Procurement Operations Manager - OTR

As a Procurement Operations Manager - OTR with 12-15 years of experience, you will be responsible for driving continuous improvement initiatives across the O2R (Order-to-Receipt) process to enhance accuracy, efficiency, and cycle time. You will serve as the primary liaison between internal stakeholders (requisitioners, project managers, finance teams) and external suppliers to ensure seamless procurement execution. It is crucial to ensure strict adherence to global procurement policies, SOX compliance, and audit readiness. In this role, you will lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing procurement operations team, promoting accountability, collaboration, and service excellence. Partnering with digital and systems teams will be essential to identify automation opportunities and support the implementation of procurement tools and system enhancements (e.g., SAP SRM, S/4HANA, Ariba). Monitoring and reporting on key performance metrics, leveraging data insights to identify trends, assess risks, and implement corrective measures will be part of your responsibilities. You will also need to foster stakeholder engagement and enhance customer satisfaction through effective communication and prompt issue resolution. Ensuring data integrity and compliance in procurement master data, including supplier records and catalogue management, is a key aspect of this role. Proactively managing and monitoring the transactional pipeline to optimize workload prioritization, ensuring timely purchase orders and an improved user experience, will be crucial. Collaboration with Squad and GPO teams to implement timely, innovative process improvements that deliver greater value and a better user experience will also be part of your responsibilities. As a suitable candidate, you should have hands-on expertise in core sourcing and procurement, preferably within the Oil & Gas sector. Your experience should include managing client-service functions, large corporate initiatives, critical thinking, relationship management, and supply chain processes. Proven experience in redefining SCM processes through system and process enhancements is necessary, along with direct experience in process management, applying best practices, driving innovation, continuous improvement, and leveraging advanced technologies and tools. You should be skilled in working cross-culturally within international environments, possess strong communication and influencing skills across all organizational levels, and have a collaborative and engaging work style with a focus on building partnerships. Being resilient and adept at navigating complex, multidimensional business environments will be beneficial in this role.,