Accenture
Overview
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 738,000 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 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 Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. Visit us at www.accenture.com. You Are
Procurement Category Specialist, Telecom
— to collaborate with external clients to develop sourcing strategies across Technology spend areas including Telecom. You will work with clients to support each company’s business goals while achieving optimal commercial structure, quality and service levels. The Work
Work collaboratively with global client organizations, practice leadership, market leading technology providers, and client stakeholders to identify value, ROI, and savings opportunities within Technology investments across a wide array of leading companies and industries. Lead end to end sourcing projects, including strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution. Leverage industry and supplier research, market intelligence (internal and externally sourced) to perform financial and commercial analyses of IT contracts to advise clients in optimizing their IT investments aligned to market leading strategies. Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with Technology Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization and thought leadership for clients. Pursue and develop senior level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts; support account stakeholder relationship plans. Lead Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function. Mentor sourcing team on technology sourcing best practices with emphasis on technology market trends and insights, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies and contracting best practice. Engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits through support of contract assessments, client due diligence calls, and presenting the practice delivery approach and case studies. Here's what you need
A minimum of 3 years experience in strategic sourcing/category management, procurement advisory/market intelligence, consulting, or related professional industry experience in one or more of the following areas: Software (SaaS, ELAs with major vendors, maintenance renewals, security, Platform-as-a-Service); Cloud (public cloud such as AWS, Google, Azure); Infrastructure (servers, end-user computing, print services, storage, security, IaaS); Services (related software, application or cloud professional services including systems integration, cloud managed services, and application services, including requirements development and commercial analysis). Bonus points if
Bachelor’s degree Strong critical thinker, self-starter who can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision Highly adaptable and skilled in problem-solving, with the ability to develop and support creative solutions tailored to client-specific technology and cost optimization challenges Passion for continuous self-learning within the technology industry (cloud, consulting and services, infrastructure, software and telecommunications) Proven analytical skills in numeric and text-based analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients Process oriented team leader with the ability to identify process efficiencies and opportunities to apply transformative technology such as Gen AI to improve service delivery Travel
This position may require travel up to 50% to multiple customer locations Compensation
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 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. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards) Location-based Salary Ranges
California $63,800 to $196,000 Cleveland $59,100 to $156,800 Colorado $63,800 to $169,300 District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300 Illinois $59,100 to $169,300 Maryland $63,800 to $169,300 Massachusetts $63,800 to $180,300 Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300 New York/New Jersey $59,100 to $196,000 Washington $68,000 to $180,300 Requesting an Accommodation
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. A criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment. The Company will not discriminate against employees or applicants for discussing pay or the pay of others. California residents have additional information here if applicable. Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
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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 738,000 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 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 Accenture Song. These capabilities, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients succeed and build trusted, lasting relationships. Visit us at www.accenture.com. You Are
Procurement Category Specialist, Telecom
— to collaborate with external clients to develop sourcing strategies across Technology spend areas including Telecom. You will work with clients to support each company’s business goals while achieving optimal commercial structure, quality and service levels. The Work
Work collaboratively with global client organizations, practice leadership, market leading technology providers, and client stakeholders to identify value, ROI, and savings opportunities within Technology investments across a wide array of leading companies and industries. Lead end to end sourcing projects, including strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations and supplier contract execution, leveraging an Agile approach to drive efficiency in execution. Leverage industry and supplier research, market intelligence (internal and externally sourced) to perform financial and commercial analyses of IT contracts to advise clients in optimizing their IT investments aligned to market leading strategies. Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with Technology Practice advisors to develop content that enables knowledge sharing across the organization and thought leadership for clients. Pursue and develop senior level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts; support account stakeholder relationship plans. Lead Category Strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and mature their procurement function. Mentor sourcing team on technology sourcing best practices with emphasis on technology market trends and insights, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies and contracting best practice. Engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits through support of contract assessments, client due diligence calls, and presenting the practice delivery approach and case studies. Here's what you need
A minimum of 3 years experience in strategic sourcing/category management, procurement advisory/market intelligence, consulting, or related professional industry experience in one or more of the following areas: Software (SaaS, ELAs with major vendors, maintenance renewals, security, Platform-as-a-Service); Cloud (public cloud such as AWS, Google, Azure); Infrastructure (servers, end-user computing, print services, storage, security, IaaS); Services (related software, application or cloud professional services including systems integration, cloud managed services, and application services, including requirements development and commercial analysis). Bonus points if
Bachelor’s degree Strong critical thinker, self-starter who can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision Highly adaptable and skilled in problem-solving, with the ability to develop and support creative solutions tailored to client-specific technology and cost optimization challenges Passion for continuous self-learning within the technology industry (cloud, consulting and services, infrastructure, software and telecommunications) Proven analytical skills in numeric and text-based analysis, converting information into tangible recommendations to clients Process oriented team leader with the ability to identify process efficiencies and opportunities to apply transformative technology such as Gen AI to improve service delivery Travel
This position may require travel up to 50% to multiple customer locations Compensation
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 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. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/local/total-rewards) Location-based Salary Ranges
California $63,800 to $196,000 Cleveland $59,100 to $156,800 Colorado $63,800 to $169,300 District of Columbia $68,000 to $180,300 Illinois $59,100 to $169,300 Maryland $63,800 to $169,300 Massachusetts $63,800 to $180,300 Minnesota $63,800 to $169,300 New York/New Jersey $59,100 to $196,000 Washington $68,000 to $180,300 Requesting an Accommodation
Accenture is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for persons with disabilities or religious observances, including reasonable accommodation when needed. If you are hired by Accenture and require accommodation to perform the essential functions of your role, you will be asked to participate in our reasonable accommodation process. Accommodations made to facilitate the recruiting process are not a guarantee of future or continued accommodations once hired. Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
We believe that no one should be discriminated against because of their differences. All employment decisions shall be made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other basis as protected by federal, state, or local law. Our rich diversity makes us more innovative, more competitive, and more creative, which helps us better serve our clients and our communities. For details, view a copy of the Accenture Equal Employment Opportunity Statement. Other Employment Statements
Applicants for employment in the US must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the United States. Candidates who are currently employed by a client of Accenture or an affiliated Accenture business may not be eligible for consideration. Job candidates will not be obligated to disclose sealed or expunged records of conviction or arrest as part of the hiring process. A criminal conviction history is not an absolute bar to employment. The Company will not discriminate against employees or applicants for discussing pay or the pay of others. California residents have additional information here if applicable. Please read Accenture’s Recruiting and Hiring Statement for more information on how we process your data during the Recruiting and Hiring process.
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