Supply Chain Excellence Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Develop, implement, and uphold global procurement policies, procedures, controls, delegated authority requirements, and governance standards.

• Lead procurement compliance assessments, support audits, create corrective-action plans, and drive continuous improvement initiatives in collaboration with Finance, Internal Audit, Legal, IT, and operational sites.

• Establish procurement compliance scorecards and executive reports to monitor policy adherence, purchase order compliance, approval workflows, sourcing governance, savings validation, and supplier risk controls.

• Oversee the procurement governance calendar, approval matrix, policy updates, supplier governance reviews, and business controls.

• Manage supplier portal governance and data standards for supplier records, certifications, risk information, and onboarding documentation.

• Monitor the adoption of procurement processes and systems; propose actions for compliance gaps, training requirements, and systemic root causes.

• Lead the development of procurement dashboards, spend analytics, supplier performance reporting, savings reports, and enterprise procurement KPIs.

• Standardize reporting methodologies, metric definitions, data ownership, and master-data governance across Barnes Aerospace.

• Act as the business owner and administrator for the Coupa Source-to-Pay platform and Supplier Portal, including onboarding, user provisioning, role security, workflows, intake forms, reporting, and governance.

• Collaborate with IT, Finance, and external providers on Coupa enhancements, integrations, upgrades, data quality, issue resolution, and digital capabilities.

• Maintain procurement control documentation, SOPs, RACI models, approval matrices, and system administration records.

• Conduct data governance reviews to reconcile data across Coupa, ERP, reporting tools, and supplier master records.

• Design and maintain training curricula for procurement policy, sourcing governance, Coupa Supplier Portal processes, system usage, and analytics standards.

• Provide functional leadership for procurement transformation initiatives, including requirements gathering, controls, adoption plans, performance metrics, business outcomes, SBLO, and M&A data and analytics support.

• Develop and deliver procurement training, SOPs, user manuals, onboarding, and change management activities.

• Identify opportunities to automate, standardize, and optimize procurement processes; lead cross-functional transformation initiatives and benchmark performance against industry standards.

• Execute other duties as assigned.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 8 years of progressive experience in procurement, supply chain, compliance, analytics, procurement systems, finance controls, or related fields.

• Experience in administering Coupa or a similar Source-to-Pay platform.

• Required experience in Coupa Supplier Portal administration, supplier enablement, workflows, and user security.

• Proven experience in developing dashboards, analytics, KPIs, and executive reporting.

• Ability to convert data into actionable business insights.

• Experience in supporting governance, compliance, audit, internal control, and risk management programs.

• Proficiency with Power BI, advanced Excel, ERP systems, procurement reporting tools, and data quality/master-data governance.

• Strong project management, organizational, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.

• Capability to lead cross-functional process improvement and change management initiatives across global teams.

• Excellent written, presentation, and interpersonal communication abilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance, Information Systems, Data Analytics, or a related field is required.

• Preferred: experience in aerospace, manufacturing, or highly regulated industries.

• Preferred: familiarity with Coupa Supplier Risk, Sourcing, Contract Lifecycle Management, procure-to-pay, supplier performance reporting, and supplier onboarding.

• Preferred: knowledge of procurement internal controls, delegated authority, supplier governance, AS9100, customer flow-downs, and audit requirements.

• Preferred: certifications such as Lean, Six Sigma, ACE, APICS/CPIM, CPSM, CIPS, PMP, or equivalent.

• Preferred: experience in developing enterprise data models, analytics roadmaps, or digital transformation strategies.

🏝️ Benefits

• Remote work arrangement.

• Full-time employment.

• A global and cross-functional work environment.

• Opportunities for professional development through training, onboarding, user guides, and change management activities.

• Travel opportunity/requirement of 10–15%.