Accenture’s Capability Network has a global practice of over 2,000 experts in consulting and strategy that provides specialized industry and functional expertise. This practice helps deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to our clients and pursue opportunities with greater flexibility and speed. Rapidly expanding, the Capability Network is a highly strategic initiative designed to reinvent strategy and management consulting, building competitive advantage on a global scale.
Join the Capability Network in Warsaw and become part of the next generation of Consulting. As part of the Capability Network, you will always have the backing of the established brand of Accenture. You will find a stimulating environment where you will work with prestigious global clients on diverse and challenging projects that deliver real business outcomes, enabling you to increase your skillset and knowledge and enhance your career development. Your impact will be truly global as you work as part of a highly specialized team, combining overseas client-site work with opportunities based locally, and contribute to high performance through continuous collaboration and knowledge sharing. For more information visit www.accenture.com/capabilitynetwork.
We are expanding the Capability Network Team in Warsaw and we are looking for an experienced and accomplished Sourcing and Procurement professionals.
Sourcing & Procurement Manager
Workplace: Warszawa
Nr Ref.: 00269166
Job Description:
- Project Delivery and Management: Lead small to medium-size teams to deliver projects for global clients, manage project economics including planning and budgeting, define deliverable content, manage stakeholders and ensure buy-in of proposed solutions. This may include: working with client to define, plan and execute projects, leading team on projects
- Business Development: Work as part of a joint global sales team to identify and win potential opportunities. Business development responsibilities will be two-fold – help win projects with clients and generate internal business for Capability Network from the global practice
- People Development: Perform role of counselor and coach, provide input and guidance into the firm’s staffing process, provide training on consulting essentials and actively participate in staff recruitment and retention activities
Working Conditions:
- Headquarter: Warsaw as primary place of work
- Willing to work at client’s locations mostly across Europe, but also other locations, for short or long term
- Willing to travel min. 50% (annual) of time and could be more. Travel is required and may be 80%-100% on a weekly basis on some projects (typically Monday – Friday) for some periods during the year
- Ability and flexibility to work and travel across EU
- Minimum higher degree
- 8+ years hands-on consulting experience working within the Sourcing & Procurement field and transformational related topics
- Demonstrate expertise in any of the following Sourcing and Procurement specializations: Global and Strategic Sourcing, Procurement Transformation, Procure-to-Pay Processes Transformation, Supplier Relationship Management, Category Management, Spend Management Solutions
- Should have a good understanding of at least one key Sourcing and Procurement supportive tools (e.g. Ariba, Emptoris, Oracle, SAP SRM)
- Mandatory consulting, team management and project delivery experience
- Excellent English communication skills (written & spoken) plus good level of the other foreign language e.g. Russian or Italian, French, German, Spanish – mandatory
- Possesses excellent communication (written and oral) skills and excellent presentation skills
- Comfortable functioning in a broadly positioned and highly diverse consulting firm
- Excellent team work and ability to work in distributed delivery environment
- Skilled in using MS Excel and MS PowerPoint
- Should have team management and project delivery experience
- Should express business development abilities
- Permanent employment contract
- Attractive benefits package
- Company car and petrol allowance
- Annual Bonus
- Challenging job in a professional and multinational environment
- Opportunity to gain skills, knowledge and experience, together with highly marketable specialists
- Opportunity to work with Global TOP Clients on large projects
- Core training program in US headquarter
- Dynamic, international working environment
All of our consulting professionals receive comprehensive training covering business acumen, technical and professional skills development. You'll also have opportunities to hone your functional skills and expertise in an area of specialization. We offer a variety of formal and informal training programs at every level to help you acquire and build specialized skills faster. Learning takes place both on the job and through formal training conducted online, in the classroom, or in collaboration with teammates. The sheer variety of work we do, and the experience it offers, provide an unbeatable platform from which to continue building your career.
