I&P GN - SC&E – Manager - S&P - Direct Spend

Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization): Manager Direct Materials Spend Optimization At Accenture, we work across industries to address our client’s most complex challenges, bringing together innovative talent and emerging technologies. Practice: Strategy & Consulting, Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization) Level: Manager | Experience: 9+ years Areas of Work: Direct Spend Optimization, EBITDA improvement, Should Costing & Teardowns, Design to Value, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Resilience, AI/ Agentic Procurement Locations: Delhi, Gurgaon, Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, Hyderabad, Chennai Explore an Exciting Career at Accenture As part of Supply Chain & Engineering (Direct Spend Optimization), you will help clients improve EBITDA and build more resilient supply chains by transforming Direct Materials, the supplier facing materials, components and externally manufactured inputs that flow directly into products. The role combines deep direct category expertise with engineering led cost transformation, strategic sourcing, supplier ecosystem design, digital/ AI enablement, and disciplined value realization. You will work across the full Direct Materials agenda what to buy, where to buy, who to buy from, for how much, how and when to buy, and how to sustain value. What you will work on Direct Materials diagnostics and value assessments: Establish spend/category baselines, identify cost drivers and size opportunities using spend, BOM, supplier, specification, and operational data. undefined Should-costing, teardowns & Design-to-Value: Build bottom-up should cost models using BOMs, drawings/ CAD, material and process inputs; conduct product/component teardowns and competitive benchmarking; identify value through VA/VE, specification optimization, part/ SKU standardization, make vs buy and complexity reduction. undefined Strategic sourcing and commercial excellence: Develop category strategies, run competitive sourcing, fact-based negotiations, contract optimization, commodity intelligence, price risk/hedging and total cost of ownership interventions; incorporate sustainability into overall strategies. undefined Supplier ecosystem and resilience: Support best country sourcing, localization, alternate supplier discovery, supplier consolidation, dual/multi-sourcing, supply network optimization, and risk mitigation. undefined AI/ Agentic Direct Procurement: Shape and deploy practical AI/ GenAI/ Agentic use cases across spend analytics, should cost modelling, supplier discovery, commodity and market intelligence, guided negotiation, complexity reduction, tariff intelligence, and Source to Pay workflows. undefined Value realization and sustainment: Translate opportunities into business cases, execution roadmaps, contracted savings, supplier performance mechanisms, operating-model improvements, and managed-service/ continuous-improvement models. Bring your best skills forward to excel in the role Strong analytical problem solving with the ability to connect commercial, engineering, supply chain and financial data. Ability to work across Procurement, Engineering/ R&D, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance and Technology stakeholders. Strong client leadership, communication, executive presentation, and team management skills. Comfort with digital, analytics and emerging AI technologies, with a practical focus on measurable business outcomes. Role Details Drive client value creation Understand the client business, product economics, direct material cost base, leadership priorities and value agenda. Co-create transformation strategies spanning cost, margin, resilience, productivity and AI-enabled procurement. Build credibility with C-suite and functional leaders through deep industry/category understanding and fact-based insights. Lead program delivery Lead Direct Materials engagements from rapid diagnostic and value assessment through sourcing, negotiation, implementation and sustained value realization. Guide teams across spend/ BOM analytics, should-costing, teardown/value engineering, commodity and market intelligence, sourcing strategy, supplier assessment, risk analysis, business cases and roadmaps. Ensure value is translated into executable actions, finance aligned benefits and scalable client capabilities. Grow the business and our capabilities Support/originate Direct Materials opportunities, shape client propositions and develop differentiated commercial pathways. Bring together category, engineering, industry, data/ AI and technology capabilities to solve client problems end to end. Develop reusable assets, playbooks and points of view across Direct Materials transformation and Agentic AI. Your experience counts! MBA from a Tier-1 business school, or equivalent relevant postgraduate qualification. 9+ years of experience for Manager level , with significant hands-on exposure to Direct Materials procurement, sourcing, category management, product cost management, and/or manufacturing cost transformation. Demonstrated hands-on experience in one or more direct-material value levers: should cost modelling, product/component teardowns, Design to Value/ VA-VE, specification/complexity reduction, strategic sourcing, supplier negotiations, commodity buying/hedging, supplier ecosystem design, localization or supply risk management. Experience working with technical inputs such as BOMs, drawings/CAD, material specifications, supplier quotes and manufacturing process/cost drivers is strongly preferred. Preferred industry and category experience Industries: CPG, Industrial & Automotive, Oil & Gas, Chemicals, High Tech, Retail, Health & Life Sciences, Metals & Mining industry experience would be preferred Categories : Metals/ steel/ alloys/ castings; plastics and resins; electronics/ PCBs/ components; chemicals; packaging; food ingredients/ agri commodities; pulp & paper; mining equipment/ consumables; contract manufactu