Role Overview Own and optimize the long-tail indirect procurement practice to deliver measurable savings, compliance, and enhanced user experience through P2P platform excellence aligned to finance common architecture flows.

Core Responsibilities

1. Strategy & Process Design

- Develop category strategies, preferred supplier programs, vendor management and guided buying rules for low-value/high-volume spend.
- Execute spend segmentation, supplier rationalization, and catalog optimization to reduce fragmentation
- Design and implement procurement policies, buying channels, approval workflows, and spend thresholds.

2. Platform Management & Automation

- Manage and enhance eProcurement/S2P platforms (desired: SAP S4/HANA, ECC, Ariba, Coupa, ServiceNow among others).
- Configure catalog setups, punchouts, and taxonomy design to drive platform adoption.
- Identify and implement opportunities for RPA (Robotic Process Automation), marketplaces, and P2P efficiency improvements.
- Identifying and implementing opportunities to automate manual workflows within the S2P process aligned to finance logic (finance module into ERPs deep comprehension is required)
- Improving P2P efficiency by reducing the need for human intervention in high-volume, low-complexity transactions, including accounts payable workflows

3. Strategic Sourcing & Supplier Management

- Lead high-volume RFQ events and negotiate with tail-end vendors to secure best value and conditions.
- Supplier onboarding, qualification, registration, activation, risk assessments, contracts
- Manage long-tail vendor relationships through defined SLAs and KPIs.

4. Analytics & Governance

- Build analytics dashboards to monitor maverick spend,



costs and savings tracking, and supplier performance (vendor rating)
- Implement P2P compliance controls, risk screening, and ESG supplier assessments.
- Ensure rigorous documentation and present performance insights and savings updates to leadership.

5. Stakeholder & Change Management

- Drive cross-functional and geographical change management to ensure policy and platform adoption.
- Translate complex customer requirements into prompt, accurate financial and procurement actions.

Technical Requirements

· Experience: 10+ years experience within Finance and Supply Chain (possess wide experience on Financial Systems); 5 years in procurement/sourcing; 2+ years specifically in tail spend management (Direct/Indirect: Goods and Services). In depth industry experience is required (most desired within manufacturing ecosystems), full understanding of the end-to-end Supply Chain processes.

· Systems: Hands-on expertise in P2P platforms (SAP S4/HANA, ECC, Ariba, Coupa, ServiceNow).

· Domain: Deep knowledge of Procure-To-Pay Flows (sourcing, procurement, Supplier Qualification, ESG&Risk;, Onboarding, Contracts, PR – PO conversion, approval flows, Good Receipt (GR), Invoice Digitization, Accounts Payable workflows

· Certification: Apics, SOX compliance or equivalent

- Process Mapping & Gap Analysis:





As-Is State

Documenting fragmented, manual email-based procurement workflows and "maverick" spend patterns outside of formal controls.

Future Technology Focus “To-Be” state

Platform Optimization: Translating procurement logic into S2P platform configurations (ServiceNow, Ariba, Coupa).

Digital Transformation: Moving from manual processes to RPA, marketplaces, and automated spend segmentation.

Data-Driven Consulting: Building analytics dashboards to identify maverick spend and track real-time compliance.

Managerial Competencies

1. Operational Precision & Systems Thinking

- Ability to deconstruct complex business requirements into automated logic and manage high-pressure project timelines with surgical accuracy.
- Expert at following and auditing complex technical procedures to ensure platform integrity and process compliance.

2. Strategic Judgment & Problem Synthesis

- Advanced situational judgment to identify process bottlenecks and implement scalable, data-driven solutions.
- Proactive decision-making skills focused on balancing stakeholder needs with P2P best practices and risk mitigation.

3. Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership

- Proven track record of fostering synergy across finance, procurement, legal, and IT teams to achieve unified practice goals.
- Strong interpersonal influence to drive change management and ensure integral adoption of new supply chain transformation digital workflows.
- The Finance & Supply Chain - BPC is a strategic leadership role requiring the executive presence to sit on Client Steering Committees and influence C-Suite stakeholders.

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