Procurement Governance and P2P Specialist
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Location: West Greenwich, RI 02817; Providence, RI 02903. Requisition ID: 19663. Nearest Major Market: Providence. Nearest Secondary Market: Rhode Island.
About the role
Brightstar is an innovative, forward-thinking global leader in lottery that builds on our renowned expertise in delivering secure technology and producing reliable, comprehensive solutions for our customers. As a premier pure play global lottery company, our best-in-class lottery operations, retail and digital solutions, and award-winning lottery games enable our customers to achieve their goals, fulfill player needs and distribute meaningful benefits to communities. Brightstar has a well-established local presence and is a trusted partner to governments and regulators around the world, creating value by adhering to the highest standards of service, integrity, and responsibility. Brightstar has approximately 6,000 employees. For more information, please visit www.brightstarlottery.com.
Responsibilities
- The Procurement Governance and P2P Specialist II supports Brightstar Lottery’s procurement governance, supplier management, and Procure-to-Pay operations, with primary responsibility for the United States and Rest of World regions and opportunities to support selected global processes.
- Manages supplier qualification and onboarding, supplier risk monitoring, supplier performance evaluation, spend analysis, procurement reporting, and process improvement initiatives in alignment with corporate policies and governance frameworks.
- Supports internal and external audits and procurement-related certification activities to promote compliance with corporate standards, internal controls, and applicable regulatory requirements.
- Serves as a subject-matter expert and primary point of contact for the Ariba P2P platform, supporting platform governance, maintenance, continuous improvement, and future enhancements in collaboration with ERP, IT, Finance, Accounting, Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, Audit, CSR, ICT Security, and external service providers.
- Manages supplier qualification, onboarding, administration, and monitoring activities while maintaining productive relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
- Maintains supplier master data and supporting documentation, ensuring information is complete, accurate, current, and aligned with established governance requirements.
- Coordinates supplier risk assessments, performance evaluations, and inspections in collaboration with Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, Audit, CSR, ICT Security, and other participating functions.
- Develops and maintains procurement dashboards, analyzes purchasing and spend data, establishes process key performance indicators, and monitors results to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
- Maintains procurement policies, procedures, controls, and supporting documentation in accordance with corporate standards, SOX requirements, and applicable compliance frameworks.
- Supports internal and external audits and procurement-related certification processes by coordinating documentation, responding to information requests, and helping address identified gaps.
- Serves as a subject-matter expert for the Ariba P2P platform, supporting platform governance, maintenance, issue resolution, process changes, and enhancements in partnership with ERP, IT, business functions, and external vendors.
- Identifies and implements procurement process improvements that balance cost, quality, operational efficiency, supplier risk, and regulatory compliance.
- Builds effective working relationships across Operations, Finance, Accounting, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, CSR, ICT Security, external auditors, certification organizations, and P2P platform vendors.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related field.
- At least five years of procurement experience, including experience in procurement governance.
- Demonstrated experience administering, supporting, or governing the Ariba P2P platform.
- Knowledge of supplier qualification, onboarding, master data management, risk assessment, performance evaluation, and procurement reporting processes.
- Understanding of procurement policies, internal controls, compliance requirements, and audit support activities.
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Finance, Accounting, Operations, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, IT, and Information Security.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret procurement data, monitor KPIs, and identify process improvement opportunities.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage relationships and coordinate activities across departments and with external partners.
- Ability to balance cost, quality, operational effectiveness, supplier risk, and compliance when evaluating procurement processes and resolving issues.
Preferred
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Skills
- Preferred: Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
- Approximately ten years of progressive procurement experience across multiple areas, including procurement governance.
- Advanced knowledge of the Ariba P2P platform and experience supporting platform maintenance, governance, implementation, or enhancement initiatives.
- Experience supporting SOX controls, internal or external audits, and certification processes.
- Italian-language proficiency.
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Immigration sponsorship is not available for this role.
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