SAP Procurement Lead
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You are:
A transformation maven with the skills to help clients meet the challenges of digitization. Your superpower? Using your know-how to solve clients’ most complex business problems to help their companies do more. You’re as comfortable working in teams and leading projects as you are diving into the details of workstreams and configuring SAP solutions. And you’re up for traveling regularly to client sites.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the implementation of SAP Procurement solutions across various products industries, ensuring alignment with leading practices and client objectives.
- Analyze, design, and develop best practice business changes to optimize procurement processes.
- Translate medium to large-sized and/or complex client requirements into tailored technology solutions, leveraging Accenture's full suite of capabilities.
- Own end-to-end SAP Procurement solution strategy and architecture, covering SAP S/4HANA Procurement capabilities including Sourcing & Contract Management, Operational Procurement, Supplier Management, and Invoice-to-Pay.
- Provide advisory services to IT functions, supporting high-impact activities within the systems development lifecycle.
- Deliver strong solutions architecture and ensure seamless integration of SAP solutions with other systems including SAP Ariba, SAP Business Network, Finance, and third-party platforms.
- Collaborate with clients to design and implement cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) solutions.
- Act as the SAP Procurement solution authority, ensuring alignment with enterprise architecture, SAP best practices, Clean Core principles, and Accenture delivery standards.
- Lead large-scale, global procurement transformation programs, driving process standardization and minimizing custom developments.
- Oversee design, build, testing, cutover, and go-live readiness, ensuring high-quality delivery and stable post-go-live operations.
- Support sales and pre-sales activities by showcasing expertise in SAP solutions and procurement processes.
- Provide strategic advisory to CPOs and senior client leadership, shaping procurement roadmaps, value realization strategies, and operating models.
- Mentor and develop SAP Procurement leads and architects, contributing to practice capability building and innovation.
Basic Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or completion of a college program in a related discipline.
- 10+ years of SAP experience, with deep hands-on and leadership experience in SAP Procurement solutions.
- Eligibility for Secret Security Clearance
- English is required for this position as this role will regularly interact with stakeholders across Canada, US and other countries across our Global footprint where English is the common language. Due to the significant high volume of interactions with these English-speaking stakeholders, which is inherent to this position, it is not possible to reorganize the company's activities to avoid this requirement.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience leading large-scale, global SAP procurement implementations.
- Proven ability to articulate SAP solutions to clients effectively.
- Expertise in designing and implementing best practice business changes for procurement processes.
- Strong delivery experience in SAP, including end-to-end implementation projects.
- Working knowledge of cloud-based software-as-a-service (SaaS) arrangements.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills, with the ability to manage complex client requirements.
- Exposure to VIM, SAP Ariba/SAP Fieldglass Integration Experience
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Information on benefits is here.
Role Location Annual Salary Range
British Columbia/Ontario $131,700 to $278,100
Toronto, Ontario
Calgary, Alberta
Montreal, Quebec
Ottawa, Ontario
Vancouver, British Columbia
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