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. Within the Procurement Plus organization delivering for Accenture internal client, the External Talent Sourcing & Contracting category lead will be leading sourcing and contract management activities for External Talent locally. The External Talent category is the one of the biggest and most critical areas for Accenture to deliver corporate objectives in the 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: Negotiate and deploy Accenture contracts to suppliers, including best practices metrics & SLA, in collaboration with Legal department and leverage the standard Sourcing methodology to achieve significant value in sourcing, negotiation and contracting Design and develop relevant RFP documents for projects in line with global/regional strategies; when applicable, use e-sourcing & e-auctions tools Ensure the highest level of compliance with local legislation, regulations and Accenture policies with the support of the Procurement Plus Risk team and ensure implementation of the Local Country Addendum of global/regional agreements Lead supplier management programme for suppliers delivering services ensuring KPIs and metrics are achieved and maintain the established Monthly reporting for the local External Talent workforce Category Liaise with multiple departments (Category, Procurement, Legal, Operations) to ensure communication paths remain open and manage local category specific stakeholder relationships (e.g. Client Account Leads, Managing Director’s) Key skills: At least 6 years’ experience in the External Talent / Flexible Workforce/Recruiting industry and solid procurement background. Proven knowledge of Procurement methodology and sourcing execution Comfortable working in a matrix type organization, stakeholder and team members (on-shore & near-shore) management skills Analytical, presentation, communication (written & oral), interpersonal, negotiation and influencing skills Relationship management skills and a proactive customer-focused approach Ability to manage multiple projects, adopt a flexible approach and prioritize tasks appropriately Degree and Fluent in English About Accenture Accenture is a leading global professional services company that helps the world’s leading businesses, governments and other organizations build their digital core, optimize their operations, accelerate revenue growth and enhance citizen services—creating tangible value at speed and scale. We are a talent- and innovation-led company with approximately 791,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Technology is at the core of change today, and we are one of the world’s leaders in helping drive that change, with strong ecosystem relationships. We combine our strength in technology and leadership in cloud, data and AI with unmatched industry experience, functional expertise and global delivery capability. Our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song, together with our culture of shared success and commitment to creating 360° value, enable us to help our clients reinvent and build trusted, lasting relationships. We measure our success by the 360° value we create for our clients, each other, our shareholders, partners and communities. Visit us at www.accenture.com Dichiarazione di pari opportunità di lavoro Crediamo che nessuno debba essere discriminato a causa delle proprie differenze. Tutte le decisioni relative all'assunzione saranno prese senza riguardo a età, razza, credo, colore della pelle, religione, sesso, origine nazionale, ascendenza, stato di disabilità, stato di veterano militare, orientamento sessuale, identità o espressione di genere, informazioni genetiche, stato civile, stato di cittadinanza o qualsiasi altra base tutelata dalla legge applicabile. La nostra ricca diversità ci rende più innovativi, più competitivi e più creativi, il che ci aiuta a servire meglio i nostri clienti e le nostre comunità.