POSITION TITLE: Procurement Practice Associate Manager

WORK SETUP: Hybrid

Project Shift Schedule: Morning Shift

Project Rest Day:  Weekends

Project/Team Location: Mandaluyong Robinsons Cybergate Tower 2

(Salary is confidential, but once they are selected, the final salary offer will depend to the client and project they will be assigned)

Skills and Qualifications Required:

• At least 7 to 8 years of experience in Travel and Mobilization

• Procurement experience is an advantage

• International experience is an advantage as resources will support SEA and ANZ

• Strong analytical, presentation, communication (written and oral), interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills

• Strong relationship management skills and a proactive customer-focused approach

• Forward and solution-minded, team player with a high degree of self-management

• Ability to manage multiple projects, adopt a flexible approach, and prioritize tasks appropriately

• Comfortable navigating in a multicultural and broad environment and with all levels of the organization

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Sourcing Management: 

- Along with Regional Travel & Mobility Category Lead, identify sourcing projects in line with the global/regional category strategies

- Create and maintain a local sourcing pipeline through spend analysis and regular stakeholder meetings - Facilitate the roll-out of global/regional/local sourcing initiatives in ANZ and SEA Incl. PH - Collaborate with local business stakeholders to understand local business requirements 

- Actively participate in category community calls and foster team spirit at the local level 

- Leverage the standard Sourcing methodology to achieve significant value in sourcing, negotiation, and contracting 

- Provide support in upfront market research and supplier identification for all sourcing projects 

- Draw up technical specifications for local sourcing projects based on stakeholders’ requirements - Design and develop relevant RFx documents for projects in line with global/regional strategies, when applicable, by utilizing e-sourcing and e-auctions tools 

- Perform supplier selection for local projects and negotiate commercial proposals with suppliers, as determined by the category management team for global and regional projects 

- Prepare a recommendation report for stakeholders as a decision tool to help them select supplier(s) - Award supplier(s) 

Contract management: 

- Negotiate and deploy suppliers’ contracts, including best practices metrics and SLA, in collaboration with the Legal department 

- Ensure implementation of Local Country Addendum of global/regional agreements 

- Ensure compliance with local legislation and Accenture internal policies 

- Manage suppliers’ contract signature by both parties 

- Store suppliers' signed contracts in the contracts repository and archiving tools 

Buying process: 

- Promote usage of negotiated contracts and monitor adoption rate to it

- Maintain preferred suppliers list  

Stakeholders Management: 

- Identify key Travel & Mobility stakeholders for ANZ and SEA incl PH and other APAC geographical units if applicable 

- Manage internal stakeholders’ feedback on suppliers’ performance

- Proactively organize sessions with internal customers to identify value adding opportunities 

- Liaise with multiple departments (Category, Procurement, Legal, Operations) to ensure communication paths remain open 

- Provide an escalation point for sourcing challenges 

Supplier Management: 

- Promote greater use of Global or Regional Strategic Providers 

- Manage local supplier relationships in line with Global Category and 360 Value 

- Management strategy Deploy & adhere to the Global Procurement process 

- When applicable, support the development of global end-to-end procurement process, templates, and tools 

- Ensure the highest level of compliance with local legislations, regulations, and Accenture policies with the support of the Procurement Plus Risk team 

- Review KPIs related to the categories (PSL usage, Contract Compliance, SynOps health, saving targets)

RECRUITMENT PROCESS:

1. Screening with CV Reviewer

2. Endorse for validation, along with the HRI toolkit, FCV and CV

3. For reviewing with the client