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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 general 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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