Procurement Operations Specialist | Cebu
Accenture in the Philippines
- Cebu City, PhilippinesCebu City, Central Visayas, PhilippinesCebu CityCentral VisayasPhilippinesPhilippines
- Full timeFULL_TIME
Expired 10 months ago
2023-10-04T16:00:00+00:00Job closed.
Job Description
Accenture in the Philippines is currently looking for Procurement Operations Specialists who will be responsible in performing the following day-to-day tasks:
- The Procurement Plus (P+) Sourcing & Category Specialist will act as trusted business partner to leadership & take accountability to ensure P+ delivers on our business promises related to supplier sourcing, purchasing, payment, & supplier management.
- Act as a business partner on the assigned spend sub-categories. Engage business & corporate function leadership to understand & support business priorities.
- Influence & adopt global strategies & tools used throughout the source to payment lifecycle. Collaborate with regional & global subject matter experts.
- Perform category management, sourcing & supplier management to achieve optimization of supply & best value for money solutions considering quality, speed, total cost of ownership, risk & other factors.
- Provide procurement & product/service expertise for the spend sub-categories in scope. Seek out procurement solutions, working in partnership with suppliers & Accenture Procurement Plus stakeholders, to deliver significant cost reduction and/or service improvement opportunities.
- Well-versed in standard procurement terms & conditions
- Quantitative skills – ability to understand (or develop) pricing models & analyze/interpret commercial proposals
- Good computer literacy (e.g. Microsoft tools - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Experience with eSourcing tools (e.g. eRFx, eAuctions, Project & Contract Management Systems)
- Desired general knowledge of SAP, Ariba, & SAP/Fieldglass a plus
Minimum Qualifications
What are we looking for?
- Open to college graduates
- With at least 5 years experience in procurement/strategic sourcing and/or supplier management (operational & strategic experience)
- Experience in bidding & tendering processes & negotiating
- Fluent in English & local language
- Experience in defining & implementing service levels, & delivering services within agreed SLAs
- Applicable knowledge & working experience in any of the categories: Facilities & Services, Contingent Labor, HR & Professional Services, Travel & Accommodation, IT & T, Marketing & Communications
- Experience in operating / supporting an operational purchasing team is desirable with “Procure-to-Pay” scope
- Certification in procurement or category specific qualifications is a plus.
- Amenable to work in Cebu City, Cebu
Jobs Summary
- Job Level
- Associate / Supervisor
- Job Category
- Accounting and Finance
- Educational Requirement
- Bachelor's degree graduate
- Recruiter response to application
- Always
- Office Address
- Cebu City, Central Visayas, Philippines
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About Accenture in the Philippines
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 approximately 733,000 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 and leadership in cloud, data and AI 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 Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent 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. Visit us at www.accenture.com.