Procurement Practice Manager - Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO)

Company: Accenture
Location: Houston
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

We Are:
Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world's leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services-creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent and innovation led company with 738,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world's leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360 - value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360 - value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.
You Are:
Accenture is seeking a collaborative and results-oriented Procurement Practice Manager, with expertise in the MRO (Maintenance, Repair, Operations) category, to work with Fortune 500 clients to develop and execute sourcing strategies that support each company's business goals while achieving optimal pricing, quality and service levels. In this capacity, you will have substantial involvement in supporting sales and solution design and in helping procurement organizations expand their involvement and control of non-traditional spend areas.
The Work:

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  Identify cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide array of leading companies
  
  
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  Lead sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution
  
  
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  Pursue and develop senior level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts; support account stakeholder relationship plans
  
  
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  Promote corporate objectives and change initiatives, ensuring that the sourcing team is supporting overall company direction and growth
  
  
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  Mentor sourcing team and category management team on stakeholder and project management, with a special emphasis on collaboration, customer focus, delivery excellence, continuous improvement, negotiations and contracting
  
  
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  Represent the Sourcing & Category Management team as a category expert to current and prospective customers
  
  
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  Participate in the development and execution of global sourcing strategies
  
  
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  Drive regional category strategy, in support of a global approach, contributing to overall growth and delivery commitments
  
  
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  Grow team management skills, coaching team members in the art of Negotiation and Contracting
  
  
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  Expand business development skills to identify and propose account growth opportunities for additional sourcing services
  
  
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  Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
  
  
  Here's What You Need:
  
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    Bachelor's Degree
    
    
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    Minimum of 8 years of experience in consulting, sourcing/procurement/supply chain management function
    
    
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    Minimum of 3 years of experience in Consultancy, sourcing and/or category management experience, specifically within a Fortune 500 organization, specifically in the field of MRO procurement or delivery from the supplier side
    
    
    Bonus Points:
    
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      Ability to effectively lead formal strategic sourcing efforts related to MRO Services
      
      
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      Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a wide range of MRO suppliers, such as Comm/Data, Electrical/Electronics, PTB, PVF, General Industrial, Cutting Tools, Abrasives, Safety, Pumps/Hydraulics, Material Handling, Welding, Fasteners, Filters/HVAC, and Instrumentation
      
      
      Professional Skills:
      
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        Demonstrated ability to effectively manage a wide range of suppliers
        
        
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        Well-developed, solution-oriented selling skills
        
        
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        Ability to drive transformational change
        
        
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        Excellent communication, organization/time management and problem solving skills
        
        
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        Solid multi-phase project management skills
        
        
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        Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal clients
        
        
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        Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
        
        
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        Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
        
        
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