Job Title - Topic Advisory Consultant (L9) – Sourcing & Procurement: Indirect Spend Management
Management Level: 9-Team Lead/Consultant
Location: Bengaluru, BDC10A
Must-have skills: Sourcing and Procurement
Good to have skills: Ability to leverage design thinking, business process optimization, and stakeholder management skills.
Job Summary:
This role involves driving strategic initiatives, managing business transformations, and leveraging industry expertise to create value-driven solutions.
Roles & Responsibilities:
Provide strategic advisory services, conduct market research, and develop data-driven recommendations to enhance business performance.
As a Topic Advisory Consultant, you provide sales support to our Sourcing & Procurement teams. This will include but is not limited to the following:
Planning and Origination
- Support annual planning to outline sales targets, target clients, and enhancement of sales assets.
- Conduct ongoing research to identify which companies to target over next 6-12 months.
- Identify, define and drive go-to-market campaigns
- Prepare for first conversations with potential clients
Proposals / Orals
- Define proposal response requirements and best sales messaging approach
- Bring the latest knowledge and best of content to each opportunity (e.g., industry trends benchmarking, competitive insights, etc.) inclusive of leveraging the subject matter expert network
- Assist in shaping the overall solution (approach, team, pricing, differentiators, etc.) to best fit the deal requirements
- Prepare for orals with innovating ways of selling to help differentiate Accenture
Content Management / Continuous Improvement
- Develop go-to-market approach / assets.
- Maintain global repository of sales assets (e.g., proposals, stage 0 decks credentials, etc.)
- Conduct reviews (loss / delivery) with client teams to identify areas of improvement and harvest deliverables.
- Stay relevant through training, research, client interaction and feedback sessions.
Professional & Technical Skills:
- Relevant experience in the required domain.
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Must support/mirror working hours for the supported Market Unit or other business area.
- Must be flexible with working hours to meet shifting business needs.
- Must have good internet connectivity and distraction-free environment for working at home, in accordance with local guidelines.
Additional Information:
- Opportunity to work on innovative projects.
- Career growth and leadership exposure.
About Our Company | Accenture
The work:
Experience: 8-10Years
Educational Qualification: Master’s Degree
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