P2P Global Process Owner & Transformation Lead

Cathay Pacific; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,800,000 - 2,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Cathay Pacific is seeking a Global Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Transformation leader to shape standardised processes, policies, controls and performance measures across regions. You will be the subject matter expert on buying channels, requisitions, POs, goods receipts and invoice handling to enable supplier payments.

Working with Finance, Technology and business users, you will drive automation, improve buying-channel adoption, tighten governance and provide analytics to support leadership decisions.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years' relevant experience in procurement operations or transformation.
• Degree holder in Procurement, Supply Chain, or Finance.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end Procure-to-Pay processes and governance.
• Experience with procurement technology platforms such as SAP, Ariba, Coupa or Oracle.
• Lean, Six Sigma, Agile knowledge is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay process design, standards and governance.
• Define appropriate buying channels and process requirements for different spend types.
• Drive adoption of preferred buying channels, reduce retrospective purchase order creation and address root causes of non-compliant buying.
• Partner with category teams to connect contracts to preferred buying channels and with Finance, GBS and business users to improve goods-receipt discipline, invoice matching and payment readiness.
• Monitor retrospective goods receipts, invoice exceptions, payment delays and potential value leakage, implementing improvement actions that support on-time payment and reduce supplier queries.
• Establish Procure-to-Pay controls and clear cross-functional accountabilities, ensuring process changes align with Procurement Policy and Finance controls.
• Identify process simplification and automation opportunities, gather stakeholder feedback and support approved Procure-to-Pay enhancements across regions.
• Develop guidance, knowledge content and training materials, and deliver coaching and change communications to procurement colleagues, business stakeholders and end users.
• Collaborate with Technology and Data teams to define business requirements and system improvements, support user acceptance testing and deployment readiness, and provide expertise during technology assessments, upgrades and transformation programmes.
• Define Procure-to-Pay key performance indicators, monitor process performance and provide reporting and insight to support governance forums and leadership decisions.

Skills

Procurement Operations

Process Excellence

Procure-to-Pay Transformation

Shared Services

Stakeholder Management

Communication

Influencing Skills

Lean Six Sigma Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in Procurement

Supply Chain or Finance

CIPS / CIP accreditation

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Coupa

Oracle

Job description

Cathay Pacific is seeking a Global Procure-to-Pay (P2P) Transformation leader to shape standardised processes, policies, controls and performance measures across regions. You will be the subject matter expert on buying channels, requisitions, POs, goods receipts and invoice handling to enable supplier payments.

Working with Finance, Technology and business users, you will drive automation, improve buying-channel adoption, tighten governance and provide analytics to support leadership decisions.