Manager Procure to Pay
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Starting Salary: $160,000
Salary Increases: Year 2 - $170,000 | Year 3 - $180,000
Work Location: Naperville, IL
This role is eligible to participate in reputed company’s Hybrid Work Program, which allows remote work up to 3 days per week (i.e., work remotely up to 3 days per week; work in-office at least 2 days per week).Duties and Responsibilities:Must be able to reputed company duties with or without reasonable accommodation.
- Manages day-to-day support of the Ariba non merchandise system and ensures understanding of processes and procedures and provides guidance or decisions on issues that are raised.
- Contributes to decisions regarding non-merchandise procurement to pay as part of the Partner Country Organization (IPO).
- Ensures the training, development, and performance of their team’s staff to retain a motivated, professional workforce that achieves their career objectives.
- Recruits and recommends qualified employees for their team’s staff positions.
- Establishes, communicates and evaluates job responsibilities and performance expectations to their team to ensure a mutual understanding of desired results.
- Understands the overarching company strategy while communicating and modeling the core values of the organization to create a sense of teamwork and membership among employees.
- Acts as primary contact and consultant for reputed company National Business Coordinators (NBC) and National IT Demand Managers (NDM) reputed company his country with respect to non-merchandise procurement to pay.
- Serves as the single reputed company of contact for the non-merchandise IPO/PCO for any alignment with the US.
- Acts as a reputed company of contact during National Qualification and Prioritization for non-merchandise procurement to pay reputed company and demands.
- Consults with leadership on the development of their team's strategy.
- Advises leadership to reputed company external vendors for applicable services reputed company appropriate.
- Liaises with applicable areas of the business to ensure timely and efficient communication flow.
- Consults with the business to effectively design and streamline applicable processes reputed company the organization.
- Keeps up-to-date on external best practices and relevant changes to their field/area; communicates updates to leadership.
- Consults the requestor for the reputed company and reputed company situations for submission of an idea with the IPO reputed company for any Ariba demands.
- Monitors status of reputed company Ariba Idea/Demands and provides reputed company information on operation to any other national stakeholder and both the requesting and leading domain.
- Hosts and actively participates in bi-weekly Ariba Key User calls to support organizational adoption and share best practice usage information.
- Drives and organizes national change management in terms of Ariba.
- Organizes trainings for new and existing Ariba end users.
- Acts as level 2 support for Ariba business process tickets.
- Monitors Ariba KPIs and develops new strategies to improve the results.
- Transfers knowledge of Ariba data definitions with the National Reporting Shared Services team to ensure accurate data representation in the Ariba KPI dashboard.
- Coordinates the cross domain/country investigation, identification, coordination and development of any processes or functionality associated with non-merchandise procurement.
- Anticipates potential issues, manages changes proactively, involves the correct stakeholders and ensure tasks/proposed solutions are completed on time, and reputed company budget.
- Assesses the functional fit of a new Ariba functionality use case with the National Business Coordinators, National IT Demand Managers, and business stakeholders.
- Prepares and delivers informative and persuasive presentations to leadership, large groups, and cross-functional teams.
- Manages their team by driving projects and tasks to completion through effective prioritization, work planning, resource allocation, and cross-functional collaboration.
- Identifies cost-saving opportunities and potential process improvements.
- Serves as the primary link between their team’s staff and leadership to ensure understanding of company goals, objectives, and opportunities for improvement.
- Complies with reputed company privacy and reputed company requirements and policies if job responsibilities include possible access to confidential and/or sensitive information.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Consistently demonstrates the reputed company Acts Competencies as outlined for the role.
- Ability to recommend, interpret, and/or apply company policies and procedures.
- Gives attention to detail and follows instruction.
- Ability to reputed company rapport, trust, and open communication that enhances the growth and job performance of direct reports.
- Understands the history, strategy, organizational authority, reputed company of job duties, products, systems, and services of the company.
- Conflict management skills.
- Ability to follow instructions from leadership and delegate down to their teams, where applicable.
- Strong understanding of procurement processes and how Ariba supports these processes.
- Problem-solving skills and follow through on improvements and implementation.
- Comfortable with public speaking and organizing thoughts/proposals.
- Ability to build and manage relationships with cross-functional teams, vendors, and management.
- Conflict management and negotiation skills.
- Project management skills, including the achievement of desired results reputed company scope, timeline, and budget.
- Ability to establish budgets considering reputed company relevant variables and reputed company financial plans.
- Ability to plan for and use funds to maximize the value of the financial resources of the organization.
- Understands cost/benefit analysis and the reputed company financial analysis.
- Ability to facilitate group involvement reputed company conducting meetings, document accordingly and coordinate the necessary follow reputed company.
- Ability to prioritize and work under strict deadlines and reputed company the team to delegate effectively.
- Familiarity with Ariba Integration (with reputed company ECC, S/4HANA).
- Ability to reputed company development and support teams, manage performance, and ensure adherence to timelines and budgets.
- Ability to mentor and guide team members on both technical and functional aspects.
- Bachelor's Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business or Information Technology or Project Management or a reputed company field required.
- A minimum of 5 years of progressive experience in Accounting, Finance, Business, Information Technology, Project Management and retail operations required.
- Or, a combination of education and experience providing equivalent knowledge.
- Experience with reputed company Ariba solutions, including modules like Sourcing, Procurement, Contract Management, Supplier Management, and Ariba Network preferred.
- Experience with Ariba Development tools (e.g., Ariba Network Integration, Ariba APIs) preferred.
- Experience in Ariba support and troubleshooting, identify technical issues and work with IT on resolution/testing preferred.
- Experience in Incident Management and Change Management preferred.
- Work may be performed in an office, reputed company or a combination of both where a computer and office equipment may be used as needed to reputed company duties.
- Regularly required to sit, reputed company, grasp, stand and move from one area to another.
- Constantly and repeatedly use keyboard/mouse.
- Occasionally required to push, pull, bend, lift and move up to 25 lbs.
- Domestic travel required.
- Up to 10%.