Global Purchasing Supervisor – Lisbon SSC Lead

Randstad Portugal; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career progression

Exposure to multinational operations

Collaboration across regions

Strategic transformation project

Job summary

Randstad Portugal is spearheading a new Finance Shared Services Center in Lisbon. The role leads daily purchasing back-office operations and coordinates across Lisbon, France, and Tunisia, ensuring service continuity and KPI achievement.

You will oversee master data, contracts, and invoice discrepancies, while driving continuous improvement and data governance in a multinational finance environment.

Qualifications

• Fluent English and French required for daily cross-site coordination with teams in France, Tunisia and Portugal.
• Solid experience with ERP-based purchasing processes (SAP S/4HANA and Ariba highly preferred; exposure to VIM, Excel or Power BI is a plus).
• Demonstrated ability to manage SLAs and KPIs, ensure master data accuracy, and drive continuous improvement.
• A hands-on, operational leader skilled in cross-site stakeholder management, workload planning, and building team autonomy.

Responsibilities

• Lead and organize daily purchasing back-office activities across sites in Lisbon, France and Tunisia.
• Coordinate workload distribution, backlogs, and provide hands-on support during peak periods.
• Oversee purchasing master data maintenance, contract administration, and invoice discrepancies.
• Establish intake channels, SLAs, KPIs, and SOPs to support activity transitions and reliable service.
• Identify bottlenecks, perform root-cause analysis, and drive harmonization and data governance initiatives.

Skills

Cross-site coordination

Leadership & team supervision

ERP purchasing processes

SAPS/4HANA experience

Ariba experience

Data governance

Excel

Power BI

Tools

SAPS/4HANA

Ariba

VIM

Excel

Power BI

Job description

Randstad Portugal is spearheading a new Finance Shared Services Center in Lisbon. The role leads daily purchasing back-office operations and coordinates across Lisbon, France, and Tunisia, ensuring service continuity and KPI achievement.

You will oversee master data, contracts, and invoice discrepancies, while driving continuous improvement and data governance in a multinational finance environment.