Organization: Corporate Functions/Geographic Services
Location: US - Negotiable
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People in the Corporate Function contribute to the running of Accenture as a high- performance business through specialization within a specific functional area, and grow into internally focused roles by deepening their skills and/or developing new skills within an internal functional area.
Job Summary:
Lead and coordinate part of the Procurement Plus Travel & Mobility category:
- Accountable for target setting in alignment with global and market P+ and category objectives
- Accountable to communicate, execute and implement category initiatives
- Accountable for category strategy definition, project execution and stakeholder alignment
- Functional and managerial responsibility for Category Management resources
Manage parts of the Procurement Plus Travel & Mobility category:
- Manage direct reports including target setting, performance, career and training development
- Foster knowledge sharing between global/regional/local P+ and travel & mobility resources
- Support the other Category Leads with the identification of stakeholders and definition of the strategy
- Benchmark category practices with market developments to identify initiatives for improvement
- Assess impact of changing requirements, including legislation and policies
- Lead and support market and global category strategy development and implementation
- Support global/regional/local negotiations and sourcing activities in line with global category strategy
- Support business profitability (incl. sales) related to travel across the regional Accenture organization
- Promote the use of contracts and buying channels according to category strategies
- Manage supplier relationships in line with Global Category and 360 Value Mgmt. strategy
- Develop and maintain effective strategic relationships with key internal customers and stakeholders
- Manage internal customer feedback on category organization & supplier performance
- Consolidate requirements and act as business partner across MUs, Functions and (Sub-)Categories
- Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify value contribution opportunities
- Ensure that input from stakeholders is considered in the category strategy and sourcing processes
- Act as an escalation point for category related issues and drive resolution in line with global targets
- Manage the category strategy implementation/execution for projects and initiatives
- Drive supplier performance by, for example, discussing lessons learned across different markets
- Perform supplier selection and fact-based negotiations in alignment with Global Category Leads
- Involve the business for actions related to supplier base optimization, KPI implementation
- Drive deep travel & mobility market intelligence into all aspects of the value proposition
- Global, Regional and Local Mobility Leads (Business)
- Other Global, Regional and Local Business Stakeholders
- MU, Country and Local GS Leads
- Procurement Plus Leads and Teams
- Regional Procurement Delivery Leads
- Global Category Director
- Global and Market Category Leads
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Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree
- 3+ years of experience in relevant field
- Master's degree with emphasis on the areas of business, economics, procurement, travel or comparable professional education
- Minimum of 6 years working experience in similar or adequate roles in procurement or travel environment, with international project and people management elements
- Minimum 3 years of experience working with senior executives to implement and manage initiatives in a highly complex matrix organization
- Expert knowledge of the travel & mobility industry and commercial models
- Expert in category management, sourcing as well as project management and planning
- Excellent knowledge of procurement and category strategy development and conveyance
- Proven knowledge in sourcing and procurement methodologies and concepts
- Advanced in analytics and the ability to analyze specifications and influence demand
- Strong knowledge of procurement tools content and data analysis
- Project and process management knowledge and experience
- Fluent in English, spoken and written
- Very strong in stakeholder and relationship management as well as supplier management
- Strong capability to independently interact throughout the broader Accenture organization
- Strong analytical, presentation, communication, interpersonal and influencing skills
- Forward, out of the box thinking and an innovative, disruptive and open mindset
- Action oriented and solution minded team player with high degree of self-management
- Demonstrated leadership in professional setting; either military or civilian
- Demonstrated teamwork and collaboration in a professional setting; either military or civilian
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