Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager

Job Description

Role Title: Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager

Location: UK

Salary:Competitive salary and package dependent on experience

Career Level: Senior Manager

As a team:

Supply Chain & Engineering is a major functionally-oriented consulting practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human-centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, Zero-Based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain.

Supply Chain & Operations isseekingto recruit a consultant with strong advisory consulting experience and a history of strategic cost reduction and/or sourcing & procurement projects. The Sourcing & Procurement community is one of the key components of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations service line within Strategy & Consulting thatoperatesacross industry groups alongside Supply Chain &Fulfillment, Operational Process Transformation, andResponsibleValue Chain.

In our team you will:

• Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale
  
• Work in a central role enabling our Sourcing & Procurement capabilities in working with some of the most prominent global companies in the world, responsible for helping the CPO, and their business partners, address some of the critical business issues faced today, including:
  
  • Procurement Strategy Definition
    
  • Procurement Transformation (Operating Model, Process Design, AI etc.)
    
  • Indirect & Direct Materials Spend Optimisation
    
  • Contract Management (Compliance, Contract Lifecycle Management, etc.)
    
  • Intelligent Procurement (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.)
    
  • Mergers and Acquisitions (Pre and Post Merger Integration)
    
  • Large-scale ERP Transformation (SAP, Oracle, etc.)
    
  • AI evaluation and deployment
    
  • Procurement managed services / outsourcing
    

In this role you will:

• Be responsible forleadingprojects anddeliveryteams in ourSourcing & Procurementgroupto formulateandexecute strategic cost reduction and procurement transformations
  
• Leadend-to-end strategy to implementation of procurement’s digital and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Jaggaer,iValua,etc.
  
• Drivesupply chaintransformations in line with client’s business challenges:
  

- Create capabilities (process/tools/people) in line with the future operating model

- Analyseand model financial data to support large scale cost reductionprogrammes,utilisingfunctional and cost category benchmarks, process definitions and enterprise value targeting tools

- Help clients improve their ability to drive business outcomes through digital planning, reporting, and analytics

- Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)

• Refine and optimise the client's ability to organise and analyse financial,operationaland external information to create substantial shareholder value
  
• Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, thesupply chainecosystem and broader marketplace
  
• Drive and develop vendors relationships with our strategic partners
  
• Establish and strengthen client relationships with theCPO,as well as,COO, CFO andSupply Chainexecutives
  
• Leadbusiness development opportunities and prepare sales proposals
  
• Develop Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations assets,toolsand PoV to support both sales opportunities and the education of the broader Supply Chain and Operations community
  
• Build andestablishrelationships with key third parties (e.g. technology providers, governmental bodies) that help to complement and expand Accenture’sSupply Chain and Operationscapabilities and PoV
  
• Play a leading role in the development and education of our UKISupply Chain and Operationspractice.
  

What’s in it for you

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will alsohave an extensive benefits package which includes 30 days vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for.

Closing Date for Applications: 31/10/2026

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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Qualification

We are looking for experience in the following skills:

• Ability to analyse complex client problems, understand financial performance links between operations, supply chain and corporate results and think strategically to create a benefit/business case
  
• Ability tomanagethe origination of new work, and drive the sales process
  
• Ability to execute programme management andlarge scaledelivery of projects
  
• Commercial management of consulting engagements
  
• Ability to form strong client relationshipsparticularly at the senior levels
  
• Leadership; the ability to easilyestablishtrust-based relationships and gain valuable insights through collaboration and communication
  
• Strong strategic thinking and team building with a proventrack recordin driving business outcomes for large clients
  
• Ability to structure ideas and solutions, to communicate clearly and concisely
  

Set yourself apart:

• Extensive consulting and/or project delivery experience including delivery to agreed scope, time scales and budgets from a top tier consulting company or blue-chip organisation
  
• Functional experience should include some of the following: direct or indirect materials/SG&A (Technology, Marketing, Travel, Facilities, Professional Services, etc.) cost takeout, sourcing, procure-to-pay, contract & supplier management, third party risk management, sustainable procurement
  
• Procurement technology and digital disruptor awareness, including but not limited to SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer,iValua, intelligent automation, Internet of Things (IoT),blockchainand analytics; other specific systems / applications relevant frompreviousexperience
  
• Experience working in one or more of Financial Services, Energy, Utilities, High-Tech (including Aerospace & Defence), Communications, Media & Entertainment, Chemical & Natural Resources, Consumer Goods, Life Sciences and Logistics
  

Locations

London

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Manchester

Additional Information

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