
location_onArmory Road, Elm Street Historic District, Downtown Hartford, Clay Arsenal, Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, 06115, United States
We are Sourcing & Procurement, a fast-moving group that thinks fast and works fast. Our mission is to help clients achieve big-picture change by approaching challenges from all sides with functional insights, data power, digital leadership, and extensive industry know-how. We show clients how to take major leaps forward in cost-out, strategic category management, and procurement operations.
Within Accenture Interactive, we operate in a digitally compassionate and innovation-led environment. Here, we help top clients shift to the "New" using leading-edge technologies on groundbreaking projects. Whether identifying opportunities to reduce marketing costs and environmental impacts or proposing innovative solutions to curb soaring prices and longer lead times, our team delivers tangible business results while enhancing the employee experience, customer satisfaction, and community impact.
This is an extraordinary chance to begin a rewarding career as a Sourcing and Procurement professional with Marketing experience. You will help clients develop strategies and operating models to advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line financial impact. Your role involves using data skills to develop and implement strategies that improve the value and performance delivered by clients' supply bases, while establishing strategic procurement category plans and processes to sustain long-term value.
There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that is why we love it here. You will play a critical role in building and providing analyses and recommendations that form the basis for key client decision-making. With direction from experienced leadership, you will solve challenging problems, create robust sourcing strategies, and synthesize disparate data sources into clear deliverables. You will nurture relationships with client stakeholders, facilitate project plans, and ensure effective delivery of client work.
Your experience means people look to you for guidance and ideas. You will use strong communication skills to ensure everyone understands your ideas and how to execute them quickly. Additionally, you will support Accenture's Marketing Center of Excellence by creating deliverable content such as POV slides, case studies, and whitepapers to capture marketing category knowledge and support internal knowledge sharing and business development.
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Skills: Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Power Bi, Tableau, Alteryx, Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics, Strategic Sourcing, Marketing Negotiations.
Education: Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience; MBA or equivalent graduate degree (preferred).
Work model: On-site
Armory Road, Elm Street Historic District, Downtown Hartford, Clay Arsenal, Hartford, Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut, 06115, United States
Hartford, Connecticut
Management consulting experience with a well-regarded firm; 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); 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; Comfortable in an entrepreneurial, performance-driven environment and a capacity for innovation and process improvement.
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