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Accenture

Advises businesses and runs their technology

Global Sourcing Executioner

Full-Time
No salary listed
Senior
Bachelor's
Gurugram, Haryana, India
In Person
Operations & LogisticsProcurement & Sourcing

About the job

Requirements
  • Education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant area.
  • Expertise in negotiation and influencing, including influencing business partners and suppliers and ensuring compliance with contracts.
  • Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
  • Strong digital, analytical, and numerical ability.
  • Ability to develop and maintain effective partnerships across geographic boundaries and functions.
  • A focus on service delivery and savings.
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Excel, PowerPoint, Power BI, Access, and Word.
  • Ability to leverage generative artificial intelligence for RFP drafting, spend classification, data summarization, and contract review.
  • Foundational understanding of how generative artificial intelligence works and its evolving role in procurement technology.
  • Openness to adopting emerging technologies to drive continuous improvement and innovation in sourcing practices.
  • At least 5 years of experience, with 5 to 8 years stated for the role.
  • Knowledge of end-to-end Agile and strategic sourcing projects using appropriate strategies to deliver optimum savings.
  • Knowledge and experience of e-auction and reverse e-auction sourcing processes and strategies.
  • Ability to identify, evaluate, and prioritize sourcing opportunities through spend analysis, market research, RFP responses, supplier negotiation, techno-commercial evaluation, award recommendations, business case presentations, and supplier contract execution.
  • Stakeholder and supplier relationship management for value-based negotiations.
  • Knowledge of contract and business case drafting and frequently used legal-agreement clauses, including negotiating contract terms and conditions with suppliers.
  • Knowledge of contract lifecycle management, including variations, amendments, and closures.
  • Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
  • Ability to work with legal and technical teams to facilitate negotiations of legal and technical contract terms.
  • Ability to negotiate and close contracts with advice from legal, technical, and business teams.
  • At least 50% of experience managing global client stakeholders and global suppliers in India.
  • Knowledge of the relevant category, including the external marketplace, key drivers and levers, supply base, balance of power, supplier capabilities, and trends.
  • Strong stakeholder-management skills.
Responsibilities
  • Execute end-to-end sourcing projects in line with global standards and policies.
  • Assist with and coordinate global and geographic contract negotiations to deliver robust terms and conditions that manage client service-delivery and commercial risk and represent value for money.
  • Build strong supplier-base relationships and manage negotiation and supplier selection within category and sourcing strategies.
  • Drive global and geographic supplier management and continuous-improvement initiatives with suppliers in coordination with business functions and category leads.
  • Understand and communicate the individual category strategy to internal stakeholders.
  • Execute business continuity plans and proactively manage risk.
Desired Qualifications
  • CIPS Corporate Diploma in Purchasing and/or membership of The Chartered Institute for Purchasing and Supply or an equivalent country qualification or membership.
  • IWS or Lean Manufacturing experience.
  • Knowledge of SAP-SD/MM modules, Ariba, or Coupa.

About the company

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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What believers are saying

  • Business demand grew: October 2026 results showed $74.2 billion annual revenue, up 5% in local currency.
  • Eligible US employees buy discounted stock: Accenture's purchase plan sells shares at 15% below market price.
  • Client relationships run deep: Accenture has worked with 195 of its top 200 customers for more than ten years.

What critics are saying

  • Bookings are not guaranteed revenue: most Accenture contracts let clients cancel quickly with little or no penalty.
  • Promotions require AI adoption: Accenture's CEO said in March 2026 that employees must use its tools effectively.
  • Federal hiring practices proved costly: Accenture settled discrimination allegations for $25 million in September 2026, without a liability finding.

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  • Its AI platform switches models: AI Refinery selects among prebuilt models according to cost, performance and other requirements.
  • Accenture owns specialist Microsoft expertise: it cofounded the Microsoft-focused Avanade consultancy with the software maker.
  • Consulting includes creative agencies: Accenture Song owns businesses spanning advertising, digital product design and customer engagement.

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Benefits

  • Health Insurance
  • Professional Development Budget
  • 401(k) Retirement Plan
  • 401(k) Company Match

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Accenture (NYSE: ACN) is betting on enterprise AI as its main growth engine. At its Investor and Analyst Day, the company targeted at least mid-single-digit constant-currency revenue growth in fiscal 2027 and 2028, rising to mid- to high-single-digit growth from fiscal 2029. Chief executive officer Julie Sweet said AI will create new demand that exceeds work lost to automation. The company has grown its AI and data workforce from 40,000 to nearly 110,000. Accenture plans to return $9.5 billion to shareholders in fiscal 2027 and spend about $5 billion on acquisitions. It expects annual operating-margin growth of 10 to 30 basis points. Its network of specialised businesses, now 6% of revenue, could double by fiscal 2029. Fiscal 2026 revenue was $74.2 billion, up 5% in local currency.

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