Senior Sourcing Analyst in IT/Telcom category

SUMMARY OF POSITION:
The Sourcing Senior Analyst will work as a key member of the Procurement Team within Accenture's IT/Telecoms Practice. This position will be responsible for sourcing hardware, software, professional services and telecoms for a range of clients with a focus on effective bidding of contracts and overall risk management. The Sourcing Specialist should be well versed in the procurement of services/products in multiple areas of IT procurement and excel at providing this service for clients.
Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to: RFP development, market assessment, risk management, strategy development, contract negotiation, contract management, and product management. The Sourcing Execution Senior Analyst will also communicate with suppliers to gather timely, accurate, and complete IT market intelligence and maintain required client reporting tools for procurement team.

RESPONSIBILITIES:
 

• Manage a number of sourcing projects across multiple customers in Europe across IT Professional Services, Hardware, Software, and Telecoms sub-categories
• Design and implement cost savings projects in agreement with client stakeholders
• Develop RFx documentation sets to enable supplier proposals and evaluations
• Drive commercial contracting with down-selected suppliers
• Engage with customers’ senior management team members to communicate progress and ensure continued alignment
• Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements
• Maintain accurate and timely project records and progress in Accenture’s Radix Procurement Management system

OPPORTUNITIES:
 

• Gain exposure to all aspects of the IT-Telecom sourcing process, starting with the Budgeting process and culminating in Negotiations, Contracting and Savings
• Opportunity to lead truly global, high visibility projects working with team members and customer stakeholders in other regions – EMEA, NA and APAC
• Lead multiple challenging projects with aggressive timelines across a variety of client industries and geographies
• Expand and enhance supplier and client management skills
• Deepen category-expertise and knowledge specific to goods and services and bring added value to sourcing projects and advance career development
• Improve project management discipline
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to deliver significant results

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