Procurement Category Captain - Logistics & Supply Chain
Accenture
Procurement Category Captain - Logistics & Supply Chain
Job Description
Accenture is seeking a collaborative and results-oriented Category Captain (Procurement Category Associate Manager), to collaborate with external clients to develop and execute sourcing strategies related to Logistics & Supply Chain specific spend areas (i.e. Domestic / International Transportation and Supply Chain Services).
You will work with Fortune 500 clients to support each company’s business goals while achieving optimal pricing, quality and service levels. In this capacity, you will have substantial involvement in supporting sales and solution design and in helping procurement organizations expand their involvement and control of non-traditional spend areas.
The Work:
Pursue and develop senior level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts; support account stakeholder relationship plans.
Develop strategic category plans that identify cost/productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide array of leading companies.
The capacity to strategically and effectively manage all elements of the interaction and collaboration, performance, risk and innovation, with third-party providers.
Lead strategic sourcing projects, including all key steps such as strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution.
Provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence and financial analyses to client.
Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with the Procurement Category function.
Promote corporate objectives and change initiatives, ensuring that the sourcing team is supporting overall company direction and growth.
Ability to actively manage agreements throughout its lifecycle from contract setup to administration, management, and termination.
Mentor sourcing team on stakeholder and project management, with a special emphasis on collaboration, customer focus, delivery excellence, continuous improvement, negotiations and contracting.
Develop client category structure for monitoring, tracking, and governance around spend and function performance to ensure stated contract benefits are realized and costs are transparent.
Qualifications
Here’s What You Need:
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Atleast 10 years of experience in consulting, sourcing/ procurement /supply chain management function
Atleast 6 years of experience related to multiple sub-categories within the logistics spend area, including: Truckload, Less-than-Truckload/Groupage, Global Ocean, Global Air, Small Parcel, 3PL/warehousing
Position requires travel of approximately 25% after initial travel of 50% .
Preferred Skills
Formal training and or experience in strategic sourcing, negotiations
Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications especially PowerPoint and Excel
Exceptional track record of building relationships with stakeholders or customers that have resulted in high customer satisfaction
Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
Ability to act independently and can interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills
Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal clients
Strong analytical, organization time management and problem solving skills
Well developed, solution oriented selling skills
Ability to drive transformational change
Excellent multi phase project management skill
WHAT´S IN IT FOR YOU
Competitive benefits, including a fair and balanced parental leave policy.
Fantastic opportunities to develop your career across industries with local and global clients.
Performance achievement and career mentorship: our performance management process focuses on your strengths, progress and career possibilities.
Opportunities to get involved in corporate citizenship initiatives, from volunteering to charity work.
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation, based on full-time employment, for roles that may be hired in British Columbia as set forth below.
Information on benefits is here.
Role Location British Columbia
Annual Salary Range $74,900 to $133,800
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