Sourcing & Procurement Management Marketing Consultant - NASPFY26

About the role

We are sourcing and procurement professionals with marketing experience who help clients develop strategies and operating models to advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line financial impact. You use your data skills to develop and implement strategies that improve the value and performance delivered by clients' supply base, while establishing strategic procurement category plans and processes to sustain long-term value.

Responsibilities

• Solving challenging problems and applying creativity and innovation
• Create robust sourcing strategies and recommendations
• Drive category insights, analysis and benchmarking
• Synthesize disparate data sources into insights and clear deliverables
• Work with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements
• Nurture relationships with client stakeholders
• Facilitate development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables
• Develop presentations and key deliverables to support decision making
• Communicate findings and recommendations to internal teams and client stakeholders
• Achieve excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives
• Support Accenture's Marketing Center of Excellence by creating deliverable content (POV slides, case studies, whitepapers, etc.) to capture marketing category knowledge and ultimately support internal knowledge share and business development

Requirements

• Minimum of 3 years of experience executing Strategic Sourcing projects/programs, including exposure to Marketing negotiations
• Minimum 1 year experience with Microsoft Office (Excel & PowerPoint) products, including the ability to develop and interpret complex analytical models and ad-hoc reports
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience. If associate degree, must have a minimum of 6 years’ work experience
• Marketing category and procurement expertise in one or more of these subcategories: Creative Agencies, Media Buying & Planning, PR Agencies, Experiential Agencies, Market Research, MarTech, Digital/Social Marketing, Commercial Print, and Promotional Items
• Bonus points if: Management consulting experience with a well-regarded firm (strongly preferred), Management consulting experience in a client-facing role, Prior experience in driving insights using visualization tools (i.e., Power BI, Tableau, Alteryx) and analytics tools (i.e., Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics)

Qualifications

• Earned an MBA or equivalent graduate degree
• Demonstrated abilities in problem solving and independent decision-making capabilities
• Ability to effectively take on multiple projects, tasks, and initiatives simultaneously
• Strong analytical skills with high attention to detail
• Strong communication skills (verbal and written)
• Self-starter mindset and bias towards proactively taking initiative to learn, grow, and advance projects

Skills

• Data skills
• Strategic thinking
• Project management
• Client relationship management
• Communication skills
• Problem-solving
• Independent decision-making

Benefits

Accenture offers a market competitive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life, and long-term disability coverage, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off. See more information on our benefits here: U.S. Employee Benefits | Accenture

Pay

Annual Salary Range: $70,350 to $205,800

Schedule

Travel is required for this role and could vary from 10-40%