Sourcing & Procurement Consultant

Title: Sourcing & Procurement Consultant Location: UK Salary: Competitive salary and package dependent on experience Career Level: Consultant As a team: Supply Chain and Engineering is a major functionally-oriented consulting practice: we help our clients to identify and quantify the transformational opportunities available in today’s dynamic business environment. Our work spans a range of value-focused operations assignments from redefining an operating model, reconfiguring national, regional or global supply chain footprint and capabilities through to global sourcing of core categories and creation of supply chain risk frameworks to ensure that potential risks are transparent and the extended supply chain is resilient. 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, AI) Procurement managed services / outsourcing In this role you will: Work with leadership at our clients to develop their strategic approach to procuring material and services including make/buy decisions throughout their value chain in order to optimise efficiency and client value. Design and prove the strategic business case for procurement transformations (alongside the rest of Accenture’s network). This will include the strategic assessment of the optimal digital and analytics solution for sourcing and procurement (including but not limited SAP Ariba, Oracle, Coupa, Jaggaer, iValua). Advise on how to deploy AI across the Source to Pay value chain, and work with technology partners to deploy AI use cases Deliver sourcing & procurement 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 harness digital and emerging technology solutions to power their operational strategies (including via RPA, IoT, Blockchain, Analytics, AI) Support value chain transformation projects across functional areas within and outside of supply chain, focusing on process reinvention, operational excellence, and cost transformation Support business development opportunities and prepare sales proposals Execute client engagements, with a strong capability to develop the skills and capabilities of junior colleagues What’s in it for you At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice! Flexibility and mobility are required to deliver this role as there will be requirements to spend time onsite with our clients and partners to enable delivery of the first-class services, we are known for. Closing Date for Applications: 31/10/2026 Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found. #LI-EU We are looking for experience in the following skills: Functional experience should include some of the following: direct or indirect materials/SG&A (Technology, Marketing, Travel, Facilities, Professional Services,