JOB PURPOSE

The Procurement Systems Manager owns the adoption, optimisation, and governance of the Group's Source-to-Pay (S2P) technology platform. The role is the bridge between Procurement, Finance, and IT — ensuring the underlying system is configured to business need, that users across the organisation adopt it correctly, and that the data it generates is turned into reliable reporting and insight. The role also leads the build-out and ongoing development of the Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE), embedding standards, training, and continuous improvement across the procurement function.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Systems Adoption & S2P Platform Ownership

• Serve as the functional owner and subject-matter expert for the Group's S2P platform (Oracle Fusion Cloud) across the full sourcing-to-payment lifecycle.

• Drive end-user adoption across HQ and outstations by onboarding, training, super-user networks, and change-management support.

• Own the configuration, business rules, approval workflows, and master-data standards within the platform, working with IT and the system integrator.

• Manage the platform roadmap: prioritize enhancements, coordinate releases and testing (UAT), and ensure new modules and features are deployed with minimal business disruption.

• Act as the escalation point for functional issues, liaising with IT support and vendors to resolve defects and service requests.

Module expertise (sourcing, contracts, payments)

• Sourcing/e-sourcing, support tender, RFx, and supplier-bid processes within the system; ensuring the sourcing events are consistent and auditable.

• Contract management: maintain contract repository, configure templates and clause libraries, track renewals, expiries, and obligations.

• Procure-to-Pay: ensure requisition-to-PO-to-invoice flows operate cleanly, support three-way matching, and align with "No PO, No Pay" policy and Finance controls.

• Supplier management & catalogues: governing supplier onboarding, mastering data quality, and catalogue/punch-out content.

• Ensure integrity between procurement modules and adjacent systems (Finance/ERP, payments, supplier portals).

Reporting & Analytics

• Design, build, and maintain procurement dashboards and reports covering spend, savings, pipeline health, PR-to-PO cycle times, compliance, and supplier performance.

• Establish a single source of truth for procurement data and define KPI definitions, calculation logic, and data-governance standards.

• Deliver regular and ad-hoc reporting to leadership, translating data into actionable commercial insight.

• Drive data quality across the platform and proactively surface anomalies, leakage, and non-compliance.

Procurement Center of Excellence (CoE)

• Lead the development and continuous improvement of the Procurement CoE — its operating model, standards, playbooks, and tools.

• Codify best-practice processes, templates, and policies, and ensure they are embedded in the system and adopted by buyers.

• Build and run a training and capability-development program for the procurement community and wider stakeholders.

• Identify automation and efficiency opportunities, benchmark performance, and embed governance and compliance disciplines.

Stakeholder & governance

• Partner with Finance, IT, and business units to align system capability with policy and process.

• Manage relationships with software vendors and implementation partners, including SLAs and roadmap input.

• Support audit, internal control, and policy-compliance requirements relating to procurement systems and data.

EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in Business Management, Information Technology, Supply Chain, or an equivalent major in the related field, and preferably have CIPS.

EXPERIENCE

• Minimum of 6 years of experience in the related field

• Demonstrated hands-on experience with a leading S2P/procurement platform (e.g. Oracle Fusion Cloud, Coupa, SAP Ariba) across sourcing, contracts, and P2P modules.

• Proven track record of driving system adoption and process change in a complex, multi-entity organization.

• Strong reporting and analytics capability (dashboarding, data modelling, KPI design).

• Experience in aviation, transport, asset-intensive industries; involvement in ERP/S2P implementation projects.