Subject Matter Expert - Supply Chain Services (Sales Practitioner)

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Subject Matter Expert - Supply Chain Services (Sales Practitioner)

Sales Enablement

CL 7

Location - London

We Are:

Accenture is one of the foremost 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 743,000 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.

We are uniquely able to deliver tangible outcomes because of our broad range of services, solutions and assets across Strategy & Consulting, Technology, Operations, Industry X and Song. These capabilities, 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.

In our Service Supply Chain offering, we leverage a combination of proprietary technology and client systems to develop, execute, and deliver BPaaS (business process as a service) or Managed Service solutions across the service lifecycle: Plan, Deliver, and Recover.

In this role, you will partner with business development and act as a Business Subject Matter Expert (SME) to help build resilient solutions that will enhance our clients' supply chains and customer experience.

Join our dynamic Service Supply Chain (SSC) team and be at the forefront of helping world class organizations unlock their full potential. Imagine a career where your innovative work makes a real impact, and every day brings new challenges and opportunities for growth.

We're on the lookout for passionate, talented individuals ready to make a difference. If you're eager to shape the future and drive success, this is your chance—join us now and let’s build something extraordinary together!

You Are:

As a SSC Subject Matter Expert, you will participate in our pursuit strategy to close specific sales opportunities for the SSC offering. You will develop relationships with key buyers, decision-makers or stakeholders at new and/or existing clients.

You will create strong value propositions, and act as the point of contact for resolution and escalation of key sales pursuit and account-related items within your scope. You will provide invaluable SSC services and technology related expertise to clients and internally within Accenture.

You have extensive SSC industry experience and domain knowledge and are a recognized leader in the SSC space. Your strong knowledge of SSC practice, combined with your persuasive abilities, enable you to effectively engage with clients and stakeholders, drive meaningful conversations and achieve successful outcomes.

You are passionate about working in a transparent environment and believe that diversity drives innovation. You feel highly motivated to work with the SSC vision with our clients and can craft, sell and deliver change. You are a true team player and desire to be part of an organization that strives to make a difference by innovating with a purpose.

The Work:

You will transform the way SSC works in the future AND engage in one or more of following types of projects:

  • Lead and shape winning proposals for large scale RFPs and sole sourced engagements in managed services
  • Lead sales growth and mining in existing SSC accounts for specific Market Units and industry segments
  • Create value propositions in deals, leading client orals, workshops and other key sales effectiveness activities from origination to win stage
  • Co-innovate and lead a/the transformation agenda for our leading clients
  • Be a thought leader and deep domain specialist in one of many towers (e.g. Supply Chain, Service Supply Chain, Reverse Logistics, Sustainability)
  • Provide best-in-class industry perspectives, support existing engagements, discovery, client co-design workshops, transformation engagements and drive existing client portfolios into “the New”

Here's What You Need:

  • Bachelor’s degree
  • Demonstrable experience in Service Supply Chain
  • Experience delivering a minimum of 2 large scale end-to-end SSC sales cycles or transformations for global clients

Bonus Points:

  • Bachelor’s degree with a focus in supply chain, Logistics, Operations Management, business or other related field strongly preferred
  • Knowledge as a global domain expert in one or more of the following offerings Supply Chain, Service Supply Chain, Reverse Logistics, Sustainability.
  • Well versed in global industry leading ecosystem technologies & tools, automation, AI and analytics plus already have a proven track record of implementing digital compliance solutions
  • Strong sales support orientation in SSC
  • Excel in developing strong client relationships, drive client dialogue both at CCO/CFO/COO and at CSCO level, and in shaping and delivering value-led compliance projects
  • Existing relationships within the industry and our industry leaders at Accenture
  • Solid team player who thrives when working in a fast-paced, high energy and project-oriented environment and accustomed to driving outcomes in matrixed organization structures
  • Excellent leadership and communication skills with extensive experience in managing a high-performance team and delivering large scale transformation projects
  • Be action and results-oriented, self-driven person with a high energy level, analytical and structured, quality focused and adaptable
  • Be flexible and capable of some travel
  • Experience with PowerPoint and Excel

Closing Date for Applications 31st January 2025

Accenture reserves the right to close the role prior to this date should a suitable applicant be found.

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