Workstream Lead – Data & Procurement Transformation – AR

Overview

As Workstream Lead, you will drive data and technology capabilities to support a major procurement transformation. You will align procurement and contract management with trusted data, enabling strategic decisions and performance management. You will shape data architecture, governance, and reporting, and oversee the integration of an eProcurement solution with SAP and other systems. This role partners with Finance, ICT, and senior stakeholders to deliver measurable improvements in procurement outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead the data and information strategy for procurement and contract management
• Oversee selection and rollout of an eProcurement solution supporting the end-to-end lifecycle
• Design a unified data view (spend, contracts, suppliers, performance)
• Create dashboards and MI to inform strategy and category management
• Establish data governance, standards and quality controls
• Assess current data sources and reporting, identify gaps and inefficiencies
• Ensure seamless integration of procurement systems with SAP, finance systems and reporting platforms
• Manage data migration, testing, training and readiness for implementation
• Establish reporting on savings, supplier performance and risks
• Collaborate with Procurement, Finance, ICT, Digital, Data and senior stakeholders to deliver the programme
• Coordinate cross-workstream dependencies to align data/tech with governance and organisation changes

Key requirements

• Significant experience leading data, technology, digital or procurement transformation workstreams in large, complex organisations
• Strong understanding of procurement and contract management processes including spend, supplier performance and savings
• Experience implementing or procuring eProcurement or contract lifecycle management systems
• Experience designing data architecture, governance frameworks, standards and data quality controls
• Proven ability to develop management information, dashboards and insights for senior stakeholders
• Experience identifying reporting gaps and opportunities for improvement across data/systems landscapes
• Understanding of system architecture and integration, especially SAP with procurement and ERP/finance
• Experience supporting system implementation including requirements gathering, data migration, testing and user adoption
• Track record of benefits, savings and risk reporting with Finance validation
• Excellent stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders
• Strong analytical, communication and problem-solving skills

• stakeholder management
• collaboration across cross-functional teams
• analytical thinking
• data architecture
• data governance
• data quality controls

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