Procurement Practice Specialist for External Talent Category with French

Procurement Practice Specialist for External Talent Category with French
Cluj-Napoca
Cluj-Napoca, Județul Cluj, Romania

Your career is about what you want to be and who you want to be. It’s about bringing your skills, curiosity and best true self to work.

In Accenture Operations we rethink the way people work and businesses perform by harnessing the power of rich data for
- making, innovative technology, and advanced machine intelligence.

By being part of our team, you will work from Monday to Friday, 09:00-18:00 in a 90% remote setup.

As a Team:

Within the Gallia (France, Be
Lux, Morocco and Mauritius) Procurement Plus organization delivering for Accenture internal client, the Gallia External Talent Category Delivery Lead is responsible for category managing entire Gallia region leading, and as the Delivery Specialist you will be responsible for the management of the Be
Lux countries directly, support the broader Gallia MU, and report to the Gallia External Talent Category Delivery Lead.

The External Talent category is the one of the biggest and most critical areas for Accenture to deliver corporate objectives in the Gallia market unit and this role will play an integral role in ensuring we deliver our labour requirements for our client projects.

Your role includes the key responsibilities below:

Category Strategy & plan:

Support the creation of the region category strategy to continuously drive improvement and value for the Accenture business;

Implementation of the Global & Regional External Talent Category strategy for local projects and initiatives;

Work with Gallia Delivery Lead on work planning and category governance;

Deliver sourcing & contracting projects;

Manage local supplier relationships and performance monitoring in line with Global principals;

Manage local category specific stakeholder relationships (e. g. Client Account Leads, Managing Director’s);

Manage External Talent Projects in Syn
Ops system;

Ensure compliance process execution;

Work in alignment with global/regional Procurement + and category goals for External Talent.

Contract management:

Negotiate and deploy Accenture contracts to suppliers, including best practices metrics & SLA, in collaboration with Legal department;

Lead supplier management program for suppliers delivering services ensuring KPIs and metrics are achieved;

Ensure implementation Local Country Addendum of global/regional agreements;

Ensure compliance with local legislation and Accenture internal policies;

Manage supplier’s contract signature by both parties;

Store suppliers signed contracts into contracts repository & archiving tools.

Reporting:

Identify opportunities for MI to support the overall delivery of our External Talent objectives;

Maintain the established Monthly reporting for the External Talent workforce Category;

Sourcing management:

Support
- out of global/regional sourcing initiatives within the Gallia;

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 RFP documents for projects in line with global/regional strategies; when applicable, use
- sourcing &
- auctions tools;

Perform supplier selection and negotiate commercial proposal with suppliers.

Buying process:

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

Maintain preferred suppliers list.

Skills that make your work successful:

Fluent in French and English advanced level;

Between 5 and 10 years relevant work experience in a similar role;

Ability to understand and communicate Gallia requirements market, process, relationships;

Strong stakeholder management skills;

Comfortable working in a matrix type organization;

Adaptable and comfortable working with ambiguity;

Proven knowledge of Procurement methodology and sourcing execution;

Strong analytical, presentation, communication written oral , interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills;

Strong relationship management skills and a proactive customer focused approach;

Forward and solution minded, team player and with 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;

Experience of Recruitment or Contractor Freelancer market.

Employee Benefits – Be well, work well, live well

Be at your physical best & take advantage of additional financial support:

Flexible medical & dental subscription plan with Regina Maria;

Nutrition counselling & Wellness subscriptions (7Card, Worldclass, Sano
Pass, or other providers);

Benefit Online platform for gift vouchers, transportation passes, vacation, cultural activities and many others;

Discount on Accenture shares through Employee Shares Purchase Plan;

Referral bonus, depending on the career level of the job opening;

Life insurance for you and your loved ones.

Follow your purpose:

23 vacation days with our loyalty scheme, granting additional days: 1 extra day after 2 years, another after 5 years, and an additional day every 3 years until reaching a total of 30 vacation days;

Additional private pension plan, starting the second month of employment;

Flexible working hours depending on project specifics;

Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities;

Communities of interest: sport, volunteering, and employees' resources groups (parents, mental health allies, Pride, disability, expats).

Care for you and your loved ones:

Psychological and psychotherapy counselling support;

Premium access to
- being apps (Calm and Wysa);

Paid maternity or paternity leave;

Children educational reimbursement;

Support for adoption & psychological, financial and legal sessions for everyone in your household.

At the heart of change, there is a great human. Bring your ideas, ingenuity and passion and be part of our team!

About Accenture

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
- and
- led company with approximately 791, 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 and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities.

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