Hybrid Senior Advisor: Procurement Process Transformation

Southern California Edison (SCE); Rosemead (CA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Business Process Improvement Senior Advisor to lead procurement transformation initiatives using Ariba, SAP, S/4 HANA, and Power Platform. You will drive end-to-end Source-to-Pay improvements, standardize processes, and deliver measurable business value with a focus on data, governance, and change leadership.

You will translate complex requirements into practical processes, governance, metrics, and training while managing stakeholder expectations and

Qualifications

• Ten or more years of experience in business process improvement or operational excellence initiatives.
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in business, engineering, or related field of study.
• S/4 HANA experience
• Experience developing SharePoint Solutions leveraging PowerApps, PowerAutomate, and PowerBI.
• Utility industry and/or procurement consulting experience.
• Experience leading complex category management, strategic sourcing, supplier selection, and procurement transformation initiatives across the end-to-end procurement lifecycle.
• Experience developing sourcing strategies, evaluation and negotiation frameworks, and audit-ready procurement decisions.
• Demonstrated experience in Ariba Contracts, Sourcing, Buying, and Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP) modules and SAP Materials Management module in ERP Central Component (ECC).
• Five or more years of experience developing, assisting, leading, and implementing projects, initiatives, and process improvements.
• Experience implementing continuous improvement methodologies (e.g., DMAIC, Six-sigma).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to translate complex business challenges into practical solutions.
• Experience developing business cases, process documentation, dashboards, metrics, and executive presentations.
• Strong attention to detail with proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Leads projects; determining scope, budget, timelines, forms teams, assigns tasks, manages resources and issues.
• Develops and implements best practices and policies to govern business processes as well as strategic plans for digital transformations of end-to-end work management processes.
• Relies upon Lean Six Sigma, Agile, and other project management principles to effectively streamline processes and new initiatives.
• Develops strong relationships at all levels of the organization and leverages those relationships to improve overall department performance.
• Creates, implements, and manages resources that optimize processes and improve data quality. Directs and oversees technology project prioritization while adhering to annual budget.
• Conducts analyses and oversees the preparation of reports that provide operational and technical support to business operations.
• Designs and implements key performance indicators (KPIs) to streamline business strategy and leads key process improvement initiatives that help achieve company goals and improve customer satisfaction.
• A material job duty of all positions within the Company is ensuring the protection of all its physical, financial and cybersecurity assets, and properly accessing and managing private customer data, proprietary information, confidential medical records, and other types of highly sensitive information and data with the highest standards of conduct and integrity.

Skills

Lean Six Sigma

Agile methodologies

Stakeholder management

Analytical thinking

Problem-solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or related field

Tools

Ariba

SAP

S/4 HANA

PowerApps

PowerAutomate

PowerBI

SharePoint

SAP Materials Management (ECC)

Job description

Southern California Edison (SCE) is seeking a Business Process Improvement Senior Advisor to lead procurement transformation initiatives using Ariba, SAP, S/4 HANA, and Power Platform. You will drive end-to-end Source-to-Pay improvements, standardize processes, and deliver measurable business value with a focus on data, governance, and change leadership.

You will translate complex requirements into practical processes, governance, metrics, and training while managing stakeholder expectations and