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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Delivery Lead Manager

Procurement & SourcingConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeGurugram, Haryana, IndiaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Possesses a strong understanding of generative artificial intelligence technologies and their applications within marketing procurement, ideally with practical experience using AI-driven tools, assets, and platforms such as market intelligence, supplier engagement, or spend analytics.
  • Can take initiative with high-level direction and deliver client work with minimal supervision.
  • Demonstrates continuous self-learning within the Marketing Services category.
  • Has analytical skills using numeric sources such as spreadsheets and text-based materials such as terms and conditions, and can convert information into tangible client recommendations.
  • Has a bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
  • Has a minimum of 12 years of relevant experience in consulting, sourcing, procurement, or supply chain management.
  • Has a minimum of 8 years of strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to one or more of these subcategories, preferably with North American and European markets: agency and brand promotion; experiential; market research; media buying; production; sales and resources; sponsorship and licensing; creative services; retail marketing.
  • Can manage the end-to-end sourcing process, including complex sourcing projects and negotiations with legal, finance, and business stakeholders, ensuring commercial and key contractual and technical requirements are included in contracts.
  • Can independently apply guidance from legal, technical, and business teams to negotiate commercial terms and contracts that meet client deliverables and requirements.
  • Has strong experience managing global client stakeholders and global suppliers; the majority of the candidate's experience should meet these requirements.
  • Is competent and experienced in people management, including mentoring, support, capacity planning, client engagement, and end-to-end delivery.

Responsibilities

  • Identify cost and productivity improvement opportunities in spending across a wide range of companies and industries.
  • Lead sourcing projects through strategy development, supplier negotiation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution, using an agile approach to improve execution efficiency.
  • Provide industry and supplier research, market intelligence, and financial analyses to clients.
  • Support development of market insights from cross-client sourcing activity and collaborate with Marketing Practice advisors to develop content for organizational knowledge sharing.
  • Develop senior-level stakeholder relationships at priority accounts and support account stakeholder relationship plans.
  • Lead category strategy development for specified clients to identify project opportunities that achieve client goals and advance their procurement function.
  • Lead and mentor sourcing teams on industry best practices, market trends and insights, commercial structure assessment, negotiation strategies, and contracting, acting as a subject matter advisor.
  • Engage with prospective clients during business development pursuits by supporting contract assessments and client due-diligence calls, and presenting the practice delivery approach and case studies.
  • Oversee account portfolios as a coach and mentor and remain accountable for account performance.

Desired Qualifications

  • Practical experience leveraging AI-driven tools, assets, and platforms such as market intelligence, supplier engagement, or spend analytics in marketing procurement.
  • Experience with relevant subcategories preferably involving North American and European markets.

About the Company

Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Accenture advises large businesses and public agencies on strategy, builds their technology systems and runs ongoing operations. Its teams connect business planning with implementation, covering areas such as cloud migration, cybersecurity and customer experience. Consultants work with clients to redesign processes, while engineers integrate software from technology partners and maintain the resulting systems for multinational organizations. Clients pay for project work or continuing services, including application support and business processes such as finance and customer service. Accenture was founded in 1989 and has its headquarters in Dublin, Ireland.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Dublin, Ireland
Founded
1989

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