Procurement Category Lead - Facilities & Services, UKIA

Within the Europe Procurement Plus organization delivering for Accenture internal client, the Category Lead for Workplace Category, UK&I Sourcing Specialist will be in charge of category Management sourcing and contract management activities primarily for UKI region. The focus will be on Workplace Category.,

• Identify with Regional Leads sourcing projects in line with the global/regional category strategies


• Create and maintain local sourcing pipeline too through spend analysis and regular stakeholders meeting


• Support roll-out of global/regional sourcing initiatives within local Leads


• Leverage the standard Sourcing methodology to achieve significant value in sourcing, negotiation and contracting


• Provide support in upfront market research and supplier identification for all sourcing projects


• Draw up technical specifications for local sourcing projects based on stakeholders' requirements


• Design and develop relevant RFP documents for projects in line with global/regional strategies; when applicable, use e-sourcing & e-auction tools


• Perform supplier selection and negotiate commercial proposal with suppliers


• Prepare a recommendation report for stakeholders as a decision tool to help them selecting supplier(s)


• Award supplier(s)


Contract management:

• Negotiate and deploy supplier's contracts, including best practices metrics & SLA, in collaboration with Legal department


• Ensure implementation Local Country Addendum of global/regional agreements


• Ensure compliance with local legislation and Accenture internal policies


• Manage supplier's contract signature by both parties


• Store suppliers signed contracts into contracts repository & archiving tools


Buying process:

• Create supplier(s) in purchasing system assessing the right buying channels (catalog, Buy on Contract, Ariba Network etc …)


• Promote usage of negotiated contracts and monitor adoption rate to it


• Maintain preferred suppliers list


Stakeholders management

• Identify key stakeholders for countries in scope


• Manage internal stakeholders' feedback on category organization & supplier performance


• Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify value contribution opportunities


• Liaise with multiple departments (Category, Procurement, Legal, Operations) to ensure communication paths remain open


• Provide an escalation point for sourcing challenges


Supplier management

• Promote greater use of Global or Regional Strategic Providers



• Manage local supplier relationships in line with Global Category and 360 Value Mgmt. strategy


Deploy & adhere to global procurement process

• When applicable, support development of global end to end procurement process, templates and tools


• Modify the process, as required, to meet unique regional category specific requirements


• Ensure the highest level of compliance with local legislations, regulations and Accenture policies with the support of the Procurement Plus Risk team


• Review KPI related to the categories (PSL usage, Contract compliance, Radix health, saving target, …) and take the proper actions


Key Relationships:

• Global and Regional Category Leads


• Local Business Stakeholders


• MU Procurement Lead


• Local Procurement Sourcing Team
  
  Ability to understand and communicate local nuances (market, process, relationships)


• Comfortable working in a matrix type organization


• Proven knowledge of Procurement methodology and sourcing execution


• Strong analytical, presentation, communication (written & oral), interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills


• Strong relationship management skills and a proactive customer-focused approach


• Forward and solution minded, team player and with high degree of self-management


• Ability to manage multiple projects, adopt a flexible approach and prioritize tasks appropriately


• Comfortable navigating in a multicultural and broad environment and with all levels of the organization


• Fluent in English, A bachelor`s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, procurement or comparable professional education


Working experience in the Procurement (Workplace Category would be a strong plus)

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