Women Candidates Preferred
In this role you will
- Leading Procurement transformation projects; operating in a fast-paced environment that requires ability to seamlessly shift across a wide variety of responsibilities.
- Play a key leadership role in managing the delivery of the key Procurement transformation projects and support leadership in the development & execution of Procurement technology roadmap.
Key Responsibilities- Lead high scale global procurement projects and manage end-to-end aspects of global Procurement transformation initiatives including right from identifying problem statements through stakeholder interactions, solution design, evaluating existing technology landscape, propose system changes & enhancements, assess impact on user experience, process and cost.
- Perform business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis. Recommend digital procurement solutions or new age technologies to streamline, consolidate and optimize processes
- Support development of Procurement technology roadmap leveraging latest and best in class technology to support business requirement.
- Identify opportunities to automate processes by leveraging digital solutions like RPA, AI/ML and GenAI based business applications
- Development & execution of Procurement technology and process transformation programme. Identify and implement applications that complement our existing technology landscape to enhance user experience, improve compliance and drive cost benefits.
- As a transformation SME you will be responsible to continuously evaluate and propose leading practice processes in procurement domains of category management, supplier relationship management, sourcing, contracting and operational purchase to pay
- Collaborate closely with the various stakeholders across the organization including but not limited to Finance, Tech, Procurement Professionals and Operations.
- Engage with Procurement, Finance Services, Technology organizations to gather business requirements and design the new business processes.
- Engage with Tech and 3rd party services organizations to design, implement and continuously improve the Guided buying module ensuring human-centric and fit for purpose.
Qualifications & Skills- Bachelors - Business, Supply Chain, Engineering, related field or any Bachelors, combined with relevant experience.
- Preferred: master s degree (Procurement, Finance, Business or equivalent)
- Good to have: Procurement or related certifications (e.g., CPSM, CPIM, PMP)
- Industry-leading knowledge of Ariba Guided buying, Source-to-Contract, SAP ECC & P2P systems (Must be with SAP ARIBA).
- Experience of about 10-15 years in global procurement P2P and Ariba implementations.
- Broad knowledge of end-to-end source-to-settle processes and ERP/Ariba functionality.
- High level of proficiency with Microsoft Office programs (e.g., PowerPoint and Excel)
- Demonstrated high learning agility; proven ability to solve complex problems with limited oversight.
- Strong analytical, written and verbal communications, and influencing skills. Specifically developing presentations and business cases for executive audiences
- Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.