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Expires soon Accenture

Procurement Category Advisor, Marketing

  • Internship
  • North East (Erie)

Job description



We Are:

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.

You Are:

Accenture is seeking a strong thought leader with deep category expertise for the role of Procurement Category Advisor within the Corporate Services (Marketing Tower) Procurement Category Advisory practice. This position is specifically focused on sourcing and category knowledge in one of the following areas of spend:
· Agency
· Marketing Services
· Print/POS & Direct Marketing / Fulfillment
· Market Research
As a Procurement Category Advisor, you will harvest market intelligence content in the key categories; infuse category insights and strategies into opportunity assessments, sourcing projects, and sales pursuits; and coach and guide sourcing project managers with strategic oversight on projects within respective areas.
The Work:
· Develop and maintain category-specific knowledge assets and market intelligence that capture expertise / best practices
· Provide strategic sourcing oversight and category knowledge in support of the Sourcing Project Management function on projects within categories of expertise
· Infuse market insights into the sourcing process on projects within categories of expertise
· In collaboration with Sourcing Project Management and/or Procurement Practice Advisory, engage with customers' senior management team members to provide perspective on current market trends to inform client strategic decisions/sourcing initiatives in line with business goals and objectives
· Leverage category expertise to support new sales and drive significant client business value
· Establish, grow, and leverage network of suppliers, industry practitioners, and procurement professionals within categories of expertise
· Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify continuous cost and performance improvement strategies
· Provide educational and learning opportunities to internal colleagues and external clients (ex. Webinar, Spend Trends publications) on industry trends, supplier landscape changes, and market intel within categories of expertise
· Coach and develop sourcing project managers in their professional development and pursuit of building category knowledge within area of expertise

Desired profile



Qualifications :

Here's What You Need:
·  Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience
·  Minimum of 7 years of procurement/consulting/or category-related industry or supplier experience
·  Minimum of 3 years of strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to ONE of the following sub-category areas:
·  Agency & Marketing Services – (i.e.) creative, digital, PR; OR
·  Production / Print / POS & Direct Marketing – (i.e.) fulfillment, direct mail; OR
·  Market Research & Data – (i.e.) primary & secondary market research, digital, financial market data, research & advisory subscriptions
Bonus Points:
·  Demonstrated expertise on historical and current market trends, view of supplier landscape, effective sourcing strategies, and best practice pricing rate structure/commercial contractual terms for the identified categories listed above
·  Ability to develop and frequently refresh category market intelligence and insight tools to support internal sourcing teams and educate external client stakeholders; apply insights to customer's situation for meaningful impact
·  Ability to influence and persuade senior level stakeholders, effective coaching skills and ability to develop others
·  Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers and interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills
·  Existing positive relationships within industries related to the identified categories listed above
·  Strong sourcing knowledge to be able to translate category to sourcing strategy
·  Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment and drive transformational change
·  Solid multi-phase project management skills
·  Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal stakeholders
·  Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
Travel Requirements:
·  This position requires travel of approximately 50% to multiple customer locations

Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States and with Accenture.

Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration.

Accenture is an EEO and Affirmative Action Employer of Females/Minorities/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities.

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