Head of Procurement leading global indirect procurement strategies at Castrol. Responsible for managing USD 0.8b global spend across multiple categories.
About the role
- Consultant specializing in procurement transformation and Source-to-Pay process implementation. Overseeing projects, mentoring team members, and delivering industry solutions in a hybrid work setup.
Responsibilities
- Source-to-Pay Implementation Expertise: Possess prior experience in delivering comprehensive end-to-end implementation projects for the Source-to-Pay workstream.
- Procurement Transformation Delivery: Execute procurement transformation and digitalization projects across diverse sectors and geographies, utilizing platforms such as Coupa, Ariba, Ivalua, Zycus, GEP, and Jaggaer.
- Lead engagements/workstreams end-to-end.
- Develop and Drive Opportunities: Lead or support initiatives to identify and advance opportunities by building and leveraging external networks and professional relationships.
- Engagement Roles: Independently manage the project and undertake key roles, including but not limited to Functional Design Lead, Testing Lead, Project Manager, Change Management Support across various projects.
- Recruitment and Mentorship: Oversee recruitment processes and provide guidance and mentorship to team members to foster professional growth.
- Industry Knowledge and Trends: Stay informed on the latest industry trends, emerging technologies, and procurement best practices to deliver cutting-edge solutions.
- Competency Development: Contribute to internal capability-building initiatives by conducting knowledge-sharing sessions, creating best practice documentation, and facilitating internal training and development programs.
Requirements
- Prior experience in implementing S2P solutions in various cloud tools and/or ERP systems.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes and spend management principles.
- Hands-on experience in: Leading functional design workshops (including requirement gathering and fit-gap analysis).
- Creating documents at various stages of the project like creating to-be process flows, business process documents, configuration workbook, testing strategy, identify and finalize test scenarios and test scripts, training documents etc.
- Leading testing phases (SIT/UAT/Regression).
- Integration with client ERPs will be a plus.
- Post-Graduate/MBA/PGDM preferred.
- B.E/B.Tech equivalent from reputed institute.
- Any certifications on related technology/platform will be preferred.
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