Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager

Title: Sourcing & Procurement Senior Manager Location: UK Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience Career Level: Senior Manager As a team: Supply Chain & Engineering is a major functionally-oriented consulting practice: we help our clients reimagine and transform tomorrow’s supply chains and operations to positively impact business, society, and the planet. We do this through a human-centred and data driven approach that encourages our people and clients to continuously innovate and generate significant, sustainable global impact. Built on the three pillars of customer centricity, Zero-Based mindset, and responsible operations & organizations, this is what we call the Intelligent Supply Chain. Supply Chain & Operations is   seeking   to recruit a consultant with strong advisory consulting experience and a history of strategic cost reduction and/or sourcing & procurement projects. The Sourcing & Procurement community is one of the key components of Accenture’s Supply Chain & Operations service line within Strategy & Consulting that   operates   across industry groups alongside Supply Chain &   Fulfillment , Operational Process Transformation, and   Responsible   Value Chain.   In our team you will: Learn at the forefront of the industry, provide actionable insights to the world's top organisations, helping them address priority C-suite issues with strategies and improvements they can execute with speed and at scale Work in a central role enabling our Sourcing & Procurement capabilities in working with some of the most prominent global companies in the world, responsible for helping the CPO, and their business partners, address some of the critical business issues faced today, including: Procurement Strategy Definition Procurement Transformation (Operating Model, Process Design, AI etc.) Indirect & Direct Materials Spend Optimisation Contract Management (Compliance, Contract Lifecycle Management, etc.) Intelligent Procurement (Technology Strategy, Systems Implementation, etc.) Mergers and Acquisitions (Pre and Post Merger Integration) Large-scale ERP Transformation (SAP, Oracle, etc.) AI evaluation and deployment Procurement managed services / outsourcing In this role you will: Be responsible for   leading   projects and   delivery   teams in our   Sourcing & Procurement   group   to formulate   and   execute strategic cost reduction and procurement transformations   Lead   e nd -to-end strategy to implementation of procurement’s digital and analytics capabilities, including but not limited to SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Jaggaer,   iValua ,     etc.   Drive   supply chain   transformations in line with client’s business challenges:   - Create capabilities (process/tools/people) in line with the future operating model   - Analyse   and model financial data to support large scale cost reduction   programmes ,   utilising   functional and cost category benchmarks, process definitions and enterprise value targeting tools   - Help clients improve their ability to drive business outcomes through digital planning, reporting, and analytics   - Help clients harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI)   Refine and optimise the client's ability to organise and analyse financial,   operational   and external information to create substantial shareholder value   Maintain an understanding of advancements in technology and innovations which are happening across digital, analytics, the   supply chain   ecosystem and broader marketplace   Drive and develop vendors relationships with our strategic partners    Establish and strengthen client relationships with the   CPO ,   as well as ,   COO, CFO and   Supply Chain   executives   Lead   business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals   Develop Accenture’s Supply Chain and Operations assets,   tools