Line of Service

Industry/Sector

Specialism

Management Level

Job Description & Summary

Enhancing your leadership style, you motivate, develop and inspire others to deliver quality. You are responsible for coaching, leveraging team member’s unique strengths, and managing performance to deliver on client expectations. With your growing knowledge of how business works, you play an important role in identifying opportunities that contribute to the success of our Firm. You are expected to lead with integrity and authenticity, articulating our purpose and values in a meaningful way. You embrace technology and innovation to enhance your delivery and encourage others to do the same.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Analyse and identify the linkages and interactions between the component parts of an entire system.
• Take ownership of projects, ensuring their successful planning, budgeting, execution, and completion.
• Partner with team leadership to ensure collective ownership of quality, timelines, and deliverables.
• Develop skills outside your comfort zone, and encourage others to do the same.
• Effectively mentor others.
• Use the review of work as an opportunity to deepen the expertise of team members.
• Address conflicts or issues, engaging in difficult conversations with clients, team members and other stakeholders, escalating where appropriate.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

PwC US ADVISORY – Bangalore AC PROCUREMENT TEAM

The Bangalore AC Procurement team is responsible for facilitating all procurement contracts and supplier interactions on behalf of the Bangalore Acceleration Centre. The team is responsible for end-to-end procurement activities including, but not limited to, conducting effective scoping discussions with business teams, identifying the right suppliers, negotiating commercials, facilitating necessary internal approvals and ensuring effective contracting for all goods and services procured by all teams within the Bangalore Acceleration center.  

Bangalore AC procurement team members will work closely with the procurement lead and the procurement leadership committee to ensure necessary due diligence is done on all procurement activities according to the governing policies and PwC’s code of conduct. The team acts as the first point of contact for all suppliers across multiple categories and ensure timely closure of all procurement requests from the business teams while ensuring all process requirements are fulfilled

Bangalore AC procurement team will also ensure necessary PwC US guidelines are adhered to and will work closely with procurement stakeholders and other control group stakeholders in the US

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

Knowledge Preferred:

Candidates should demonstrate substantial experience and / or knowledge in Sourcing and Procurement Services/ Execution

Below are the details of knowledge requirements:

• Sourcing and Procurement:    

Primary

• Contract Management (Working through multiple business stakeholders to take a contract from start to finish, managing contract renewals proactively, quick supplier negotiations)
• Supplier Management (Conducting QBRs, managing supplier performance, etc.)
• A strong understanding of procurement operations and/or understanding of procurement outsourcing operating model
• Experience with Procure-to-Pay (P2P) platforms such as Coupa, SAP Ariba etc.
• Understanding of fundamental principles of P2P including spend and commodity taxonomies, requisitioning, PO generation, receiving and invoice processing

Secondary

• Spend Analysis
• Category savings assessment
• Procurement Diagnostics
• Operating Model Design
• Procurement Process Design
• Design and execution of Strategic Sourcing initiatives including RFI / RFP (Request for Information / Request for Proposal) design, development and analysis,
• Supplier Negotiation strategy
• Third Party Lifecycle Management
• Supplier Risk Management
• Category management with knowledge of various Direct & Indirect Categories

Skills Preferred:

• Delivering significant business results that utilize strategic and creative thinking, problem solving, and taking individual initiative
• Emphasizing the ability to build solid and collaborative relationships with team members
• Communicating effectively (written and verbal) to various situations and audiences
• Managing and conducting quantitative and qualitative benchmarking and primary and secondary analyses of large and complex data.

Educational Background:

Full-time Bachelor’s degree/equivalent is a must.

Past sourcing & procurement experience would be an added plus. Experience of working with MS Excel, MS Access, Sourcing tools

Education (if blank, degree and/or field of study not specified)

Certifications (if blank, certifications not specified)

Required Skills

Optional Skills

Desired Languages (If blank, desired languages not specified)

Travel Requirements

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

Government Clearance Required?

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