Procurement Practice Analyst

Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Support

Designation: Procurement Practice Analyst

Qualifications:BCom/Any Graduation

Years of Experience:3 to 5 years

About Accenture

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What would you do? Go beyond processing purchase orders at lower costs to help clients reap savings and value from the billions they spend on the goods and services that run their day-to-day business operations. Procurement Operations involve the process of acquiring goods and services that a business needs to operate. This includes identifying needs, selecting suppliers, negotiating contracts, and managing purchase orders. The goal is to obtain quality products at the best possible prices while ensuring timely delivery. Effective procurement operations help control costs, maintain supply chain efficiency, and support overall business objectives. They are essential for the smooth functioning of any organization. Analyze and design the best practices for tactical and transactional procurement processes. Plan implementation based on detailed understanding of technologies involved and best practice process output measures. Provide the setup and ongoing maintenance of suppliers, catalog content, user authorization data and procurement applications to provide efficient and effective transactions, and to help maximize compliance.

What are we looking for?

• Pre-qualify request by determining quality and completeness of purchase request (PR) based on defined set of rules for complex requests
• Identify and source potential suppliers based on the requirements provided by Client.
• Obtain and analyze quote/pricing from preferred or contracted supplier and submit for approval
• Verify all required information are included in submission of requisition
• Create Purchase Orders (PO), PO amendments / deletions based on requests
• Attempt to resolve outstanding receipt-related issues / open order expediting
• Handling queries regarding Invoice / PO Mismatch
• Addressing the Helpdesk queries regarding PR to PO / PO amendments in a timely manner
• At least 3 - 5 years as a buyer in a middle sized or large Procurement Operations engagement Education
• Graduation any stream
• Good computer literacy (e.g. Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Supplier Network experience (it is not a must)
• Good interpersonal skills (needs to be able to build relationships over the phone without meeting suppliers / customers on a regular basis)
• Procurement and analytical background
• Procurement & Supply Chain: PO / WO creation, SAP knowledge
• Multi-tasking and problem-solving mindset
• Initiative & team person Roles and Responsibilities:
• To be accountable for maintaining quality and service standards to support the overall Accenture-Client(s) relationship and to deliver continuous improvement
• Query solving / resolution. Needs to be a Subject matter expert
• Support in other Accenture Operations areas: Operational Excellence, Maintaining Dashboards, Reporting
• Maintain Client Data Protection standards
• Excellent written, verbal and presentation communication skills.
• Quick learning & full usage of project specific tools and templates