Procurement Practice New Associate
Accenture is hiring a Procurement Practice New Associate in Bangalore, a full-time onsite job in its procurement vertical. It is open to any graduate with 0 to 1 years of experience, and the post says the role may involve rotational shifts.
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What the work involves
- You join the procurement vertical and help with acquiring goods, services or works from outside suppliers, often through a tendering or competitive bidding process.
- You work as part of the procurement management team, which follows a step-by-step method: identifying the need, finding and qualifying suppliers, requesting proposals, negotiating, contracting, delivery, analysing results and contract close.
- The aim of the process is to get the buyer the best possible price once quality, quantity, time and location are weighed.
- You handle routine problems using precedent and general guidelines, and you receive detailed instructions on all tasks.
- You are an individual contributor in a team with a narrow, predetermined scope. Your decisions affect your own work and are closely supervised, and you mostly deal with your own team and your direct supervisor.
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Who can apply and what to expect
The post asks for any graduation, so your degree subject is open. Experience required is 0 to 1 years. The primary skill listed is Procurement Management, at the entry level the post labels P1.
The job is in Bangalore and is stated as onsite. The post also notes that you may need to work in rotational shifts, so check that this suits you before applying.
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Skills in this posting
- Buyer activities
- Procurement management
- Cloud
- Procurement
- Management
- Operations
- Bidding
- Bidding Process
- Office 19%
- Coordination 13%
- MS-Excel 12%
- Administration 9%
This posting lists buyer activities, procurement management, bidding and the bidding process, along with operations and cloud. Similar roles most often ask for operations, management, coordination, MS-Excel and administration, so basic Excel and coordination skills are worth showing.
Listing check
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How to prepare
- Learn the stages of the procurement cycle, from identifying a need to contract close, so you can explain each step in plain words.
- Read up on how competitive bidding and tendering work, since the post names them as part of the job.
- Practise basic comparison thinking: how price, quality, quantity, time and location trade off against each other.
- Be ready to say how you work with close supervision and detailed instructions, as this role is built around that.
- Think through how you would handle rotational shifts, in case the interviewer asks.
Questions people ask about this role
Can a fresher apply for this role?
The post asks for 0 to 1 years of experience and any graduation, so graduates with little or no experience can apply.
Is this job onsite or remote?
The post states it as onsite, in Bangalore.
Will I have to work shifts?
The post says the role may require rotational shifts.
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