About This Role
This role is for a Supply Chain Manager who will help organizations transform their supply chains with a positive impact on business, society, and the planet. The position involves leading and delivering sourcing and procurement transformation projects, driving innovation, and establishing trusted advisor relationships with clients.
Responsibilities
- Lead and deliver Sourcing and Procurement transformation projects in areas of strategic cost reduction, sourcing optimization, procurement transformation, and intelligent procurement using tools such as Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, O9 Solutions, working with mid to large sized teams
- Understand the client's business, priorities, and leadership agenda
- Help originate deals based on defined commercial pathways; drive innovative deal construct and solutioning to grow business
- Co-create with the client, articulate transformation, and drive innovation agenda for the client
- Establish self as a trusted advisor with the client C-suite through an in-depth understanding of the client as well as industry cross-functional experience in digital supply chain planning and procurement
- Provide staffing and cost estimates to project managers of complex work and resource requirements
- Build networks at Accenture to bring the best of Accenture to the client
- Coach team members on activities such as as-is process and maturity assessment, technology evaluation, opportunity identification, business case and roadmap creation along with implementation of recommendations
- Align the right teams or capabilities to enable successful transformation and innovation agenda
- Lead and support development of cutting-edge points of view and articles that drive Accenture equity in the market
- Design and build assets that distinguish Accenture capabilities to drive additional business
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of experience
- B.Tech/BE with Master's degree in business administration (MBA) or post graduate degree in management (PGDM) from premier institutes preferred
- Rich experience in Consumer Goods, Life Sciences, Automotive, Manufacturing with in-depth digital supply chain expertise and handling clients especially in the Indian market
- Demonstrate sustained client relations management experience at a C-suite level or operated at a senior management level in the industry role
- 6-9 years of consulting and account management experience; domestic consulting experience preferred
- Experience of working in a consulting firm will be preferred
- Strong program management skills such as budget management, project planning, time management, communication, decision-making, presentation, and organization skills
- Ability to solve complex business problems and deliver client delight
