Procurement Project Manager in the IT/Telecoms Practice with German language

Accenture Services, s.r.o.

Place of work
Prague
Contract type
full-time
Wage (gross)
n/a

Information about the position

Job description, responsibilities and duties

The Procurement Project Manager 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 finding effective saving opportunities. The Procurement Project Manager should be well versed in the procurement of services/products in multiple areas of IT. Responsibilities will include, but will not be limited to, RFI/RFP development, market assessment, strategy development, contract negotiations, and contract management. The Procurement Project Manager will also communicate with suppliers to gather timely, accurate, and complete IT market intelligence and maintain required client reporting tools for procurement team.
 
RESPONSIBILITIES:
  • Design and implement cost savings projects across all categories in IT Practice: Hardware, Software, Services and Telecoms
  • Build working relationships with stakeholders
  • Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost and performance improvement strategies
  • Lead IT sourcing projects for various clients of Accenture globally with a focus on EMEA region (annual project spend up to 2M USD)
  • Prepare and lead tenders at all stages, including market research, preparation of RFI and RFP, issuing tender via Ariba eRFX tool, bid proposals evaluation, etc.
  • Work with Customer and Accenture Legal to establish contracting standards, negotiate to acceptable commercial position while following due client process
  • Re-negotiate existing Agreements
  • Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements
  • Coach and develop team members in their performance and professional development
  • Contribute to IT/Telecom Towers (SW, HW, Services, Telecoms) across various sub-categories
  • Participate in office tours for prospective customers
OPPORTUNITIES:
  • Gain exposure to all aspects of the IT/Telecom sourcing process
  • Opportunity to lead single country, regional, and global projects
  • Lead multiple challenging projects with aggressive timelines across industries and geographies
  • Expand and enhance supplier and customer management skills
  • Improve project management discipline
  • Deepen category-expertise and knowledge specific to goods and services and bring added value to sourcing projects and advance career development
  • Work collaboratively with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to deliver significant results

Employee perks, benefits

n/a

Requirements for the employee

Candidates with education suit the position

University education (Bachelor's degree)

Language skills

English - Upper intermediate (B2)

Personality requirements and skills

The ideal candidate will have:
  • A bachelor’s degree in business administration, international business management, or IT
  • Procurement experience in IT Procurement is a strong benefit
  • Proficiency in German to C level
  • Experience with managing Procurement projects
  • Strong work ethic, high motivation and the ability to challenge the status-quo
  • Competency in contracting/negotiation processes
  • Solid understanding of and experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis
  • Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
  • Process oriented mindset with excellent communication, organization/time management and problem solving skills
  • Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
  • Knowledge of procurement operations

TRAVEL:
  • Travel could be 0-5% in this role

Req. Code : 00307666
Division/Department : Accenture BPO

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Brief description of the company

Accenture’s Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements. These are long-term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialized business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, help desk services, and HR. We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition.

Number of employees

1000 and more employees
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