· Serve as the main conduit between Procurement and S2P business teams and IT partners to support digital roadmap key strategies using best industry practices, data-driven decisions, and mature system solutions.
· Provide architectural leadership and hands-on design guidance across SAP Ariba, S/4HANA MM, and Source-to-Pay processes (sourcing, contracts, purchasing, invoicing, supplier management) to ensure integrated, scalable solutions across a global instance (NA/EU/LATAM/APAC).
· Analyze business requirements, prioritize based on solution cost/benefit analysis, present to leadership, and lead successful implementation roadmap.
· Serve as the main business liaison between business functions of Sourcing & Procurement partners to support digital roadmap key strategies using best industry practices, data-driven decisions, and mature system solutions.
· Identify inefficient business processes across Procurement and Source-to-Pay and automate using digital solutions (RPA, workflow automation, guided buying).
· Identify, evaluate, select, and implement AI applications and solutions across Procurement and broader operations organizations.
· Partner with Logistics, Transportation, and Trade Compliance teams to ensure Procurement-driven master data and processes align cleanly with downstream TM, GTS, and MDG design.
· Identify, track, and coordinate cross program/project dependencies with proposed priorities.
· Actively engage with operations leaders to identify business problems that are conducive to AI and/or automation solutions in line with Digital Transformation (DT) road map and vision.
· Be an active member of the DT leadership team within the organization. Ensure that digital transformation roadmaps and strategies align with the overall organizational goals and objectives.
· Promote a culture for adoption of automation to improve process efficiency, productivity and effectiveness.