Sourcing & Procurement - Coupa - Senior Associate

PwC Acceleration Center India; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

PwC Acceleration Center India seeks a Senior Associate for Sourcing & Procurement Modernization with Coupa expertise. You will analyze data, design to-be processes, and support global engagements.

You will lead client discussions, develop insights, and drive procurement modernization initiatives while collaborating with project teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent.
• Active Coupa platform certification; additional specialization certifications a bonus.
• 4–6+ years of experience in procurement, category management, or sourcing strategy.
• Strong expertise in procurement analytics and supplier management.
• Proven negotiation, stakeholder influence and cost-saving abilities.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and procurement analytics tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead procurement project delivery and ensure KPI achievement.
• Act as liaison between stakeholders, suppliers, and procurement teams.
• Provide insights and recommendations for process improvements.
• Lead client discussions and drive value through insights.
• Support hypercare and post-Go-Live optimization for S2P.
• Collaborate with senior stakeholders on data-driven procurement modernization.

Skills

Procurement analytics

Strategic sourcing

Leadership

Communication

Excel proficiency

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/Engineering or equivalent

Coupa certification (preferred)

Tools

Coupa

Dell Boomi

Mulesoft

SnapLogic

REST APIs

ERP integrations

Job description

Sourcing & Procurement Modernization (S2P Transformation - Coupa) – Senior Associate

Specialty/Competency: Operations & Supply Chain Solutions (Sourcing & Procurement Modernization)

Location: AC Bangalore

Time Type: Full-time

About PwC

At PwC, our purpose is to build trust in society and solve important problems. With offices in 156 countries and more than 295,000 people, we are among the leading professional services networks in the world. We help organizations and individuals create the value they are looking for by delivering quality in Assurance, Tax and Advisory services. Our global strategy ‘The New Equation’ reflects how we solve important problems facing the world—today and tomorrow.

In India, we operate as PwC India and PwC Acceleration Centers. PwC Acceleration Centers (ACs), formerly Service Delivery Centers, include two entities in India – Acceleration Center Kolkata and Acceleration Center Bangalore. The Acceleration Centers in India are diverse, global talent hubs focused on delivering value to our clients – providing virtual client engagement support around the world and across all PwC’s services and capabilities.

A role in PwC will provide opportunities to apply skills beyond the workplace to create groundbreaking solutions for clients and our communities. Find out more and tell us what matters to you by visiting us at www.pwc.com.

Job Summary

A career in our Sourcing & Procurement Modernization practice offers the opportunity to help clients optimize procurement strategies through technology transformation and cost reduction initiatives. This role is ideal for a problem-solver who thrives in a fast-paced, data-driven environment and enjoys collaborating with senior stakeholders to create actionable insights.

As a Senior Associate, you will work with the client and project teams to support global engagements to capture value and enable organizational transformation. This includes activities such as conducting analyses and developing insights, preparing excel models, analyzing large sets of data, capturing as-is processes, preparing work plans, and designing to-be processes.

In addition, you will also support the project lead, facilitate meetings to enable decision making, organize and prepare recommendations on client issues, and participate actively in new business development, thought leadership and firm building activities.

PwC’s global leadership development framework provides a structured path for career progression and skill development.

PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include, but are not limited to:

• Encourage collaboration and proactively contribute to team discussions
• Apply critical thinking to complex procurement challenges and strategic decision-making
• Leverage data and industry trends to extract insights for S2P strategy
• Provide clear and structured communication to stakeholders and suppliers
• Maintain adaptability in working across various business environments and supply chain models
• Uphold PwC’s commitment to ethics and business conduct

Additional Responsibilities

Team and Client Management

• Lead procurement project delivery and ensure execution against KPIs
• Act as a key liaison between stakeholders, suppliers, and procurement teams
• Provide insights and recommendations for process efficiencies and procurement modernization
• Lead client discussions and drive influence through actionable insights

S2P Transformation

• Experience with Coupa - Procure-to-Pay (P2P) platform, as an implementer and administrator; ERP knowledge – SAP / PeopleSoft / ORACLE or others is preferred
• Understanding of fundamental principles of Coupa including spend and commodity taxonomies, requisitioning, PO generation, receiving and invoice processing
• Experience with AP automation including eInvoicing, scanning and workflow, online tracking, reporting capabilities, electronic invoice user interfaces, supplier networks, etc.
• Ability to design the approval work flows in Coupa transactional documents like PO’s, Service Confirmations and Invoices
• Ability to configure, develop, and troubleshoot RESTful APIs and flat file-based integrations for all master and transactional data between P2P platforms and backend systems
• Ability to work with middleware tools Like Dell Boomi, Mulesoft, Snaplogic etc. to implement middleware logic as part of the integrations between Coupa & ERP system
• Ability to develop solutions for clients using service-oriented architecture patterns to ensure master and transactional data are traveling successfully between systems
• Ability to gather technical requirements and conduct sessions to design the integrations between P2P platforms and backend systems
• Ability to take responsibility for all technical phases of an implementation project including architecture, design, development, test, customization, documentation and data migration solutions for business applications in the SaaS and other ERP systems
• Ability to estimate the tasks and resources required to design, build, and test the integration design
• Ability to design technical logic for solution development/enhancement
• Ability to work with clients during the hypercare phase to resolve integration issues between Coupa and end-to-end systems
• Ability to provide expert advice to clients on integration API and flat file best practices and deliver efficient and simple integration design for easy maintenance of system post Go-Live
• Ability to leverage AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Github Copilot, Claude Code) and GenAI capabilities to accelerate design, configuration and create reusable automation assets/accelerators for S2P engagements

Skillsets Preferred

• Intermediate skills in developing integrations with Web Services, XML, JSON, SQL and or other integration technologies
• Hands-on experience facilitating application integration architecture discussions and workshops
• Proven experience in developing integrations using REST API, SOAP Web Services and other integration architectures.
• Hands-on experience working with middleware platforms such as Dell Boomi, Mulesoft, Snaplogic etc.
• Proven skills as a team member, team lead or project manager on at least three full life cycle implementations
• Functional knowledge of Procurement business processes
• Technical aptitude and comfort in understanding Web-based applications and the SaaS, PaaS and IaaS Cloud models, and Integration concepts as well as application of these technologies in the enterprise environment
• Exposure to AI-powered development/coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Github Copilot, Claude Code) and GenAI-based solutioning, with experience building or leveraging AI-enabled assets and accelerators to improve S2P delivery efficiency

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent preferred. Full-time master’s degree/equivalent is a bonus.
• Active Coupa platform certification; Additional specialization certifications would be a bonus
• 4-6+ years of experience in procurement, category management, or sourcing strategy
• Strong expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement analytics, and supplier management
• Demonstrated ability to lead negotiations, influence stakeholders, and drive cost savings
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and procurement analytics tools

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with digital procurement platform - Coupa
• Strong leadership, communication, and analytical skills
• Experience with data analytics tools (e.g., Power BI, SQL, Python)

Why Join Us?

• Impactful Work: Opportunity to work on high-impact consulting engagements across diverse industries and help clients achieve measurable improvements
• Intellectually Stimulating Environment: A fast-paced, intellectually stimulating environment where your ideas shape real-world business transformations
• Career Growth: Clear path for career progression and mentorship from senior leaders in the consulting space
• Competitive Compensation: Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Innovative Culture: A culture that values innovation, collaboration, and data-driven decision-making, offering you the opportunity to work with a forward-thinking team