Procurement/Spend Management Consultant with English and other European language

Job Description Overview
The Spend Management is responsible for managing the procurement function on behalf of our customers through execution and coordination of a variety of delivery teams across Accenture's existing services. Spend Management must appropriately manage customer projects to exceed customer expectations, and will require a combination of hands-on contract management and shared service coordination depending upon the situation.
 
Roles' Duties and Responsibilities
The Spend Manager will translate the customer expectations and requirement into deliverables and will serve as the coordinator in the execution of the following tasks:
 

•  Sourcing planning and execution

o    Serve as single point of entry for the Customers to leverage sourcing and Category Management support
o    Operates as Quality checker for deliverables  
o    Develop Strategic Sourcing and Contract Management Plan
o    Lead Stakeholders requirements gathering
o    Identify and Evaluate Opportunity
o    Profile Category internally and externally in coordination with category Management team
o    Develop  recommendation on Category Sourcing Strategy
o    Channel the workload towards the competent team (i.e. Sourcing Utility, Category Management)
o    Lead direct negotiation with Vendor
o    Coordinate contract implementation
o    Serve as Liaison between Client and Sourcing Utility team

• Demand Management

o    Analyze and Forecast Demand
o    Create and Manage sourcing and Contract management Pipeline
o    Generate Compliance Reports
o    Analyze Reports & Provide Recommendations

• Supplier Performance Managemen

o    Collect and Analyze Supplier Performance Data
o    Evaluate Supplier Relationships and Performance
o    Conduct Supplier Performance Meeting
o    Monitor Supplier Relationships & Performance
 

package of benefits