Skill required: Category Management - Procurement Operations

Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Manager

Qualifications:Any Graduation

Years of Experience:16 to 25 years

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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 AccentureBring 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 strategyDrive and measure category value and excellent service while ensuring compliance with category strategy and policiesDrive project pipeline and forecast of sourcing activity

What are we looking for Bachelors DegreeMinimum of 15 years of Procurement experience with at least 7yrs in the Skilled Services category covering all / at least some of the sub categories at scaleMinimum of 10 years of people management, supervisory or mentoring experienceStrong leadership skills proven ability to attract, build, mentor and direct a high-performing cohesive teamCollaborative mindset and ability to partner well with colleaguesExperience leading cross-functional teams through a defined sourcing processExcellent communication, organization/time management, and problem-solving skillsCollaborative in nature to effectively manage relationships with both internal and external stakeholdersExceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders that have resulted in high customer satisfactionKnowledge of our end-to-end processes (Category Management, Sourcing, Contracting, P2P, account management) and inclination towards process improvementGeneral business acumen and ability to manage overall sourcing deliveryKnowledge of how and when to escalateProfessional SkillsDemonstrated capability working in a multi-function team environment in a large global multinational of similar scale/complexityDemonstrated ability to effectively lead formal strategic sourcing efforts across Professional Services CategoryComfort with ambiguity and proven ability to figure things outAbility to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skillsProven ability to build, manage and foster a team-oriented environmentProven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environmentAbility to drive transformational changeStrong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal clientsAbility to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures

Roles and Responsibilities: Manage the Procurement Plus Professional Services Category team and stakeholder relationshipsFunctional 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 developmentSet stakeholder objectives and obtain ownership buy-inAssess impact of domain and changing requirements, including legislation and policiesActively support roll-out of Global/Market category development initiatives Support strong and robust procurement and category infrastructure aimed at optimizing activitiesCreate strong stakeholder and supplier relationships by having regular executive meetings and/or being included in executive staff meetings/reviewsEnsure execution and measure of the yearly action plans to improve the category performanceActively participate in category community calls and foster team spirit and collaborationAdopt a cross-category mindset and share knowledge best practices with team members from other categoriesEnsure implementation of procurement initiatives:Coordinate resource allocation to support Global/Market/MU initiatives and ensure successful rolloutLead and support strategic category management and procurement activitiesSupport Global/Market/MU category execution by setting implementation plans and measurements/reporting Identify, support and implement other improvement initiatives e.g. specification optimizationPromote the use of contracts and buying channels according to category strategiesContinuously 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

QualificationAny Graduation

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