Global Category Director (HR & Professional Services)

We Are:

Procurement Plus (P+) partners with Accenture's business teams to deliver strategic procurement solutions that drive value, optimize costs, manage risk, and improve service quality. Through global category management, strategic sourcing, and supplier relationship management, P+ aligns procurement activities with business priorities while promoting compliance, operational excellence, and continuous improvement.

You Are:

The P+ HR & Professional Services Category Lead, responsible for developing and executing global category strategies across HR and Professional Services. You will build executive-level relationships, partner with senior business stakeholders, and lead strategic sourcing initiatives that deliver measurable value for Accenture. You will also provide functional and people leadership to the global category team, driving stakeholder alignment, category performance, compliance, and continuous improvement across Markets and Market Units.

The Work:

• Develop and execute global category strategies, vision, and multi-year plans across HR and Professional Services, aligning with business needs and broader P+ objectives.
• Establish and maintain executive-level relationships with the Procurement Executive Leadership Team, business stakeholders, budget owners, and suppliers to build alignment and support strategic decision-making.
• Apply category and industry expertise across HR subcategories, including Employee Benefits, Payroll, HR Consulting, Training, and Research/Knowledge Management, and Professional Services subcategories, including Marketing, Legal, Finance Services (Audit, Tax, and Immigration), and Advisory.
• Leverage market trends, industry insights, and business requirements to identify opportunities and develop proactive category strategies.
• Lead the implementation of global category and domain strategies, ensuring sourcing activities align with established priorities and deliver measurable business value.
• Drive category performance, service excellence, and compliance with procurement policies and category strategies.
• Manage the sourcing project pipeline and forecast activities across both category clusters.
• Identify and implement opportunities to optimize sourcing initiatives, buying channels, specifications, and procurement processes while addressing compliance gaps and purchasing leakage.
• Provide functional and managerial leadership to global P+ Category team members, including setting objectives, conducting performance reviews, and supporting career development and training.
• Coach and mentor team leads to strengthen stakeholder and project management, collaboration, customer focus, delivery excellence, and continuous improvement.
• Assess the impact of evolving business requirements, legislation, and policies on category strategies and procurement execution.
• Develop and maintain strong stakeholder and supplier relationships through regular executive meetings, business reviews, and ongoing engagement.
• Establish and monitor annual action plans, implementation plans, performance measures, and reporting to improve category performance and support Global, Market, and Market Unit initiatives.
• Coordinate resources and support the rollout of global and local category development initiatives to ensure effective implementation.
• Identify, support, and implement procurement improvement initiatives, including specification optimization and buying channel adoption.
• Promote cross-category collaboration by sharing knowledge, insights, and best practices across the broader Procurement organization.