Full job description*Job title: Procurement Excellence Process Manager
*Location: Manchester (hybrid)
*Contract Length: 2 years
*Working Hours: 37.5 hours/week
*Pay Rate: up to £45 p/h DOE


About the Role
*Ensure all procurement master data is consistently captured and updated in the ERP, to avoid savings leakage, minimize invoice queries, enable material requirement planning and timely supplier payment.
*Drive and implement consistent P2P processes implementation/improvements (Level 5 work instructions) across all sites to support broader Project Initiatives.
*Ensure consistent buying channels are implemented and used.
*Increase P2P automation rates.
Key Responsibilities
*Support harmonization of P2P procedures/processes used across sites in alignment with the GPO S2P and by involving cross-functional teams.
*Document and maintain level 5 P2P processes (work instructions) in accordance with GPO guidance.
*Ensure users are adequately trained to perform processes in our systems.
*Drive and implement Continuous Improvement Work packages.
*Drive and implement Procurement Data Strategy to transition and improve all activities related to Procurement master data management (e.g. Material master, Vendor Master, Purchase Infor Record, Source List).
*Ensure continues improving processes in S2P area while maintaining process consistency globally.
*Actively participate in the implementation of systems, tools and processes related to data management, data modelling and reporting.
*Support completion of relevant Procurement and Supply Chain analytics to help drive efficiencies and support key stakeholders.
*Support with maintenance of existing reporting and monitoring tools (dashboards, databases, and KPI’s).
*Perform data validation and testing phases, before promoting solutions to Production/Live environments.
*Perform other duties as assigned.


Skills/education


*Bachelor’s degree Business Information System, Business Administration or other relevant discipline
*Area* P2P, AP, Shared Service Environment Level* Advanced - 5-10 years
*Area SAP ERP & SAP Ariba Level Highly Experienced - 10+ years
*Understanding of upstream/downstream processes
*Procurement project management experience
*Pharma experience highly desired
*Hands on experience of harmonizing processes and documenting them.
*Experience and knowledge of both Operational Procurement and Accounts Payable functions and their needs.
*Strong technical knowledge of S2P Processes in SAP ERP & Ariba.
*Experience of managing process compliance and continuous improvements.
*Business and financial acumen, IT literate, data analytical skills, SAP (ERP, BW), Power BI.
*Technical expertise in analytical programming languages like R & Python and hands on experience on data mining/statistical tools like SAS, XLMiner and MatLab.
*Understanding or experience of current trends in "Big Data", "Cognitive Computing" and Machine learning algorithms.
*Must have analytical skills and an understanding of system databases, data elements, and application software solutions to maximize data gathering and data analysis.
*Comfortable acquiring data independently from primary/secondary data sources and maintaining own customized set of databases/data systems/MySQL.
Guidant, Carbon60, Lorien & SRG - The Impellam Group Portfolio are acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.