Accenture is seeking a strong individual with deep category & sourcing expertise for the role of Procurement Category & Sourcing Manager - BPO (Business Process Outsourcing) within the Corporate Professional Services Procurement Category Advisory practice. This role will be dedicated to one client and will focus on sourcing and category management across BPO sub-category,

Work with Practice & Client Team to develop and implement client specific category planning and management for the BPO categories.

Develop and maintain category-specific knowledge assets and market intelligence that capture expertise / best practices

Provide strategic sourcing oversight and category knowledge in support of the Sourcing Project Management function on projects within categories of expertise

Infuse market insights into the sourcing process on projects within categories of expertise

In collaboration with Sourcing Project Management and/or Procurement Practice Advisory, engage with customers' senior management team members to provide perspective on current market trends to inform client strategic decisions/sourcing initiatives in line with business goals and objectives

Leverage category expertise to support new sales and drive significant client business value

Establish, grow, and leverage network of suppliers, industry practitioners, and procurement professionals within categories of expertise

Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify continuous cost and performance improvement strategies

Provide educational and learning opportunities to internal colleagues and external clients (ex. Webinar, Spend Trends publications) on industry trends, supplier landscape changes, and market intel within categories of expertise

Coach and develop sourcing project managers in their professional development and pursuit of building category knowledge within area of expertise, This position may require regular travel to client location and Accenture offices in Prague and London

Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience

Procurement/consulting or category-related industry or supplier experience

Strategic sourcing, category management, and/or professional industry experience related to a range of the following sub-categories:

BPO

Knowledge of working with suppliers such as HCL Techologies, NTT Data, TCS plus the other large off-shore BPO solution providers

Thorough understanding of the supplier landscape and interpretation of market trends within the identified categories listed above.

Demonstrated success with key clients or stakeholders

Ability to develop and frequently refresh category market intelligence and insight tools to support internal sourcing teams and educate external client stakeholders

Ability to apply insights to customer's situation for meaningful impact

Ability to influence and persuade senior level client stakeholders

Ability to adapt to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers

Ability to interface with customers and suppliers via strong written and verbal communications skills

Existing positive relationships within industries related to the identified categories listed above.

Strong sourcing knowledge to be able to translate category to sourcing strategy

Well-developed, solution-oriented selling skills

Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment

Ability to drive transformational change

Solid multi-phase project management skills

Strong ability to effectively manage in a matrix organizational structure working with multiple internal stakeholders

Ambition to drive the category forwards, innovating internally and with ecosystem partners to drive incremental value for client

Ability to effectively lead strategic sourcing efforts related to Travel & Fleet categories within the context of integrated Plan, Source, Make and Deliver supply chain processes.

Accenture is one of the world's leading providers of sourcing and procurement services, we help our clients' architect, build and operate high performance procurement organizations through our global and flexible solutions. At Accenture we partner with forward-thinking business leaders of the world's most dynamic companies, to transform procurement and drive sustainable changes to their cost structures.