Accenture Sourcing & Procurement is growing and seeking to enhance our IT Center of Excellence with someone who fits our strong and vibrant culture. We are looking for a driven professional who is committed to building a great business and to having a seat at the table in making key decisions and influencing their career.
Whether identifying opportunities to reduce clients’ costs and environmental impacts or proposing innovative solutions that curb the effect of soaring prices and longer lead times, Accenture’s Sourcing & Procurement team delivers tangible business results for our clients – while also enhancing the employee experience, customer satisfaction, and community impact.
As an IT Management Consultant, you will have a dedicated focus on Accenture’s IT Center of Excellence to support all aspects of client-facing IT sourcing and cost optimization projects. You will be expected to work closely with clients and suppliers to drive project initiatives and will lead consulting, problem solving, project management and data analysis that will be the basis for strategic client decision making. Further, you will play an important role in deepening the expertise of Accenture’s IT Center of Excellence and capturing knowledge to support business development opportunities while helping scale Accenture’s IT capabilities.
The ideal candidate possesses some experience and exposure to IT procurement and/or negotiations across areas such as IT Services & Labor, IT Infrastructure, IT Software, and Telecommunications. While depth in all areas is not expected at this level, you will be expected to infuse Accenture’s Sourcing & Procurement consulting business with any existing knowledge and to build upon your current IT Procurement base by demonstrating a strong aptitude for learning.
Typical responsibilities include:
Project Execution
Create robust sourcing strategies and recommendations
Provide IT thought leadership and benchmarking
Synthesize disparate data sources into insights and clear deliverables
Work together with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements
Develop and nurture relationships with client stakeholders
Facilitate development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables
Coordinate with subject matter experts within and outside of the firm
Work with contractors, consultants, and internal /external resources to align priorities, accomplish objectives, and satisfy all stakeholders
Contribute to the IT Center of Excellence’s strategic decisions and direction
Exhibit integrity in decisions and firm relationships
Achieve excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives
Business Development
Support sales calls
Develop sales-support materials
Provide IT thought leadership
Support development and review of client IT Spend summaries
Work with team to identify and assess opportunities for savings and cost optimization through various IT sourcing levers
Practice Development
Create and curate deliverable content (POV slides, case studies, whitepapers, etc.) to capture IT category knowledge and ultimately support internal knowledge share and business development
Develop and execute strategies to aggregate data for ongoing benchmarking, insight generation, and data analysis
Assist with ongoing development and management of intellectual capital
Here’s what you need:
Minimum 3 years of relevant business experience
Procurement and sourcing experience, including exposure to IT negotiations
Strong experience with Microsoft Office (Excel & PowerPoint) products, including the ability to develop and interpret complex analytical models and ad-hoc reports
A bachelor’s degree in engineering, business, or a related field
Bonus points if:
You have proven client-facing skills and are proficient at building and nurturing client relationships
You excel at planning and managing multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously
Strong communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to present comfortably to senior executives
Strong analytical skills
You have deep IT category and procurement expertise in one or more of the following – hardware, software, infrastructure, networking, cloud services, labor
Comfortable in an entrepreneurial, performance-driven environment and a capacity for innovation and process improvement
Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)
You have earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience. As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in California, Colorado, District of Columbia, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York or Washington as set forth below.
We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.
Information on benefits is here.
Role Location Annual Salary Range
California $63,800 to $205,800
Colorado $63,800 to $177,800
District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300
Illinois $59,100 to $177,800
Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800
Maryland $63,800 to $177,800
New York/New Jersey $59,100 to $205,800
Washington $68,000 to $189,300
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