About this role
About the Role This is a Sourcing & Procurement role within Accenture's Management Consulting team. You will help clients develop strategies and operating models to advance procurement capabilities and drive bottom-line impact, using data-driven insights to improve spend performance. The role involves delivering analyses, building sourcing plans, and communicating recommendations to clients, with travel required (10-50%). What You'll Do
- Solve challenging problems and apply creativity and innovation to client sourcing challenges.
- Create robust sourcing strategies and cost-out recommendations.
- Drive category insights, analysis and benchmarking to inform decision making.
- Build and review robust analytics models in Excel, Alteryx, and SQL; synthesize data into actionable deliverables.
- Work with clients to identify and interpret key project requirements; nurture stakeholder relationships.
- Facilitate development of project plans and overall project management to ensure timely delivery.
- Develop presentations and key deliverables to support decision making; communicate findings to internal teams and client stakeholders.
- Achieve excellence and dependability through the execution of projects and initiatives. What We're Looking For
- Minimum 2.5 years of experience executing Strategic Sourcing projects/programs.
- Minimum 2.5 years of experience developing and executing cost optimization strategies.
- Strong problem solving and data analytics skills using Excel, Alteryx, SQL, R, and Power BI; experience building complex models and executive-ready dashboards.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years) work experience; associate degree requires 6 years' work experience.
- Bonus points for management consulting experience with a well-regarded firm.
- Comfortable in an entrepreneurial, performance-driven environment; ability to manage multiple projects concurrently.
- Strong analytical, attention to detail, and communication skills (verbal and written).
- Self-starter with initiative; experience using AI tools (Claude, Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, Gemini) for analytics, coding, automation, and modeling.
- Prior experience delivering insights using visualization tools (Power BI, Tableau) and analytics tools (Adobe Analytics, Google Analytics).
- MBA or equivalent graduate degree (nice-to-have). Nice to Have
- MBA or equivalent graduate degree.
- Management consulting experience with a well-regarded firm.
- Experience with AI tools for analytics, coding, process automation, app development, and statistics.
- Experience with Power BI/Tableau visualization across client engagements. Compensation & Benefits
- Salary ranges are location-specific; the listing shows examples such as California: $70,350 to $205,800; Cleveland: $59,100 to $164,600; Colorado: $63,800 to $177,800; District of Columbia: $68,000 to $189,300; Illinois: $59,100 to $177,800; Maine: details incomplete in the posting.
- Accenture offers medical, dental, vision, life, long-term disability, a 401(k) plan, bonus opportunities, paid holidays, and paid time off.