External Talent Sourcing & Contracting Associate Manager UKIA

Job Title: External Talent Sourcing & Contracting Associate Manager UKIA
Location: London

Onsite: 2-3x per week

Role Overview:The External Talent Sourcing & Contracting Associate Manager is responsible for supporting the delivery of services to stakeholders and category leads. This includes strategic sourcing, competitive bids, contract negotiations, supplier performance management, price management, savings/compliance reporting, continuous improvement and ongoing cost reductions, supply market monitoring, and issue resolution.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Level:

• Influence the External Talent Category strategies to continuously drive improvement and value for Accenture.
• Utilize and continuously develop industry knowledge about the External Talent category to facilitate effective discussions, stakeholder management, and negotiations with key business stakeholders and suppliers.

Tactical Level:

• Collaborate with the Sourcing & Contracting team in India to ensure projects are delivered to a high standard, driving best practice in Procurement.
• Manage senior stakeholder relationships (e.g., Client Account Leads, Managing Directors, and Directors of Operations).
• Foster relationships with suppliers by discussing performance and partnership building.
• Utilize feedback to find and create solutions for senior leaders.
• Liaise with multiple departments (Procurement, Legal, Tax, Operations) to uncover opportunities for continuous improvement and solve day-to-day challenges.
• Ensure the highest level of compliance with local legislation, regulations, and Accenture policies.
• Focus on business adherence to processes and identify and implement process improvements.
• Identify opportunities and continuous improvements to support the overall delivery of our External Talent objectives.

Project Level:

• Drive demand management projects.
• Assist in integrating companies acquired by Accenture from a procurement perspective.
• Launch RFPs or other sourcing activities to refresh the supplier base.
• Assist the business in proposal solutioning.

Language Requirements:

• Fluent in English.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum of 7 years' experience in strategic sourcing, contract negotiations, procurement, and supplier management in the Contingent Labor / HR-Recruiting / Professional Services category.
• Proven knowledge of Procurement methodology and sourcing execution with demonstrated success negotiating complex purchasing agreements with suppliers in the Contingent Labor / HR-Recruiting category.
• Good understanding of contingent labor-related legal landscape, including employment law, immigration procedures, work visa classifications, and employment arrangements.
• Ability to manage multiple projects, adopt a flexible approach, and prioritize tasks appropriately.
• Comfortable navigating and communicating in a multicultural and broad environment and with all levels of the organization.
• 3+ years of experience working with senior business executives in a highly complex matrix organization.
• Forward and solution-minded, team player with a high degree of self-management.
• Comfortable working in a matrix-type organization.
• Ability to coach/mentor and lead if required; ability to collaborate, advocate a shared vision, and execute with agility.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.

Professional Skill Requirements:

• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including formal presentation skills.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong multi-tasking skills.
• Strong multi-phase project management skills.
• Attention to detail, able to problem solve, analytical.
• Strong proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word.
• Adaptable communication ability to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers.
• Highly motivated independent self-starter who thrives on challenge and delivering exceptional results.
• Possess a desire to learn and deliver as a true team player.
• Collaborative, and can drive favorable business outcomes in an efficient and agile manner, and who can flex to ever-dynamic business needs.