Manager, Procurement Digital Transformation – Accounts Payable, Purchase Channels

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

📋 Description

• Take ownership of the transformation roadmap for global Accounts Payable and Invoice-to-Pay processes.

• Detect bottlenecks, manual tasks, recurring exceptions, and opportunities for simplification and standardization of processes.

• Minimize invoice cycle times, errors, rework, and manual interventions.

• Enhance straight-through and touchless invoice processing.

• Improve PO compliance and promote better purchasing behaviors upstream.

• Establish baselines, targets, and KPIs to evaluate the benefits of transformation.

• Identify and prioritize opportunities for automation and AI in areas such as invoice capture, coding, matching, duplicate detection, and exception management.

• Create business cases focused on productivity, accuracy, control enhancements, and ROI.

• Direct pilots and proof-of-concepts, scaling successful solutions.

• Ensure adequate controls, data quality, and human oversight for AI-driven processes.

• Oversee the global implementation and optimization of OCR / Intelligent Document Processing and Vendor Invoice Management solutions.

• Define the requirements for invoice capture, validation, matching, approvals, and exception handling.

• Collaborate with SAP, OpenText VIM, and integration teams through design, testing, UAT, deployment, and stabilization.

• Enhance OCR accuracy and lower manual correction rates.

• Spearhead the implementation and adoption of Supplier Catalogues as the preferred purchasing channel.

• Identify suppliers and spending categories that are suitable for catalogue enablement.

• Implement hosted and punch-out catalogues in partnership with Procurement Operations and Category Management.

• Increase catalogue spending while decreasing free-text requisitions and non-compliant purchasing.

• Lead the implementation of Peppol, European e-invoicing requirements, Brazil Tax Regulations, and other global Accounts Payable regulations.

• Translate regulatory requirements into both business and technology specifications.

• Collaborate with Tax, Finance, Legal, AP, and Technology teams.

• Coordinate supplier enablement, testing, deployment readiness, and rollout across affected European entities.

• Deliver outcomes such as reduced processing times and exceptions, improved OCR accuracy, increased PO-backed invoice processing and catalogue adoption, successful OCR/VIM rollout, and measurable automation and AI productivity enhancements.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, Source-to-Pay, Finance Transformation, Procurement Transformation, or a related field.

• Proven leadership of teams or significant transformation workstreams.

• Documented experience in executing a major AP, P2P, or Finance transformation.

• Strong knowledge of invoice capture, PO and non-PO invoices, matching, approvals, exception management, and invoice posting.

• Experience in enhancing processes through process engineering, Lean methodologies, automation, or continuous improvement initiatives.

• Excellent analytical skills with a track record of utilizing KPIs to identify issues and showcase results.

• Capability to influence stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Technology, and senior leadership levels.

• Proficient in professional English.

• Familiarity with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC Accounts Payable is a plus.

• Experience with OpenText Vendor Invoice Management is advantageous.

• Knowledge of OCR / Intelligent Document Processing is beneficial.

• Experience with SAP Ariba or SAP Business Network is a plus.

• Familiarity with hosted and punch-out Supplier Catalogues is advantageous.

• Knowledge of Peppol and European e-invoicing is a plus.

• Experience with SAP Document & Reporting Compliance is beneficial.

• Familiarity with RPA / workflow automation is advantageous.

• Experience with AI applications in Finance or Procurement is beneficial.

• Proficiency in process mining or Power BI is advantageous.

• A Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Procurement, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• Relevant certifications in Lean, Agile, Project Management, SAP, or Finance Transformation are advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible and supportive work environment.

• Well-Being programs that support financial, mental, physical, and social health.

• Customized development goals and ongoing feedback.

• Certification opportunities with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon.

• Access to coaching and hands-on learning experiences.

• Cutting-edge learning opportunities.

• Tools for career path planning and professional development support.