Global P2P Lead: Process Design & Digital Enablement

Opella; Chattanooga (TN); On-site; USD 128,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Opella is seeking a Procure to Pay Lead in the U.S. who will design and optimize global S2P and Travel & Expense processes, coordinate with NA countries, and roll out regional projects as part of a continuous improvement journey.

You will mentor talent, drive simplification, ensure SOX compliance, and partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, and Digital teams to leverage automation and AI to boost accuracy and productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Business Administration or similar required.
• 7+ years P2P process experience.
• Ability to influence in context of high resistance to change.
• Ability to understand and simplify complex processes with UX approach.
• High level of interpersonal/communication skills.
• Prior experience of working in a global and/or regional environment.

Responsibilities

• Supports the process vision, strategy and objectives done at Regional Level and will be responsible for designing/adherence of processes at NA / country level, managing deviations, and alignment with relevant support functions.
• Strategic design of global Source 2 Pay and Travel & Expense processes and will contribute to the roll out of new S2V global/regional/local projects within his/her perimeter as part of continuous improvement journey including Change Management activities.
• Builds and maintains stakeholder relationships for NA countries (USA and Canada) and drive standardization of processes to identify functional and cross functional improvements and harmonization.
• Streamlines the S2V processes by connecting end users with process owners (Procurement, Legal, Finance, Supply Chain, ICP...). Gathers and applies best practices to process and supports S2V Partners/Specialist for designing/adherence of processes at local level, managing deviations, and alignment with relevant support functions.
• Ensures Compliance and Internal Control/ SOX standards are met for the countries under his/her scope.
• Drives end-to-end simplification and user experience improvements across S2V process for NA, ensuring alignment with global standards while enabling business flexibility where required.
• Leverages digital, automation and AI opportunities in partnership with Digital teams to reinvent S2V processes, improve adoption, reduce friction and deliver measurable productivity, cycle time and accuracy benefits.

Skills

P2P process experience

Influence in change resistance

UX mindset

Interpersonal/communication

Global/regional experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or similar

Job description

Opella is seeking a Procure to Pay Lead in the U.S. who will design and optimize global S2P and Travel & Expense processes, coordinate with NA countries, and roll out regional projects as part of a continuous improvement journey.

You will mentor talent, drive simplification, ensure SOX compliance, and partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, and Digital teams to leverage automation and AI to boost accuracy and productivity.