Accenture - Manager - Cost & Productivity Reinvention - Direct Spend

Cost & Productivity Reinvention (Direct Spend) Manager (8-16 yrs)

Find endless opportunities to solve our clients' toughest challenges, as you work with exceptional people, the latest tech and leading companies across industries.

Practice: Strategy & Consulting, Global Network I Areas of Work: Cost takeout, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, (EBITDA) improvement in Direct Spend | Level: Consultant | Location: Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad| Years of Exp: 8+ years for Manager and 10+ for Senior Manager

Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture:

- Are you an outcome-oriented problem solver? Do you enjoy working on transformation strategies for global clients? Does working in an inclusive and collaborative environment spark your interest?

- Then, Accenture Strategy and Consulting is the right place for you to explore limitless possibilities.

- As a part of our Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) practice, you will help organizations reimagine and transform their supply chains for tomorrow-with a positive impact on the business, society and the planet.

- Together, let's innovate, build competitive advantage, improve business, and societal outcomes, in an ever-changing, ever-challenging world. Help us make supply chains work better, faster, and be more resilient, with the following initiatives:

- Be a part of the Accenture Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) practice that has expertise in delivering projects with quantified savings in the indirect and direct categories.

- Support and lead Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) engagements, including sourcing for direct, indirect categories, conducting spend analyses, market intelligence, identifying cost reduction or process improvement opportunities, data analytics, so on.

- Take the lead on all digital sourcing and technology initiatives.

- Work towards Accenture's Cost & Productivity Reinvention (C&PR) approach for EBITDA improvement including direct material cost transformation, indirect material cost transformation, logistics cost transformation, manufacturing efficiency improvement & cost transformation conduct data analytics across financial data and operational data.

- Deliver cost transformation engagements for clients across industries.

Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role:

- Strong analytics skills driven by the next wave digital and technology initiatives

- Ability to solve complex business problems and deliver client delight

- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills

- Cross-cultural competence with an ability to thrive in a dynamic environment

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Role Details:

- Drive client value creation

- Understand the client's business, priorities and leadership agenda

- Co-create with the client, articulate transformation and drive innovation agenda for the client

- Establish self as a trusted advisor with the client C-suite through an in-depth understanding of the client as well as industry

- Build networks at Accenture to be able to bring the best of Accenture to the client

- Lead Program Delivery

- Lead and deliver C&PR engagements, including direct/ indirect categories, EBITDA improvement programs, spend analysis/ market intelligence, cost reduction opportunities or process improvement opportunities, data analytics across GL/PO/ AP data, etc.

- Coach team members on activities such as as-is process and maturity assessment, opportunity identification, business case and roadmap creation and implementation of recommendations

Grow the business:

- Drive sales, revenue and profitability for the practice

- Help originate deals based on defined commercial pathways; drive innovative deal construct and solutioning to grow business

- Align the right teams or capabilities to enable (sell or deliver) successful transformation/ innovation agenda

Develop Thought Leadership and Assets:

- Lead/ Support development of cutting-edge points of view/articles that drive Accenture equity in the market

- Design and build assets that distinguish Accenture capabilities to drive additional business

Your experience counts!

- MBA from Tier-1 B School

- 8+ years of experience for a Manager and 10+ years of experience for a Senior Manager, across:

- Commodity buying/ sourcing/ risk management/ hedging including Agri Commodities (e.g. sugar, potato), Chemicals (e.g. polyols, acids, etc.), Hi-Tech (e.g. network equipment, semiconductors, etc.)

- Manufacturing experience in consumer goods, industrial, automotive. Broader experience in Direct material management is preferred

- Retail sourcing - experience in actual retail clients managing Goods for Resale among other direct categories in a retail environment

- Experience in a consulting firm and global exposure is desirable.

- CG&S, Retail, Real Estate, Healthcare, Automotive, Telecom industry experience would be preferred

- Demonstrated experience in Consulting and/or leading mid-large sized teams on transformation programs

- Strong presentation and client relationship management skills

- Familiarity with analytical tools such MS Excel, PowerBI, Alteryx, etc. would be desirable

What's in it for you?

- An opportunity to work on transformative projects with key G2000 clients

- Potential to Co-create with leaders in strategy, industry experts, enterprise function practitioners and, business intelligence professionals to shape and recommend innovative solutions that leverage emerging technologies.

- Ability to embed responsible business into everything-from how you service your clients to how you operate as a responsible professional.

- Personalized training modules to develop your strategy & consulting acumen to grow your skills, industry knowledge and capabilities

- Opportunity to thrive in a culture that is committed to accelerate equality for all. Engage in boundaryless collaboration across the entire organization.

About Accenture:

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services and solutions in strategy, consulting, digital, technology and operations. Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries and all business functions - underpinned by the world's largest delivery network - Accenture works at the intersection of business and technology to help clients improve their performance and create sustainable value for their stakeholders. With people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture drives innovation to improve the way the world works and lives. Visit us at www.accenture.com

About Accenture Strategy & Consulting:

Accenture Strategy shapes our clients' future, combining deep business insight with the understanding of how technology will impact industry and business models. Our focus on issues such as digital disruption, redefining competitiveness, operating and business models as well as the workforce of the future helps our clients find future value and growth in a digital world. Today, digital is changing the way organizations engage with their employees, business partners, customers and communities. This is our unique differentiator. To bring this global perspective to our clients, Accenture Strategy's services include those provided by our Global Network - a distributed management consulting organization that provides management consulting and strategy expertise across the client lifecycle. Our Global Network teams complement our in-country teams to deliver cutting-edge expertise and measurable value to clients all around the world. For more information visit https://www.accenture.com/us-en/Careers/global-network

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