Procure to Pay Global Process Owner

About the role

In close partnership with functional/business leaders and GIS partners, the Procure to Pay (P2P) Global Process Leader for PR/PO/GR supports development and execution of the P2P process roadmap and governance model in partnership with the Global Process Owner. The GPL provides recommendations regarding process design, policy enhancements, and service delivery improvements for review and approval by the Global Process Owner and ensures all practices and processes support business requirements, financial obligations, and controls.

Responsibilities

• Govern the overall end-to-end process work streams—ensuring processes are standardized globally and change is managed following a structured governance model
• Develop and maintain SOPs; partner with execution team members to ensure SOPs are clear and followed by third parties
• Support agile, efficient ways of working; identify, evaluate, and implement process improvements to drive standardization, scalability, and elimination, outsourcing, or automation of processes
• Implement change management following a structured governance model
• Enhance user experience by generating creative solutions that utilize base standard processes to recommend solutions for stakeholders and vendors
• Identify success metrics and continuously monitor process health
• Lead prioritized process improvement projects within assigned P2P workstreams
• Stay current on emerging trends in the P2P space and benchmark against current state internally
• Provide oversight to ensure end users receive proper training
• Serve as subject matter expert for assigned P2P processes
• Identify technology opportunities and partner with the P2P Global Process Owner and Technical SME to ensure processes support overall digital strategies
• Drive global deployment and inspire adoption of a standard P2P process with regional and local requirements customized only when necessary
• Develop strong working relationships with key stakeholders within OC functions and businesses to drive change and ensure compliance
• Provide regular communication and updates to stakeholders
• Understand stakeholder requirements to continue driving value through service offerings and performance
• Evaluate opportunities, develop business cases, and recommend improvements to stakeholders and the Global Process Owner

Requirements

• BA/BS required
• 7–10 years of progressively responsible supply chain, finance, or accounting experience with leadership components; global business experience preferred
• 5–7 years of SAP experience; S/4HANA preferred
• Experience leading multiple P2P functional areas with the ability to connect functions within the P2P space
• Strong functional knowledge of procurement and spend management platforms or Source-to-Pay (S2P) solutions; Coupa preferred

Qualifications

• Proven track record of influencing leaders and leading toward a shared goal and vision
• Ability to manage stakeholders globally across multiple time zones and diverse cultures
• Recognizes issues, problems, or opportunities and determines appropriate action; chooses actions by formulating clear decision criteria and evaluates options by considering implications and consequences
• Ability to organize and plan complex projects by identifying critical tasks, required resources, and driving to completion
• Demonstrates ability to recognize waste and drive waste elimination efforts
• Demonstrated ability in preparing, equipping, and supporting individuals to successfully adopt change to drive organizational outcomes

Skills

• Ability to set high standards and motivate self and others to reach top performance; plans proactively, removes barriers, conveys urgency, and acts with decisiveness and focus
• Demonstrated 100% leader capabilities enabling employees and stakeholders to be heard and valued while understanding motivations to challenge and grow employees
• Ability to assess business or finance needs and utilize process knowledge and SME expertise to reach collective creative solutions with intent to implement standard global processes
• Ability to visualize, articulate, and provide recommendations or make decisions based on available information
• Clearly conveys relevant information and ideas with confidence and adjusts approach to capture audience attention and ensure understanding; seeks to understand others through active listening
• Understands, communicates with, and effectively interacts with people across cultures; aware of one’s own cultural worldview and knowledgeable of diverse cultural practices and worldviews
• Effectively achieves business results working across and with multinational teams