Sourcing and Procurement Energy Practice Specialist

About the role

This role can sit anywhere in the US as long as it is near an Accenture Corporate Office. Accenture is a leading solutions and services company that helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed across the enterprise.

Responsibilities

• Initiate and manage pricing requests sent to suppliers with defined deadlines and required deliverables
• Create and foster supplier relationships, maintaining an active database of available suppliers for all regions of the U.S and Canada
• Maintain collaborative working relationships with the Client Management and Market Intelligence teams to deliver best-in-class results to our energy clients
• Monitor energy market fundamentals, including supply/demand balances, weather and storage impacts, and infrastructure constraints
• Distinguish between the various energy procurement pricing methods including spot, fixed, and index related products
• Create high-quality procurement recommendations for clients including market intelligence, strategy and risk management
• Manage contract documents, terms & conditions, and lock confirmations
• Ensure deals are properly recorded and documented within internal systems

Requirements

• A minimum of 2.5 years of experience working in the Energy industry, preferably with natural gas
• A Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. (If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience)
• Knowledge of regional power and natural gas markets (e.g., ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, ISO-NE, NYMEX)

Qualifications

• Proven ability to work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment
• Comfortable in a performance-driven environment and possess a strong capacity for innovation and process improvement
• Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)
• Strong analytical and communication skills (verbal and written)
• Ability to effectively take on multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously; deadline driven
• Demonstrated abilities in problem solving and independent decision-making capabilities

SkillsMicrosoft Office products, including the ability to develop and interpret complex models and ad-hoc reports

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

Comfortable in a performance-driven environment and possess a strong capacity for innovation and process improvement

Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)

Strong analytical and communication skills (verbal and written)

Ability to effectively take on multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously; deadline driven

Demonstrated abilities in problem solving and independent decision-making capabilities

Benefits

• Compensation at Accenture varies depending on a wide array of factors, which may include but are not limited to the specific office location, role, skill set, and level of experience.
• As required by local law, Accenture provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired as set forth below.

Pay

• Annual Salary Range: California $70,350 to $205,800, Cleveland $59,100 to $164,600, Colorado $63,800 to $177,800, District of Columbia $68,000 to $189,300, Illinois $59,100 to $177,800, Maine $54,400 to $151,400, Maryland $63,800 to $177,800, Massachusetts $63,800 to $189,300, Minnesota $63,800 to $177,800, New York $66,300 to $205,800, New Jersey $68,000 to $205,800, Virginia $59,100 to $189,300, Washington $80,200 to $189,300

Schedule

• Typical work hours and schedule are flexible to accommodate the needs of the role and the client.