meaningful relationships with key Stakeholders

• Demonstrated ability for to lead successful change management efforts

• Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of clients and internal organizations

• Knowledge of supply chain or procurement experience is a plus