There is never a typical day at Accenture, but that’s why we love it here! This is an extraordinary chance to begin a rewarding career at Accenture Interactive Immersed in a digitally compassionate and innovation-led environment, here is where you can help top clients shift to the New using leading-edge technologies on the most ground-breaking projects imaginable. That why we are the Consulting team is looking for a Manager that will have a dedicated focus on ISG’s IT Center of Excellence to support all aspects of client-facing IT sourcing and cost optimization projects. The Manager will be expected to work closely with clients and suppliers to drive project initiatives and will lead consulting, problem solving, project management and data analysis that will be the basis for strategic client decision making. Further, the Manager will play an important role in deepening the expertise of ISG’s IT Center of Excellence and capturing knowledge to support business development opportunities while helping scale ISG’s IT capabilities.Typical client-facing projects would involve IT within the context of:
Strategic sourcing and cost optimization (both within a company and across a portfolio of companies)
Managed service support for strategic negotiations and software renewal pipeline
Procurement opportunity assessment and opportunity roadmap
Procurement transformation
Spend analytics
Make vs. buy decision analysis
Benchmarking and best practices implementation
The ideal candidate possesses some experience and exposure to IT procurement and/or negotiations across areas such as IT Services & Labor, IT Infrastructure, IT Software, and Telecommunications. The Manager will be expected to infuse ISG’s consulting business with their expertise across clients’ IT spend stacks while building upon their current IT Procurement base by demonstrating a strong aptitude for learning.Specific Responsibilities include:Project Execution
Ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables through strong project management, team management, and client management skills
Create robust sourcing strategies and recommendations
Provide IT thought leadership and benchmarking
Manage ISG project support resources and coordinate with subject matter experts within and outside of the firm
Develop and nurture relationships with clients
Work with contractors, consultants, and internal /external resources to align priorities, accomplish objectives, and satisfy all stakeholders
Facilitate development of project plans and overall project management to ensure effective delivery of client project work and client deliverables
Contribute to ISG’s strategic decisions and direction
Exhibit integrity in decisions and firm relationships
Achieve excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives
Limited travel, as needed
Business Development
Support sales calls
Develop sales-support materials
Provide IT thought leadership
Support development and review of client IT Spend summaries
Support development of new products and service offerings within IT practice
Work with team to identify and assess opportunities for savings and cost optimization through various IT sourcing levers
Practice Development
Create and curate deliverable content (POV slides, case studies, whitepapers, etc.) to capture IT category knowledge and ultimately support internal knowledge share and business development
Develop and execute strategies to aggregate data for ongoing benchmarking, insight generation, and data analysis
Assist with ongoing development and management of intellectual capitalIf your experience and your profile match with this position, apply now! All Accenture decisions will be made without discrimination based on race, religion, color, sex, age, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other basis covered by local law.
Strategic sourcing experience AND a consulting background are strongly sought
6-12 years of relevant business experience
Strong work ethic and high level of integrity
Demonstrated project management, consulting, leadership and analytical skills
Procurement and strategic sourcing experience, including exposure to IT negotiations
Strong communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to present comfortably to senior executives
Solid analytical skills, including the ability to manage resources performing complex analytics as a basis for client decision support data
An interest and passion for growing and developing junior team members
Strong client services skills/orientation developed by working with either internal business customers or preferably external consulting clients
Ability to effectively plan and manage multiple projects, tasks and initiatives simultaneously
Team-oriented mindset and strong interpersonal skills
Comfortable in an entrepreneurial, performance-driven environment
B.S. in Business, Engineering, or related field
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