Purchasing Process Support

Purchasing Process Support

Our purpose is to use the power of communications to make a better world. For each other, for our customers, for society and our communities. We need you to help us do this.

Why this role matters
This role supports the Global Source to Pay Process Owner and Purchasing Process Owner for our global Finance and Procurement transformation programme, Make Finance Brilliant. The programme will replace a large part of our Finance systems on the implementation of Ariba and SAP S/4 Hana.

What you'll be doing

• Contribute to the finalisation of design for the purchasing process
• Support process walkthroughs to ensure business understanding and drive adoption of the Ariba Guided Buying
• Preparation and participation in system and end user testing of the solution design
• Maintain process documentation and other supporting material.
• Working with the technical, change and business teams to define and agree the cut over and business readiness plans
• Support preparation and content of presentations to key stakeholders
• Engaging and executing continuous improvement initiatives

We'll also need to see these on your CV

• Demonstrable knowledge and expertise of design and implementation of Ariba Guided Buying, including catalogues and document automation.
• Experience across the purchasing process using Ariba Guided Buying - requisitioning, approvals, goods receiving and reporting
• Experience of working in organisations with variety of procurement channels to multiple business units across multiple geographies
• Strong and collaborative working approach with a diverse group of stakeholders in multiple locations.
• Excellent communication skills writing, facilitation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills

Why choose us?
We've always been an organisation with purpose; to use the power of communications to make a better world. At our heart we're a technology company with research and innovation in our bones and a desire to be personal, simple, and brilliant for our customers - those are the values we live by whilst also creating an inclusive working environment where people from all backgrounds can succeed.