Sourcing & Cat Enablement Assoc Manager

Skill required: Supplier Relationship Management - Supplier Relationship Management Designation: Sourcing & Cat Enablement Assoc Manager Qualifications: Any Graduation Years of Experience: 10 to 14 years About Accenture Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com What would you do? The Supplier Assure powered by SynOps team is part of Accenture Operations Procurement, Supply Chain and Network (PSN) business vertical, providing dedicated and shared support services for our external and internal operations. This includes dealing with a diverse set of hardware, software, and service suppliers, who may be client-retained vendors or Accenture third-party sub-contractors.

Our core areas of expertise are to ensure offerings Third Party Risk Assessment – Supplier Performance Management-Supplier Relationship Management – Innovation works in loop all together to deliver effectively & efficiently and power businesses around the globe but are not limited to the relation in between and each workstream can work independently to ensure seamless deliverables and meeting client expectations. Strong analytical, organizational and communication skills. Candidate should be able to demonstrate his/ her ability to drive effective and articulate communications with senior internal and client leadership

Moderate Expertise on Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.) and knows at basics of Microsoft Project (MPP), Microsoft SharePoint and Microsoft Visio. What are we looking for? •Good to Have:

Quality Program and/ or Training experience

Ability to lead and innovate in the delivery of operational activities proactively and independently

Technology Management experience

Understanding and development of Macros, Visual Basics, Process automations, Power BI, etc.

ESG experience Must Have:

Graduation in any stream

Good to Have:

Certification in ITIL Foundation

Certification in IACCM

Certification in CPSM

Any other domain certificates People engagement, development and management with strict adherence to Accenture’s policies on people/ HR as application and in-force. Ensuring strict adherence to Accenture’s Anti-Corruption, Anti-Bribery, Client Data Protection, and other similar regulatory or compliance policies in-force and in accordance with Accenture’s Core Values. •Must Have:

Relevant years of relevant experience in Supplier Risk Management or Procurement domain of which

Relevant years of experience in Third Party Risk Management or related fields

Relevant years of experience in client facing roles - directly responsible for delivering on (either two or more areas of) significant pieces of scope, quality, budget, resources, and delivery schedule

Relevant years of experience in Business Operations Management, Project Management or similar domain

Relevant years of experience in working with virtual teams

Candidate should be able to demonstrate good understanding of minimum 3 skill sets from the above and should be able to provide at least 1 to 2 real life scenario(s) and outcome as example(s) of his/ her expertise in any 4 skills sets as below:

Third Part Risk Management

Supplier segmentation

Supplier due diligence Roles and Responsibilities: •Supplier Assure Specialist requires the resource to be responsible for managing one or more strategic supplier relationships - either managed or sub-contractor. These suppliers are typically core to the Accenture Operations internal as well external commercial offerings. Some key responsibilities for the potential candidate including but not limited to are as enlisted below: Develop in-depth understanding of processes and outcomes thereby achieving 100% project targets Efficiently manage core processes and sub-processes for in-scope deliverables for: Third Part Risk Management: that focuses on detecting, reducing, and mitigating risks associated with third-party use (suppliers, partners, contractors, or service providers); conduct supplier risk assessments, evaluate the risk associated with each vendor and prioritize mitigation strategies; manage a third-party risk management program to ensure ongoing monitoring of vendor risk and performance; manage the ongoing vendor risk management process, including the identification and assessment of emerging risks and changes in the vendor s risk profile; monitor and report on the performance of the third-party risk management program and identify areas for improvement Supplier segmentation: differentiating suppliers in terms of their influence and the risks they bring in a process Supplier due diligence: conduct verification for vendor s compliance with company standards, regulations, and policies Service request fulfilment: ensuring that client/user service requests are met according to agreed-upon SLA/KPIs and that we are meeting project requirements An effective mentor/SME to guide team members to clear the Third Party Risk Management concepts Experience in setting up the process in new deals and improvise the processes in the existing deals •Understand detail Scope of work in a particular project and provide clear, specific and measurable outcomes Develop, drive and sustain qualitative delivery outputs via continuous improvement in supplier delivery, automation and target-based savings for the project Effective engagement with external and internal stakeholder Run day-to-day operations of the team thereby driving high-performance led error free and noise-less delivery for our stakeholders Implement Automation and CSI initiatives enabling Cost to Serve (CTS) benefits, productivity gains of 10% or more. Upskill self on digital platforms & tools like Ariba, SAP, Apex, Coupa, ServiceNow, Power BI, , etc. Effective management of attritions with excellent people handling skills. Service request fulfilment

Any Graduation

About Accenture 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 approximately 791,000 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 and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent 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. Visit us at   www.accenture.com  

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