Procurement Process Lead – 12 Month Fixed Term

Are you a Procurement process manager looking for a fresh challenge? Do you want to join a top national grocery retailer on an exciting business transformation journey? Do you have strong knowledge of the Procurement Source to Pay process? Look no further, this might be the role for you.

Asda currently have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Process Lead to join our Procurement team. This is a fantastic opportunity for motivated individuals to progress their career, support Asda land its Source to Pay Transformation strategy and contribute to Asda's Every Day Low Cost culture.

Now is a really exciting time to join Asda as we are part way through the biggest transformation in our history, converting 22 years of Walmart systems and processes to a new and independent way of operating. We are building the foundations to grow our business by creating brand new systems landscape that is flexible and sustainable. This gives us a unique opportunity unlike any other grocery retailer - we will have no legacy systems. Through the upgrade of every piece of technology, we will simplify how our colleagues work and improve our offer for customers.

From a Procurement perspective, this means transitioning to a suite of SAP procurement applications to support the end to end Source to Pay process with new and improved functionality that will go live from July 2023.

Your Role

As an ASDA Procurement Process Lead, you will be leading on and supporting a range of activities in order to optimise the use of our new SAP ARIBA solutions . This will involve:

• Continually developing the sourcing process in the SAP Sourcing Module, including the RFX templates and best in class supporting documents
• Optimising our category buying channel strategies within Ariba Guided Buying and utilising new functionality such as procurement validation policies and supplier segmentation
• Leading on the catalogue strategy and implementation across all categories, working closely with the Procurement category teams and business stakeholders
• Driving best practise and adoption of all the SAP ARIBA modules and their functionality – Sourcing, Risk, Spend Analysis & Guided Buying.
• Supporting the design of the end to end contract lifecycle management processes, working closely with Legal and other stakeholders
• Identify and develop knowledge management materials including self-service sourcing process and templates
• Land future SAP ARIBA functionality updates effectively into the business

About You

• Proven background in Procurement and demonstrate strong knowledge of the Source to Pay process.
• CIPS accredited – desirable but not essential
• SAP – desirable but not essential

Hybrid Working

Work Where it Works. Our hybrid way of working gives you the choice to work where it works. This enables you to complete your daily tasks where you'll be the most effective. It offers a mix of working from home and in an office environment that works best for you and your team. We would love to talk to you about this.

You will also get an excellent benefits package including:

• £5,700 car allowance, plus discretionary company bonus
• Company pension up to 7% matched
• 10% colleague discount, free parking and many additional rewards.

We want all colleagues to be able to bring their best and true selves to work, every day. Simply put, we want our colleagues to be Proud to be Asda and proud to be themselves.

If you have any questions, then please email clare.tempest@asda.co.uk

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