Procurement Practice Analyst

About This Role

This Procurement Practice Analyst role focuses on helping clients achieve savings and value from their spending on goods and services for daily business operations. It involves agile sourcing to efficiently acquire resources for projects, ensuring timely delivery and supporting agile project management by being responsive and adaptable.

Responsibilities

• Understand when and how to use a request for proposal (RFP) and request for quotation (RFQ)
• Develop, execute, and analyze RFP and RFQ results
• Collect and analyze quantitative and qualitative information to assess, screen, and select suppliers
• Maintain supplier relationships
• Optimize procurement processes
• Analyze and solve lower-complexity problems
• Interact with peers within Accenture before updating supervisors
• Work as an individual contributor as part of a team with a focused scope of work

Requirements

• 3 to 5 years of experience
• Any graduation
• Strong knowledge of tactical and strategic sourcing processes with the ability to deliver measurable savings outcomes
• Experience managing end-to-end sourcing projects, including:
  • Sourcing strategy development
  • Supplier identification and evaluation
  • Market research and spend analysis
  • RFI, RFP, and RFQ management
  • Supplier negotiations
  • Commercial evaluations and award recommendations
  • Supplier contract execution
• Passion for continuous learning and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision
• Strong analytical skills, including:
  • Numerical analysis using spreadsheets and data tools
  • Contract and document review
  • Converting data and findings into actionable recommendations
• Knowledge of procurement tools such as:
  • SAP SD/MM
  • SAP Ariba
  • Coupa

Important Details

• Schedule: May require working in rotational shifts

About the Company

Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, the company offers 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. Its 784,000 people serve clients in more than 120 countries.