Skill required: Category Management - Procurement Operations Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Manager Qualifications:Any Graduation Years of Experience:16 to 25 years About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com What would you do? As the Global Procurement Lead &

• Category Director for Professional Services you will be accountable for category teams managing sourcing projects across the entire professional services category portfolio and all of the sub categories therein (i.e. Marketing, Legal, Finance Services (Audit, tax, immigration services, advisory etc), working closely with teams in delivery centers around the globe. In this role, you will need to be able to work in a blended environment of category dedicated team and shared services while having the ability to effectively collaborate and influence across the Procurement+ organization in the following areas: Maximize resource utilization to ensure optimal productivity

• Ability to be nimble in maintaining the right resource level and mixture

• Assist in developing and career tracking resources newer in their professional career

• Lead category planning, strategy and execution of plans for the category; demonstrate mastery in the category and strategic development and performance delivery of the sourcing function.Lead the P+ Professional Services Category Establish Executive relationships to drive aligned multi-year strategies and enabling agreements with Procurement Executive Leadership Team

Develop strong trusted relationships with business stakeholders (who own the budgets) by bringing to the table robust category strategies that are aligned to business needs/goals as well larger Procurement objectives, demonstrate rich industry & category expertise and personal credibility.

Engage with a broad base of senior stakeholders across the organization and business verticals to build consensus and drive strategies that will consistently deliver value for Accenture





Bring to the table domain expertise in various sub-categories [i.e. Marketing, Legal, Finance Services (Audit, tax, immigration services, advisory etc)], understanding of external market considerations/trends to drive proactive category strategies

Accountable for developing the Best-in-class, Global category strategy, vision and approach to enabling the vision in the Markets and in the Market Units in close alignment with the broader P+ goals/objectives and direction of travel, including Market / MU priorities, if any.

Accountable for implementation of the Global category and Domain strategy & driving sourcing activities consistent with Global and Domain strategy

Drive and measure category value and excellent service while ensuring compliance with category strategy and policies

Drive project pipeline and forecast of sourcing activity

What are we looking for?

Bachelor’s Degree

Minimum of 15 years of Procurement experience with at least 7yrs in the Professional Services category covering all / at least some of the sub categories at scale

Minimum of 10 years of people management, supervisory or mentoring experience

Solid leadership skills – proven ability to attract, build, mentor and direct a high-performing cohesive team

Collaborative mindset and ability to partner well with colleagues

Experience leading cross-functional teams through a defined sourcing process

Excellent communication, organization/time management, and problem-solving skills

Collaborative in nature to effectively manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholders

Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders that have resulted in high customer satisfaction

Knowledge of our end-to-end processes (Category Management, Sourcing, Contracting, P2P, account management) and inclination towards process improvement

General business acumen and ability to manage overall sourcing delivery

Knowledge of how and when to escalate Professional Skills

Demonstrated capability working in a multi-function team setting in a large global multinational of similar scale/complexity

Demonstrated ability to effectively lead formal strategic sourcing efforts across Professional Services Category





Comfort with ambiguity and proven ability to figure things out

Ability to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills

Proven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environment

Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

Ability to drive transformational change

Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal clients

Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures Roles and Responsibilities:

Manage the Procurement Plus Professional Services Category team and stakeholder relationships

Functional & managerial responsibility for P+ team members within the Category organization globally & manage direct reports and/or targeted positions including target setting, performance review, and career and training development

Set stakeholder objectives and obtain ownership buy-in

Assess impact of domain and changing requirements, including legislation and policies

Actively support roll-out of Global/Market category development initiatives

Support strong and robust procurement and category infrastructure aimed at optimizing activities

Create strong stakeholder and supplier relationships by having regular executive meetings and/or being included in executive staff meetings/reviews

Ensure execution and measure of the yearly action plans to improve the category performance

Actively participate in category community calls and foster team spirit and collaboration

Adopt a cross-category mindset and share knowledge & best practices with team members from other categories Ensure implementation of procurement initiatives:

Coordinate resource allocation to support Global/Market/MU initiatives and ensure successful rollout

Lead and support strategic category management and procurement activities

Support Global/Market/MU category execution by setting implementation plans and measurements/reporting

Identify, support and implement other improvement initiatives e.g. specification optimization

Promote the use of contracts and buying channels according to category strategies

Continuously design, innovate & improve on the execution of sourcing initiatives, buying channel optimization opportunities, compliance / leakage challenges, mitigating actions etc.

Provide coaching, mentoring and guidance to team leads on stakeholder and project management, with a special emphasis on collaboration, customer focus, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement

📌 Procurement Practice Senior Manager (Bengaluru)
🏢 Accenture in India
📍 Bengaluru