Procurement+ External Talent Strategy Lead - EMEA

Accenture

Amsterdam Until 10/8/2026 8+ years exp First posted August 9, 2026 Last posted August 9, 2026

Job description

Lead with expertise, drive innovation.

Are you an experienced professional with a passion for workforce strategy, supplier management, and stakeholder engagement? At Accenture, we're looking for an External Talent Strategy Lead – EMEA to help shape and evolve our External Talent strategy across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.

Within the Global Procurement+ organization, you will play a key role in designing, defining, and driving innovative External Talent (ET) strategies while partnering closely with regional and global stakeholders. You will influence strategic initiatives, optimize supplier ecosystems, drive analytics-led decision making, and contribute to Accenture's ability to access the best talent globally.

What you'll do

Design, evolve, and support the implementation of the EMEA External Talent strategy aligned with global Procurement+ objectives.
Build and maintain strong relationships with regional and global stakeholders, enabling effective workforce and supplier strategies.
Lead strategic initiatives and projects focused on vendor management, talent acquisition channels, workforce innovation, and operational excellence.
Monitor EMEA-wide supplier performance, contract coverage, spend analytics, and reporting to identify opportunities for optimization.
Drive supplier selection, sourcing events, and strategic negotiations while promoting the use of global and regional strategic providers.
Develop and maintain reporting frameworks, dashboards, and analytics to support decision making.
Ensure compliance with procurement processes, local regulations, and Accenture policies.
Foster collaboration across the ET community through knowledge sharing, stakeholder engagement, and community leadership.

How We Reinvent

At Accenture, our Corporate Functions teams enable business transformation at scale by delivering innovative solutions, operational excellence, and strategic insights. This role sits within Global Procurement+, a function dedicated to creating value through strategic sourcing, supplier innovation, workforce solutions, and intelligent operations.

You will collaborate with multidisciplinary teams across Procurement+, Talent Acquisition, Finance, Legal, Operations, and Business Leadership to help shape how Accenture accesses and manages External Talent globally. Through data-driven decision making, supplier innovation, and workforce transformation initiatives, you'll directly contribute to Accenture's reinvention journey and long-term growth.

What we're looking for

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Human Resources, Procurement, Economics, or a related field.

Experience

8+ years of experience in Procurement, Workforce Strategy, Talent Supply Chain, Vendor Management, Staffing, Recruiting, or a related strategic function.
Experience operating in a global or regional matrix organization.
Demonstrated experience managing cross-functional stakeholder relationships and strategic programs.

Skills

Procurement and supplier management
Workforce strategy and talent supply chain management
Strategic sourcing and RFP management
Data analytics and reporting
Vendor performance management
Commercial negotiations
Process improvement and transformation
Advanced stakeholder management
Project and program management
Market intelligence and trend analysis

Leadership

Strategic and innovative mindset
Strong influencing and communication skills
Ability to lead through collaboration without direct authority
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and driving change
Excellent relationship-building capabilities
Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
Community leadership and knowledge-sharing mindset

Bonus points for

Experience within Professional Services, Consulting, Technology, or Managed Services environments.
Experience working across multiple EMEA countries.
Knowledge of external workforce models including contingent labor, contractors, freelancers, Statement of Work (SoW), and managed services.
Experience with procurement technologies, sourcing platforms, e-sourcing, or e-auctions.

What we offer

Work-Life Flexibility: 4x9 Workweek Option, Hybrid Working, FlexDay
Financial Well-being: Competitive Base Salary, MyBenefits Budget, Annual Bonus, Net Allowance, Employee Share Purchase Plan
Health & Wellness: Collective Health Insurance Scheme, Mental Health Support, Well-being Hub
Time Off & Leave: 26 Vacation Days, Special Leave Types, Culture Days
Mobility & Commuting: NS Business Card, Mobility Budget Options
Career Development: Performance Achievement Program, Learning & Development Platform, Guidance from People Leads
Inclusion, Diversity & Social Impact: Do Good Volunteer Program, I&D Networks, Refugee Talent Track
Culture & Community: Accentrics & Friday Drinks, Annual Accenture NL Party, Flat Organizational Hierarchy

Ready to lead and innovate?

Join Accenture and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of External Talent strategy across EMEA. If you're passionate about workforce innovation, supplier strategy, and driving business impact at scale, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today and become a Reinventor at Accenture the Netherlands.

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

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About this role

Summary

Lead external talent strategies, manage suppliers, analyze data, and foster stakeholder relationships.

Job title

Procurement+ External Talent Strategy Lead - EMEA

Experience level

8+ years

Minimum experience

8+ years exp

Industry

professional services

Location requirements

Amsterdam, remote work not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Skills & keywords

Required skills

procurement and supplier managementworkforce strategystrategic sourcingdata analyticsvendor performance managementnegotiationsprocess improvementstakeholder managementproject managementmarket intelligence

Preferred skills

professional servicesEMEA experienceexternal workforce modelsprocurement technologies

Specializations

procurementsupplier managementworkforce strategydata analyticsvendor performance

Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Work arrangement unknown City