Procurement Practice Senior Analyst

Skill required: Procurement Operations - Procurement Support
Designation: Procurement Practice Senior Analyst
Qualifications:Any Graduation
Years of Experience:5 to 8 years
About Accenture
Accenture is a global professional services company with leading capabilities in digital, cloud and security.Combining unmatched experience and specialized skills across more than 40 industries, we offer Strategy and Consulting, Technology and Operations services, and Accenture Song— all powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. Our 784,000 people deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity every day, serving clients in more than 120 countries. We embrace the power of change to create value and shared success for our clients, people, shareholders, partners and communities.Visit us at www.accenture.com
What would you do? • Go beyond processing purchase orders at lower costs to help clients reap savings and value from the billions they spend on the goods and services that run their day-to-day business operations. • You will be working as a part of Procurement management team which uses a systematic approach for buying all the goods and services needed for a company to stay sustainable They are involved in the identification of need finding and qualifying the suppliers requesting proposals negotiating with suppliers contracting delivery and analyzing results • Analyze and design the best practices for tactical and transactional procurement processes. • Plan implementation based on detailed understanding of technologies involved and best practice process output measures. • Provide the setup and ongoing maintenance of suppliers, catalog content, user authorization data and procurement applications to provide efficient and effective transactions, and to help maximize compliance.
What are we looking for? • Primary skill - Procurement Support - P1 • • Procurement Operations - P5 • • Graduate Postgraduate in Commerce, Finance, or Supply Chain • • 5 to 12+ years of experience in Procurement P2P Master Data • • Hands-on experience in SAP PIR, Vendor Master, and Procurement tools • • Exposure to shared services BPO global delivery models • • Lean Six Sigma certification (preferred)
Roles and Responsibilities: • Vendor Excellence Supplier Management • • Manage end-to-end vendor lifecycle (onboarding, modifications, deactivation) • • Ensure vendor data governance, compliance (KYC, tax, banking validation) • • Drive Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) and vendor performance tracking • • Partner with sourcing teams for RFx enablement and supplier onboarding • • Ensure adherence to compliance, audit (SOX), and risk management frameworks • • Lead initiatives for vendor data standardization and deduplication • PIR (Purchasing Info Record) Management • • Create, update, and maintain PIRs in SAP ERP systems • • Ensure price accuracy, validity dates, and contract alignment • • Support sourcing teams with pricing conditions, rate cards, and contract integration • • Perform regular data audits to ensure correctness and completeness • • Troubleshoot PIR-related issues impacting PO creation and invoice processing • • Enable automation and standardization of PIR processes • • Drive process improvements, automation (RPA), and digital transformation initiatives • • Monitor and manage SLA KPI performance (accuracy, turnaround time, compliance) • • Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective actions • • Support transition, migration, and stabilization of new processes • • Develop SOPs, training materials, and knowledge management frameworks • Stakeholder & Governance • • Collaborate with procurement, sourcing, finance, and IT teams globally • • Manage client stakeholder expectations and escalations • • Present performance dashboards, MIS reports, and insights to leadership • • Participate in governance forums, audits, and leadership reviews

Any Graduation

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 talent- and innovation-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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