S2P Procurement Manager

Role overview

Key responsibilities

• Own and govern global S2C processes and define global procurement processes, policies, standards, controls, and operating models.
• Lead the multi-year S2P transformation strategy and roadmap, ensuring programmes deliver agreed outcomes.
• Advise senior leaders on procurement capabilities, operating models, technology investment, and risk management.
• Lead governance forums, drive decisions, and escalate risks.
• Own performance metrics; establish KPIs, reporting, and management information; use analytics to drive improvement.
• Ensure procurement governance, controls, and third-party risk management across the lifecycle; partner with control functions to address gaps.
• Shape procurement technology, automation, AI, and data initiatives; drive adoption of standard tools and ways of working.
• Lead cross-functional collaboration and build organisational capability through leadership, coaching, and change management.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior procurement, global process ownership, or enterprise transformation experience in complex international organisations.
• Proven leadership of end-to-end S2P strategy, transformation, and change programmes.
• Expertise in global procurement process, operating model, and governance design and implementation.
• Experience in standardisation, digitisation, automation, scalable solutions, and procurement technology, data, analytics, or AI improvements.
• Knowledge of procurement governance, sourcing, contracting, supplier management, third-party risk, and P2P integration.
• Ability to develop business cases, present recommendations and outcomes to executives, and translate initiatives into measurable business value.
• Experience across Procurement, Finance, and Shared Services/GBS; defining KPIs; driving continuous improvement; and developing teams.
• Strong stakeholder influence, problem-solving, strategic thinking, decision-making, organisation, and prioritisation.

Benefits

• Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus.
• 27 days of leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy five additional days.
• Tax Saver Tickets, fitness centre, and subsidised cafeteria.