Sourcing & Contracting Delivery Specialist with German

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 738,000 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 with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed 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.
In Romania, Accenture operates since 2006 and now has more than 4500 people in Bucharest, Timisoara, Iasi, Brasov, Cluj-Napoca and Targu Mures who offer solutions in Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Industry X & Intelligent Operations to our clients from Banking & Insurance, Telecommunications, Automotive, Retails, Energy, FMCG & more.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

Ability to understand and communicate German nuances (market, process, relationships)
Strong relationship management skills and a proactive customer-focused approach
Comfortable working in a matrix type organization
Understanding of Accenture’s type of business model and staffing specifics connected thereto. Strong analytical, presentation, communication (written & oral), interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills
Forward and solution minded, team player and with high degree of self-management
Adaptable and comfortable working with ambiguity
Some level of knowledge/experience of the German staffing industry
Proven knowledge of Procurement methodology and sourcing execution (preferably)
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
Proficient in MS office (especially PowerPoint and Excel )
(High level) understanding and experience in data analysis.
Fluent in German & English.


Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

A bachelor`s degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, procurement or comparable professional education
3 years working experience in Procurement or Staffing Industry including:
Ability to understand client requirements and executing Procurement strategies
Extensive experience in sourcing and/or contract negotiation and supplier management
Good understanding of Procurement processes
Good understanding of Accenture’s industry
Some experience in dealing with senior business executives

Your role includes the key responsibilities below:

Category Strategy & plan:

Support implementation of the External Talent category strategy for ASG local projects and initiatives
Work in alignment with global/regional/local P+ and category goals for External Talent
Provide input on the External Talent strategy.
Actively participate in category community calls and foster team spirit at local level

Contract management:

Negotiate and deploy Accenture contracts to suppliers, 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

Stakeholders management

Manage internal stakeholders’ feedback on category organization & supplier performance
Promote External Talent and build relationships with key stakeholders (higher management within Accenture business and HR).
Provide input for Accenture bids if contractors are a substantial part of this
Liaise with multiple departments (Category, Procurement, Legal, Operations) to ensure communication paths remain open
Provide an escalation point for sourcing challenges

Reporting:

Maintain the established Monthly reporting for the External Talent Category.
Assist in ad hoc reporting (if needed)
Support quarterly spend and headcount analysis

Sourcing management:

Support roll-out of global/regional sourcing initiatives within the ASG
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
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)

Buying process:

Promote usage of negotiated contracts and monitor adoption rate to it
Maintain preferred suppliers list
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.
Analise data to provide new insights internally and towards data.

Key Relationships:

MU Category Manager
MU Sourcing & Contracting team
MU P+lead
Contractors desk.
Local Business & HR Stakeholders
MU Procurement Lead

• Medical subscription
• Dental subscription
• Medical insurance
• Life insurance
• Gym membership
• Private pension
• Trainings
• Courses
• Extra days off
• Flexible work schedule
• Laptop
• Mobile phone
• Meal vouchers
• Holiday vouchers
• Cultural vouchers