Strategic Sourcing & Procurement Transformation Lead

Gratitude Philippines; Manila; Hybrid; PHP 1,800,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Gratitude Philippines in Taguig seeks a seasoned Manager/Senior Manager to lead complex sourcing and procurement transformations for multinational clients. You will shape strategic cost reduction initiatives, drive transformation programs, and act as a trusted advisor to client C-suites using SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, and IVALUA.

You will coach teams, design roadmaps, and develop business cases, while coordinating cross-functional teams and delivering measurable improvements in procurement

Qualifications

• Minimum 8+ years for Manager and 13+ years for Senior Manager in a top-tier consulting firm or in a Sourcing and Procurement Function in Consumer Goods, Pharmaceuticals, Hi-Tech, E-Commerce, Automotive, Oil & Gas industry – required
• Demonstrated experience in consulting or a leading mid-large sized team on large-scale sourcing and procurement projects spanning across one or more of the following: strategic cost reduction, sourcing optimization, procurement transformation including implementation of procurement solutions, intelligent procurement, responsible and resilient procurement, mergers & acquisitions
• Overall experience doing business process design for source to pay for technology solutions such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, IVALUA, and so on
• With Business case, Roadmap development experience for Source to pay deployments
• Minimum of 2 projects as Functional process consultant, leveraging established methodology
• Domain knowledge in Supply Chain Management in the areas of Sourcing and Procurement, Planning, Inventory, Manufacturing, Warehousing, and logistics processes
• Experience in driving Data, Cutover, and Hypercare Activities for Source to pay transformation programs
• Open to cross-country relocation

Responsibilities

• Understand the client's business, priorities, and leadership agenda
• Co-create with the client, articulate transformation, and drive innovation agenda for the client
• Establish self as a trusted advisor with the client C-suite through an in-depth understanding of the client as well as industry
• Build networks within the organization to bring the best capabilities to the client
• Lead and deliver sourcing and procurement transformation projects such as strategic cost reduction, sourcing optimization, procurement transformation including implementation of procurement solutions, intelligent procurement, responsible and resilient procurement, mergers & acquisitions
• Coach team members on activities such as as-is process and maturity assessment, technology evaluation, opportunity identification, business case and roadmap creation, and implementation of recommendations
• Drive sales, revenue, and profitability for the practice
• Help originate deals based on defined commercial pathways; drive innovative deal construct and solutioning to grow business
• Align the right teams or capabilities to enable successful transformation and innovation agenda
• Lead and support development of cutting-edge points of view and articles that drive market equity
• Design and build assets that distinguish capabilities to drive additional business

Skills

Empathetic leadership

Communication

Mediation

Influencing

Coaching

Cross-cultural competence

Data analytics

Presentation skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

SAP Ariba

Coupa

Jaggaer

IVALUA

Job description

Gratitude Philippines in Taguig seeks a seasoned Manager/Senior Manager to lead complex sourcing and procurement transformations for multinational clients. You will shape strategic cost reduction initiatives, drive transformation programs, and act as a trusted advisor to client C-suites using SAP Ariba, Coupa, Jaggaer, and IVALUA.

You will coach teams, design roadmaps, and develop business cases, while coordinating cross-functional teams and delivering measurable improvements in procurement