Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization): ManagerDirect Materials Spend Optimization At Accenture, we work across industries to address our client's most complex challenges, bringing together innovative talent and emerging technologies.

Practice: Strategy & Consulting, Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization)

Level: Manager | Experience: 9 years

Areas of Work: Direct Spend Optimization, EBITDA improvement, Should Costing & Teardowns, Design to Value, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Resilience, AI/ Agentic Procurement

Locations: Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture As part of Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization), you will help clients improve EBITDA and build more resilient supply chains by transforming Direct Materials, the supplier-facing materials, components, and externally manufactured inputs that flow directly into products.

The role combines deep direct category expertise with engineering-led cost transformation, strategic sourcing, supplier ecosystem design, digital/AI enablement, and disciplined value realization. You will work across the full Direct Materials agenda: what to buy, where to buy, who to buy from, for how much, how and when to buy, and how to sustain value.

What you will work on

- Direct Materials diagnostics and value assessments: Establish spend/category baselines, identify cost drivers and size opportunities using spend, BOM, supplier, specification, and operational data.

- Should-costing, teardowns & Design-to-Value: Build bottom-up should cost models using BOMs, drawings/CAD, material and process inputs; conduct product/component teardowns and competitive benchmarking; identify value through VA/VE, specification optimization, part/SKU standardization, make vs buy and complexity reduction.

- Strategic sourcing and commercial excellence: Develop category strategies, run competitive sourcing, fact-based negotiations, contract optimization, commodity intelligence, price risk/hedging and total cost of ownership interventions; incorporate sustainability into overall strategies.

- Supplier ecosystem and resilience: Support best country sourcing, localization, alternate supplier discovery, supplier consolidation, dual/multi-sourcing, supply network optimization, and risk mitigation.

- AI/ Agentic Direct Procurement: Shape and deploy practical AI/GenAI/Agentic use cases across spend analytics, should cost modeling, supplier discovery, commodity and market intelligence, guided negotiation, complexity reduction, tariff intelligence, and Source to Pay workflows.

- Value realization and sustainment:



Translate opportunities into business cases, execution roadmaps, contracted savings, supplier performance mechanisms, operating-model improvements, and managed-service/continuous-improvement models.

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role

- Strong analytical problem solving with the ability to connect commercial, engineering, supply chain, and financial data.
- Ability to work across Procurement, Engineering/R&D;, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, and Technology stakeholders.
- Strong client leadership, communication, executive presentation, and team management skills.
- Comfort with digital, analytics, and emerging AI technologies, with a practical focus on measurable business outcomes.

Role DetailsDrive client value creation

- Understand the client business, product economics, direct material cost base, leadership priorities, and value agenda.
- Co-create transformation strategies spanning cost, margin, resilience, productivity, and AI-enabled procurement.
- Build credibility with C-suite and functional leaders through deep industry/category understanding and fact-based insights.

Lead program delivery

- Lead Direct Materials engagements from rapid diagnostic and value assessment through sourcing, negotiation, implementation, and sustained value realization.
- Guide teams across spend/BOM analytics, should-costing, teardown/value engineering, commodity and market intelligence, sourcing strategy, supplier assessment, risk analysis, business cases, and roadmaps.
- Ensure value is translated into executable actions, finance-aligned benefits, and scalable client capabilities.

Grow the business and our capabilities

- Support/originate Direct Materials opportunities, shape client propositions and develop differentiated commercial pathways.
- Bring together category, engineering, industry, data/AI, and technology capabilities to solve client problems end to end.
- Develop reusable assets, playbooks, and points of view across Direct Materials transformation and Agentic AI.

Preferred industry and category experience Industries: CPG, Industrial &

• Automotive, Oil &

• Gas, Chemicals, High Tech, Retail, Health &

• Life Sciences, Metals &

• Mining industry experience would be preferred.

Categories:



Metals/steel/alloys/castings; plastics and resins; electronics/PCBs/components; chemicals; packaging; food ingredients/agri commodities; pulp & paper; mining equipment/consumables; contract manufacturing; and other product-critical direct categories.

- Experience in consulting and global/multi-country transformation programs is desirable.
- Experience leading mid to large teams and managing senior client stakeholders across complex transformation programs.
- Working knowledge of Excel and visualization/analytics tools such as Power BI/Alteryx; exposure to AI/GenAI/Agentic AI solutions in procurement is desirable.

What's in it for you?

- Opportunity to work on high impact Direct Materials transformation programs for leading global clients, with a direct line of sight to COGS, EBITDA, and supply resilience.
- Work at the intersection of procurement, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, data, and AI moving from strategy through implementation and value realization.
- Build deep expertise across direct categories, should-costing, Design to Value, supplier ecosystems, and AI-enabled/Agentic procurement solutions.
- Collaborate with strategy leaders, industry specialists, engineers, data/AI practitioners, and global delivery teams to create differentiated client outcomes.
- Access structured learning and development to deepen consulting, category, technology, and leadership capabilities in a globally connected workplace.

About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps organizations build their digital core, optimize operations, accelerate revenue growth, and enhance services creating tangible value at speed and scale. Our Strategy & Consulting teams combine industry, functional, technology, and delivery expertise to help clients reinvent how they operate and compete.

Within Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization), our Direct Materials work brings together deep category expertise, engineering and product-cost capabilities, strategic sourcing, AI/Agentic assets, and global delivery to drive measurable and sustainable client value.

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting Accenture Strategy & Consulting works with clients on their most critical business and operating model challenges, combining deep business insight with technology and data. Global Network teams complement in-country teams to deliver specialized expertise and measurable value across the client lifecycle.

At the heart of every great change is a great human. If you have ideas, ingenuity, and a passion for making a difference, come and be a part of our team.

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