Purchase to pay Specialist

The role holder will be responsible for developing, embedding, maintaining and continuously improving world-class purchase to pay processes and tools across the organisation ensuring that the £1.5bn annual spend is appropriately managed and controlled. This has a direct impact on the business reputation.

Acting as subject matter expert, the role holder will support the wider Procurement teams within the Operations, IT and Capital functions in ensuring high levels of compliance to the companies processes and preferred suppliers in order to maximise the user experience whilst minimising risk.

PRINCIPLE ACCOUNTABILITIES

- 1.Business ownership of the companies Purchase to Pay and Purchasing Card policies, ensuring that policies reflect best practice and are being adhered to across the business.
- 2.Responsible for developing Purchase to Pay processes and systems, maximising process effectiveness and efficiency, and ensuring that they reflect industry best practice and continuously improve to meet the needs of the business.
- Champion the e-enablement of our supply chain, promoting the use of and developing the catalogue and electronic invoicing propositions
- Ensure that Purchase to Pay training for requisitioners (circa 1,000 people) and suppliers (circa 2,500) is maintained and delivered effectively
- Maintain excellent working relationships with Procurements internal & external service providers (inc. the Business Support Centre, third party IT providers and e-invoicing service provider), ensuring that Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are achieved and working collaboratively to improve processes and use of Procurement tools and systems

6.Support the analysis and resolution of system issues and defects, working with users and IT to identify root causes and solutions for issues.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

- Purchasing background, at least 5 years 'Blue Chip' experience
- Excellent Oracle Financial skills - particularly Oracle R12 and iProcurement, Purchasing and Accounts Payable
- Excellent project management skills and highly structured approach to work
- Excellent IT skills, with advanced use of Microsoft Office suite such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Project and Visio