Source to Pay - Purchasing Lead

Altum are currently working with a FTSE client who are undergoing a finance transformation programme.

Act as the Sourcing & Contract Lead within the Source to Pay Process Tower, defining and owning the end-to-end process and reporting requirements across functional, geographic and business unit boundaries, leveraging "fit to standard" SAP Hana templated solutions including Ariba to deliver targeted spend savings, an enhanced user experience, efficient processes, effective financial controls and enhanced vendor relationship management.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the Purchasing subject matter expert for the design authority
• Coordinate different team activities and deliverables working alongside the Transformation partner teams where required
• Work with other team members to define metrics and performance goals for the tower.
• Be responsible for the standard process design for Purchasing (with sign off from the Tower Transformation Lead
• Lead the "fit to standard" workshops for Purchasing ensuring business requirements are fully reflected in the end to end design, exceptions to standard are minimised, best practices/use cases fully leveraged and implications for new ways of working are fully understood.
• Testing & quality management

Key Requirements

• Story-telling with data: strong skills in building the case for change, drawing on data and analytical techniques where appropriate, and communicating this to business audiences
• Business acumen: Knowledgeable in the drivers of organisational performance improvement, including people drivers of performance and financial literacy (e.g. business KPIs, business cases)
• Matrix working: Comfortable working on a large programme where activities are managed according to a matrix structure. Able to work collaboratively and manage the time of their team to meet project deliverables. Resilient and able to challenge others, dealing with resistance to change to meet defined Programme objectives
• Trusted advisor: Good understanding and/or ability to learn about best practice and make process / system improvement recommendations. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills