Procurement Sourcing Execution Senior analyst in Marketing with German langauge

Place of work
Bratislava
Contract type
full-time

WHAT WILL
YOU DO

The Sourcing Execution Specialist will work as a key member of the Procurement Team within Accenture's Marketing Practice. This position will be responsible for sourcing various Marketing services (e.g. PR, Digital, Print, Field Marketing, etc.) for a range of clients with a focus on effective bidding of contracts and overall risk management. The Sourcing Specialist should be well versed in the procurement of services/products in multiple areas of Marketing and excel at providing this service for clients. Responsibilities will include, but not be limited to, supplier research, RFP development, market assessment, risk management, strategy development and contract negotiation. The Sourcing Specialist will also communicate with suppliers to gather timely, accurate, and complete Marketing market intelligence and maintain required client reporting tools for procurement team.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Design and implement cost savings projects across multiple Marketing Services and/or services sub-categories
• Facilitate documents and forms to complete supplier evaluations and contracting
• Engage with customers’ senior management team members to drive and communicate progress.
• Measure and manage “suppliers’” (aka providers, agencies, etc.) performance relative to contracted service levels.
• Perform total cost of ownership evaluations, perform supply-market research and conduct pricing audits and impact analysis for the pursuit of continuous cost improvements.
• Work collaboratively with suppliers and customer stakeholders to identify and execute continuous cost and performance improvement strategies.
OPPORTUNITIES:
• Gain exposure to all aspects of the Marketing sourcing process, starting with the Budgeting process and culminating in Negotiations and Contracting
• Lead multiple challenging projects with aggressive timelines across industries and geographies
• Expand and enhance supplier and customer management skills
• Improve project management discipline
• Deepen category-expertise and knowledge specific to goods and services and bring added value to sourcing projects and advance career development
• Work collaboratively with cross-functional team members and stakeholders to deliver significant results

WHAT WE
EXPECT

• A bachelor’s degree in business administration or international business management or equivalent
• Procurement experience
• Exceptional project management and multi-tasking skills with the ability to manage multiple end-to-end acquisition project cycles
• Strong work ethic, high motivation and the ability to challenge the status-quo
• Significant proven competency in sourcing/contracting/negotiation processes and best practices
• Solid understanding of and experience with quantitative and qualitative analysis
• Proficiency with Excel and PowerPoint
• Process oriented with excellent communication, organization/time management and problem solving skills
• Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers
• Knowledge of procurement operations
• Fluent in English and German langauge (other langauges are beneficial)







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ID: 2825996  Posting date: 24.11.2016