Procurement Governance and P2P Specialist

Responsibilities

• Manage supplier qualification, onboarding, administration, and monitoring activities while maintaining productive relationships with suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Maintain supplier master data and supporting documentation, ensuring information is complete, accurate, current, and aligned with established governance requirements.
• Coordinate supplier risk assessments, performance evaluations, and inspections in collaboration with Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, Audit, CSR, ICT Security, and other participating functions.
• Develop and maintain procurement dashboards, analyze purchasing and spend data, establish process key performance indicators, and monitor results to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
• Maintain procurement policies, procedures, controls, and supporting documentation in accordance with corporate standards, SOX requirements, and applicable compliance frameworks.
• Support internal and external audits and procurement-related certification processes by coordinating documentation, responding to information requests, and helping address identified gaps.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert for the Ariba P2P platform, supporting platform governance, maintenance, issue resolution, process changes, and enhancements in partnership with ERP, IT, business functions, and external vendors.
• Identify and implement procurement process improvements that balance cost, quality, operational efficiency, supplier risk, and regulatory compliance.
• Build effective working relationships across Operations, Finance, Accounting, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, CSR, ICT Security, external auditors, certification organizations, and P2P platform vendors.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Procurement, or a related field.
• At least five years of procurement experience, including experience in procurement governance.
• Demonstrated experience administering, supporting, or governing the Ariba P2P platform.
• Knowledge of supplier qualification, onboarding, master data management, risk assessment, performance evaluation, and procurement reporting processes.
• Understanding of procurement policies, internal controls, compliance requirements, and audit support activities.
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams such as Finance, Accounting, Operations, Audit, Compliance, Risk Management, Legal, IT, and Information Security.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to interpret procurement data, monitor KPIs, and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to manage relationships and coordinate activities across departments and with external partners.
• Ability to balance cost, quality, operational effectiveness, supplier risk, and compliance when evaluating procurement processes and resolving issues

Preferred

• Master’s degree in Economics, Engineering, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related field.
• Approximately ten years of progressive procurement experience across multiple areas, including procurement governance.
• Advanced knowledge of the Ariba P2P platform and experience supporting platform maintenance, governance, implementation, or enhancement initiatives.
• Experience supporting SOX controls, internal or external audits, and certification processes.
• Italian-language proficiency.

Success Profile

• Leading Complexity
• Leading People
• Leading the Business
• Leading Self

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