Sourcing Analyst with German

Do you have experience in the purchasing area? Are you fluent in German and English?
Are you looking for challenging and motivating job within a big international company and opportunity to develop your skills within the Sourcing and Category Management profession?
Then we have the right position open for you.

The Sourcing Analyst will work as a key member of the Procurement Team within Accenture's Corporate Professional Services (CPS) Practice and its subcategories (such as Human Resources, Finance, Legal services, Fleet, Professional Services, Consulting services, Facilities, Travel services). Within this position, the candidate will be responsible for managing low to medium complexity end-to-end sourcing projects across a multitude of clients. With a degree of existing procurement knowledge the position will offer the successful candidate an opportunity to develop his/her skills within the Sourcing and Category Management profession. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, RFP development, market assessment, risk management, strategy development, supplier negotiations, and contract management. A high degree of client and supplier communication will be involved, therefore strong professional communication skills are essential.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE:
• Design and implement cost savings projects across multiple CPS categories and/or sub-categories starting with defining project scope with stakeholders through to strategy and opportunity assessment, tender and supplier negotiations, stakeholder recommendation and supplier/contract enablement
• Facilitate documents and forms to complete supplier evaluations and contracting
• Regularly engage with customers’ stakeholders and senior stakeholders to drive and communicate progress and signoff on project milestones
• Proactively eliminate critical path road blocks to help ensure successful delivery of the solution
• Take steps to proactively mitigate project risk as defined/required in project plan. Ensure stakeholders clearly understand what risks will or will not be mitigated
• Where appropriate, ensure project members effectively manage dependencies, budgets, and schedule
• Ensure the project stakeholders’ expectations are understood and managed
• Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
• Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost and performance improvement strategies.
OPPORTUNITIES:
• Gain exposure to all aspects of CPS sourcing process, starting with the Budgeting process and culminating in Negotiations and Contracting
• Opportunity to lead global projects, working with team members and customer stakeholders in multiple regions – EMEA, NA and APAC
• 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

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