Head of Commercial and Procurement at Barnet Council leading the Commercial and Procurement strategy. Driving innovation and sustainability while overseeing significant expenditure.
About the role
- Senior Manager overseeing Coupa P2P processes and leading indirect procurement professionals at Stryker. Fostering collaboration and driving system performance across global business units.
Responsibilities
- Play a pivotal role in driving operational excellence across global Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes
- Oversee a decentralized, hybrid team of indirect procurement professionals focused on optimizing the Coupa P2P platform
- Deliver exceptional end-user support, and achieve procurement and company objectives
- Lead decentralized Coupa Admin team and shared service center that supports approximately 20,000+ Coupa users across multiple countries
- Serve as the primary functional expert for Coupa modules, including P2P, Sourcing and Coupa Sourcing Optimization, Contract Lifecycle Management, and Supplier Information Management
- Continuously build competencies within Coupa operations team
- Provide strategic leadership by actively developing, coaching, and mentoring team members
- Partner with stakeholders across business units to drive user adoption, assess and solution issues, and continuously evolve the Coupa P2P value proposition
- Drive optimal system and processing performance, compliance, automation, expansion, and ongoing continuous improvement
- Champion best practices and on-going innovation to enhance user experience
- Support technical teams in release management, enhancements, deployment, integrations, and troubleshooting
- Oversee supplier enablement through the Coupa supplier onboarding process
- Perform analysis for insights, opportunities, and problem solving, track compliance and monitor KPIs
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree - required
- 10+ years of experience - required
- Expert-level functional knowledge of Coupa modules, including P2P, Sourcing, CLM, and Invoicing; CSO
- Strong understanding of Coupa integrations with ERP systems (SAP) and familiarity with cXML and other integration methods
- Strong financial acumen, Excel, and Power BI data analytics expertise
- Experienced global people-leader able to balance team priorities and accountabilities to achieve optimal productivity while fostering trust, collaboration, and well-being
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, must be comfortable presenting at all levels of the organization
- Strong analytical, detail oriented and problem-solving abilities, capable of performing root cause analysis for process or system issues associated with end-to-end processes and business applications in P2P
- Proactive mindset with exceptional project management and organizational skills
- Ability to work both independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
Benefits
- Hybrid or Onsite work flexibility
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