Procurement Category Manager (Resourcing UKIA)

London, England, United Kingdom

5/30/2025

Job Title: Procurement Category Manager (Resourcing UKIA)

Location: London

Onsite: 2-3x per week

Career Level: 8

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. With our thought leadership and culture of innovation, we apply industry expertise, diverse skill sets and next-generation technology to each business challenge.

As a Team:

Within the United Kingdom, Ireland and Africa (UKIA) Procurement Plus organization delivering for Accenture internal client, the UKIA External Talent Sourcing & Contracting category lead will be leading sourcing and contract management activities for External Talent in the UK, Ireland and Africa.

The External Talent category is the one of the biggest and most critical areas for Accenture to deliver corporate objectives in the UKIA market unit and this role will play an integral role in ensuring we deliver our labour requirements for our client projects.

Your role includes the key responsibilities below:

Category Strategy & plan:

Support implementation of the Global & Regional External Talent Category strategy for UKIA local projects and initiatives

Work with Category Management on work planning and category governance

Deliver sourcing & contracting projects

Manage local supplier relationship and performance monitoring in line with Global principals

Manage local category specific stakeholder relationships (e.g. Client Account Leads, Managing Director’s)

Manage External Talent Projects in SynOps system

Ensure compliance process execution

Work in alignment with global/regional Procurement + and category goals for External Talent

Actively participate in category community calls and foster team spirit at local level

People management

Supervise assigned team members (on-shore & near-shore)

Contract management:

Negotiate and deploy Accenture contracts to suppliers, including best practices metrics & SLA, in collaboration with Legal department

Lead supplier management programme for suppliers delivering services ensuring KPIs and metrics are achieved

Ensure implementation Local Country Addendum of global/regional agreements

Ensure compliance with local legislation and Accenture internal policies

Manage supplier’s contract signature by both parties

Store suppliers signed contracts into contracts repository & archiving tools

Reporting:

Identify opportunities for MI to support the overall delivery of our External Talent objectives

Maintain the established Monthly reporting for the UKIA External Talent workforce Category

Sourcing management:

Support roll-out of global/regional sourcing initiatives within the UKIA

Leverage the standard Sourcing methodology to achieve significant value in sourcing, negotiation and contracting

Provide support in upfront market research and supplier identification for all sourcing projects

Draw up technical specifications for local sourcing projects based on stakeholders’ requirements

Design and develop relevant RFP documents for projects in line with global/regional strategies; when applicable, use e-sourcing & e-auctions tools

Perform supplier selection and negotiate commercial proposal with suppliers

Prepare a recommendation report for stakeholders as a decision tool to help them selecting supplier(s)

Award supplier(s)

Buying process:

Promote usage of negotiated contracts and monitor adoption rate to it

Maintain preferred suppliers list

Stakeholders management

Manage internal stakeholders’ feedback on category organization & supplier performance

Liaise with multiple departments (Category, Procurement, Legal, Operations) to ensure communication paths remain open

Provide an escalation point for sourcing challenges

Supplier management

Promote greater use of Global or Regional Strategic Providers

Manage local supplier relationships in line with Global Category and 360 Value Mgmt. strategy

Deploy & adhere to global procurement process

When applicable, support development of global end to end procurement process, templates and tools

Modify the process, as required, to meet unique regional category specific requirements

Ensure the highest level of compliance with local legislations, regulations and Accenture policies with the support of the Procurement Plus Risk team

Review KPI related to the categories (PSL usage, Contract compliance, …) and take the proper actions

Key Relationships:

UKIA P+ Lead

Regional External Talent Workforce Lead

Contractor Exchange (CX) Team – UK, Ireland, South Africa and Indian based.

Local Business Stakeholders

Internal functions (e.g. Legal, Finance, etc.)

Key Skills

Ability to understand and communicate UKIA requirements (market, process, relationships)

Strong stakeholder management skills

Comfortable working in a matrix type organisation

Adaptable and comfortable working with ambiguity

Proven knowledge of Procurement methodology and sourcing execution

Strong analytical, presentation, communication (written & oral), interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills

Strong relationship management skills and a proactive customer-focused approach

Forward and solution minded, team player and with high degree of self-management

Ability to manage multiple projects, adopt a flexible approach and prioritize tasks appropriately

Comfortable navigating in a multicultural and broad environment and with all levels of the organization

Fluent in English

Experience of people management and leading teams

Experience of Recruitment or Contractor/Freelancer market

What’s In It For You

At Accenture in addition to a competitive basic salary, you will also have an extensive benefits package which includes 25 days’ vacation per year, private medical insurance and 3 extra days leave per year for charitable work of your choice!

About Accenture

Accenture is a leading global professional services company, providing a broad range of services in strategy and consulting, interactive, technology and operations, with digital capabilities across all of these services. We combine unmatched experience and specialized capabilities across more than 40 industries — powered by the world’s largest network of Advanced Technology and Intelligent Operations centers. With 509,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries, Accenture brings continuous innovation to help clients improve their performance and create lasting value across their enterprises. Visit us at www.accenture.com

Accenture is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all sections of society and does not discriminate on grounds of race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, or gender identity, or any other basis as protected by applicable law.