Purchase to Pay Team Leader

Finance Audit; Addlestone; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading finance consultancy in Addlestone is seeking a Purchase to Pay Team Leader to oversee procurement operations. Responsibilities include managing the team, ensuring compliance with purchasing processes, and driving process improvements. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership and process management skills, with a background in supply chain environments. This role offers career growth potential within a diverse and supportive culture.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Supportive work culture

Diversity and inclusion initiatives

Qualifications

• Strong experience in leading and managing others.
• Strong process management skills.
• Ability to manage relationships across departments.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the purchase to pay cycle from requisition to payment.
• Manage and develop the P2P team through the employment lifecycle.
• Ensure compliance with purchasing policies.

Skills

Leadership

Process management

Communication

Time management

Analytical skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Problem-solving

Power BI

Excel

Education

Experience in a supply chain environment

Tools

ERP database management

Procurement management tools

Job description

Overview

Location: Addlestone, England, United Kingdom

Job ID: 83966

We Elevate... Quality of urban life. Our elevators, escalators, and moving walks safely transport more than two billion of us up and down buildings and across transportation hubs every day. As part of the Schindler team, you’ll discover meaningful work that enhances quality of life for communities, and contribute to making places more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable for all. We combine innovation, safety, and high ethical standards, ensuring respect both among colleagues and for the world around us. By joining us, you don’t just become part of our success story; you help shape the future and continue our rich legacy that started back in 1874.

Your Role

Your Main Responsibilities

Main purpose of the job: We have an opportunity for a Purchase to Pay Team Leader to join our procurement and supply chain organisation; to embed best practice purchase to pay processes, manage day to day purchase to pay activities, and ensure compliance with company policies and organisation norms surrounding purchasing process. The purpose of this role is to oversee the entire purchase to pay cycle from requisition through to point of payment release, working in very close alignment with accounting team (accounts payable) and Financial Shared Services (FSS – part of Schindler Centre of Excellence). S/he will also have a focus on process improvements and automation initiatives, monitoring and facilitating organisation compliance with P2P process, and managing spend and transaction reporting requirements from SAP and Ariba.

Main Responsibilities

• The leadership, development, and management of the team through the employment lifecycle
• Complete lift ordering with all localised parts across the business, ensuring escalators and elevators are delivered on the required date
• Drive down total costs of transactional purchasing i.e. purchase orders, good receipting and invoice matching
• Ensuring that the team is appropriately resourced, informed, motivated, and trained to meet business objectives
• Responsible for directly managing the purchasing and logistics administrators
• To train where appropriate new process improvements
• To ensure all lead times are met and published via the order confirmation process
• Monitor Key Performance Indicators, report on team performance and secure opportunities for efficiency
• To ensure all works carried out are covered by an accurate purchase order
• To bring the dual brand and escalators into the ordering process
• Liaise with the claims department to process internal parts and supply claims accordingly, with FQE department
• Maintain vendor master data and resolve supplier issues
• Oversee the Purchase to Pay cycle process for efficient and accurate handling of administering vendor onboarding and off-boarding (as instructed by the procurement team, purchase requisitions, purchase order creation and facilitating the business through timely goods receipting
• Ensure purchasing compliance is maintained, e.g. utilisation of correct General Ledger codes, alignment with published limits of authority
• Generate reports and insights for management, focussing on overall P2P performance
• Acting as system owner for purchasing and ordering modules, collaborating with IT for efficiency and improvements
• Drive initiatives to improve processes, implement new technologies and ensure P2P process remains efficient and effective

What You Bring

Key Qualities and Competencies for the position:

• Strong experience in leading and managing others
• Strong process management skills
• Strong presentation and communication skills, with customer service etiquette
• Excellent time management, planning and analytical skills, with a strong attention to detail
• Ability to prioritise workload effectively, and working with attention to detail
• Ambition (both technical and leadership) – the opportunity has significant career growth potential both locally and internationally
• Focused, Versatile, Driven and Committed
• Good interpersonal skills/ team player
• Great Attitude (Can Do) and problem-solving skills
• Strong analytical and organizational skills
• Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure
• Personality with powers of self-assertion in a multi-cultural engineering environment
• Project Management skills
• Engage and lead teams to high performance
• Power BI, Excel, Access and Enterprise Resource Planning database management skills

Experience & Qualifications Required

• Demonstrated knowledge and application of purchase to pay concepts
• Professional experience in process management
• Experience of working in complex matrix organisation
• Ability to proactively build relationships and manage expectations across internal & external
• Worked within a complex multi-national business with a supply chain reporting background
• Experience with procurement management tools
• Experience integrating systems with third party i.e. suppliers, sub-contractors, banks, HMRC, third party accreditation providers
• Preparing budgets and forecasting purchasing trends
• Compile reports on supplier performance and statistics
• Full UK Driving Licence

What’s in it for you?

• Join our purpose-driven organization. Help shape an industry in which two billion people rely on our products and services every day.
• Your development matters to us. We help you grow by offering the support you need to develop your skills and access a rewarding and fulfilling career.
• Thrive in a diverse and supportive culture. Through local and global initiatives, we promote a culture of inclusion which celebrates diversity and ensures that everyone feels valued.

We Elevate… Your Career

Become part of our team, help us enhance quality of life and drive innovation while raising the bar for safety and sustainability. We value your diverse skills and perspectives as together we shape the sustainable cities of today and tomorrow.

Are you ready to embark on a new journey? Join #TeamSchindler!

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