Deployment Lead – Procurement Transformation, Supplier Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Lead and oversee deployment initiatives across various countries and business units.

• Strategically plan and manage rollout activities, milestones, dependencies, and readiness for deployment.

• Collaborate with global program teams, local deployment entities, Business, IT, and Product divisions.

• Foster business and organizational preparedness for upcoming rollout phases.

• Monitor and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and necessary decisions.

• Ensure synchronization between global teams and local stakeholders throughout the deployment process.

• Assist in go-live preparations, deployment execution, and post-go-live stabilization efforts.

• Maintain transparent status reporting and clear communication regarding progress and critical matters.

• Aid the Program Lead with PMO and governance activities related to the program.

• Prepare updates for management, decision papers, and presentations for the Steering Committee.

• Aggregate information from various workstreams and distill complex project topics into succinct management communications.

• Support governance meetings and follow up on decisions, actions, and outstanding issues.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience as a Deployment Lead, Rollout Lead, Project Manager, or PMO in large international transformation initiatives.

• Background in global or multi-country deployments involving diverse business units and stakeholder groups.

• Strong understanding of deployment planning, readiness management, go-live preparation, and stabilization processes.

• Experience in Procurement, Demand-to-Pay, Source-to-Pay, or similar business processes is highly advantageous.

• Familiarity with Supplier Onboarding processes.

• Experience in rolling out business applications or other solutions within a broader ERP transformation context is a plus.

• Excellent PMO and program coordination capabilities.

• Experience in preparing management reports and presentations for Steering Committees.

• Strong stakeholder management skills across Business, IT, global program teams, and local organizations.

• Well-organized, proactive, and comfortable working independently in a complex international program setting.

• Exceptional communication and coordination skills.

• Fluency in English is required.

• Must be located in the EU or Switzerland.

🏝️ Benefits

• Freelance contract.

• Remote work arrangement.

• Very occasional travel to Basel, Switzerland, approximately once per quarter.