Procurement Tech & Analytics Leader

Quaker Houghton; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Quaker Houghton is seeking a Director - Procurement Systems & Analytics to lead strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of procurement tech and analytics across the S2P ecosystem.

You will drive digital transformation, enable data-driven decisions, ensure compliance, and partner with Procurement, Finance, IT, Legal, Risk, and business stakeholders to deliver predictive insights, visibility, and value realization.

Responsibilities

• Procurement Systems Strategy: Develop and execute the roadmap for procurement systems (e.g., S2P, P2P, contract lifecycle management, supplier management tools).
• Lead system optimization, upgrades, enhancements, and integrations with ERP and enterprise platforms.
• Establish governance, controls, and data standards to ensure system integrity, compliance, and policy adherence.
• Drive adoption and change management across procurement technologies.
• Serve as the primary liaison between Procurement and IT for system priorities and support.
• Digital Transformation & Innovation: Identify opportunities to digitize and automate procurement processes.
• Lead implementation of new tools and technologies to enhance efficiency and visibility.
• Benchmark industry best practices and emerging procurement technologies.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to enable end-to-end process improvements.
• Analytics & Data Strategy: Define and implement a procurement analytics strategy aligned with enterprise objectives.
• Oversee spend analytics, supplier performance analytics, savings tracking, compliance reporting, and risk dashboards.
• Build executive-level reporting and KPI frameworks to measure procurement performance and value delivery.
• Leverage advanced analytics, automation, AI/ML, and predictive insights to improve sourcing and supplier decisions.
• Ensure high data quality standards, governance, and master data management.
• Supplier Risk Systems & Intelligence (System-Focused): Lead the design and enablement of supplier risk analytics frameworks embedded within procurement systems.
• Oversee integration of third-party risk data sources (financial health, geopolitical, ESG, cyber, operational, sanctions, etc.) into procurement platforms.
• Develop automated risk scoring models and dashboards to provide real-time supplier risk visibility.
• Enable early-warning indicators through data monitoring, alerts, and exception reporting.
• Partner with Enterprise Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Cyber teams to ensure supplier risk data is standardized and actionable.
• Drive automation of risk assessments, onboarding due diligence workflows, and periodic risk refresh.
• Establish risk data governance and audit-ready documentation standards within procurement systems.
• Leadership: Lead and develop a high performing team, act as a trusted advisor to leadership and stakeholders.
• Influence cross-functional stakeholders to promote a culture of accountability, integrity and compliance.

Job description

Quaker Houghton is seeking a Director - Procurement Systems & Analytics to lead strategy, governance, and continuous improvement of procurement tech and analytics across the S2P ecosystem.

You will drive digital transformation, enable data-driven decisions, ensure compliance, and partner with Procurement, Finance, IT, Legal, Risk, and business stakeholders to deliver predictive insights, visibility, and value realization.