Procurement Transformation Lead - Ariba & Onboarding

Keurig Dr Pepper; Kildare; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Keurig Dr Pepper in Ireland seeks a Manager, Procurement Strategy and Capabilities to lead supplier onboarding, transformation initiatives, and governance across Ireland Buy-Sell. You will drive system testing, reporting, and continuous improvement in collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Tax, Manufacturing and IT.

The role focuses on leveraging SAP Ariba SCC and SAP MM to enable onboarding, process stability, and digital transformation, while engaging cross-functional teams and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Information Systems or related discipline.
• Experience using SAP Materials Management ideally in a Procurement environment.
• Project management qualification such as PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum or equivalent practical project delivery certification.
• 7+ years of experience in procurement operations, supply chain, supplier onboarding, business transformation or related project delivery.
• Proven experience coordinating cross-functional activities in a global or matrixed environment.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and facilitation skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead supplier onboarding and transformation for the Ireland Buy-Sell model with SAP Ariba SCC as top delivery priority.
• Coordinate end-to-end onboarding across suppliers, Category Managers, manufacturing sites, Finance, Legal, Tax, Supply Chain and IT.
• Manage system testing, user acceptance testing, defect tracking, cutover planning, go-live execution and hypercare.
• Drive development cycle management for process and system enhancements (requirements gathering, prioritisation, release planning, testing, deployment readiness).
• Maintain project plans, issue logs, risk trackers, status updates and governance materials.
• Use SAP Ariba SCC, SAP MM and related procurement systems to support onboarding, operational execution and stability.
• Troubleshoot system issues across SAP Ariba SCC, SAP MM, supplier transactions, POs, confirmations, ASNs, GRNs and related processes.
• Work with suppliers, manufacturing sites, Procurement, Finance and IT to investigate issues, resolutions and timely closure of defects or gaps.
• Identify recurring issues and drive continuous improvement for system performance, process compliance, supplier adoption and efficiency.
• Provide visibility of onboarding status, milestones, progress, risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation actions.
• Prepare stakeholder updates, governance materials, status reports and risk summaries.
• Maintain templates, trackers and governance practices for onboarding, reporting, controls, and compliance.
• Support audit requirements, operational controls and delivery in line with policies.
• Support Procurement and IT project teams to implement Tools/Solutions on 2027 roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to simplify and automate project and procurement processes using Power BI, analytics and AI-enabled solutions.
• Use AI and data insights to strengthen planning, status reporting, risk identification and decision-making.
• Support the development of automated dashboards and self-service reporting capabilities.
• Build relationships across Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, IT and suppliers.
• Influence stakeholders and create alignment without direct reporting authority.
• Facilitate workshops, governance reviews, testing sessions and project meetings.
• Communicate complex project information to operational and senior leadership audiences.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Communication

Facilitation

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Information Systems

PM/PRINCE2/Agile/Scrum certification

Tools

Microsoft Planner

Excel

SharePoint

Teams

Smartsheet

Jira

Power BI

Microsoft Copilot

SAP Ariba SCC

SAP MM

Job description

Keurig Dr Pepper in Ireland seeks a Manager, Procurement Strategy and Capabilities to lead supplier onboarding, transformation initiatives, and governance across Ireland Buy-Sell. You will drive system testing, reporting, and continuous improvement in collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Tax, Manufacturing and IT.

The role focuses on leveraging SAP Ariba SCC and SAP MM to enable onboarding, process stability, and digital transformation, while engaging cross-functional teams and