Senior S2P Transformation SME (Techno-Functional)

Job Description: Senior S2P Transformation SME (Techno-Functional)

Location: Mumbai, Hybrid (on-site workshops and remote engagement)
Experience: 10+ years
Engagement Type: Contractual – 6 months
Industry Preference: Manufacturing, Building Materials, Chemicals, Industrial Products

Role Overview

We are looking for a senior Source-to-Pay (S2P) transformation expert to support the validation of an AI-first S2P platform implementation for a large, multi-entity manufacturing organisation.

The individual will work with business and technology stakeholders to validate the proposed future-state procurement processes, assess the platform design, and ensure that the solution reflects real-world procurement requirements across direct and indirect procurement, imports, and complex manufacturing supply chains.

This is a validation and design assurance role, not a greenfield implementation or training assignment. The ideal candidate will bring strong procurement domain expertise and the ability to challenge, validate, and sign off on the proposed operating model and platform design.

Key Responsibilities

• S2P Design Validation: Review and validate the proposed Source-to-Pay process design, workflows, business rules, and platform configuration against business requirements.
  
• Procurement Expertise: Assess direct and indirect procurement processes, including raw material sourcing, imports, supplier management, purchasing, and procurement operations in a manufacturing environment.
  
• Operating Model Assessment: Validate the proposed division of responsibilities between the business and Global Business Services (GBS), identifying activities that should remain business-owned versus those suitable for centralisation or outsourcing.
  
• Manufacturing Supply Chain Context: Evaluate procurement scenarios involving industrial raw materials, chemicals, international sourcing, import/export processes, and complex supplier ecosystems.
  
• Techno-Functional Assessment: Bridge procurement business requirements and platform capabilities, ensuring the proposed workflows and automation adequately address operational realities.
  
• Gap and Risk Identification: Identify missing scenarios, process gaps, design assumptions, control weaknesses, and potential implementation risks; recommend practical corrective actions.
  
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with procurement leaders, process owners, transformation teams, and technology partners during design reviews and workshops.
  
• Sign-off and Recommendations: Provide structured feedback, document findings, and support business validation and sign-off of the future-state design before production rollout.
  

Mandatory Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of overall experience, with substantial hands-on experience in procurement and S2P transformation.
  
• Strong expertise across end-to-end Source-to-Pay / Procure-to-Pay, particularly the procurement stages preceding invoice processing and payment.
  
• Proven experience in both direct and indirect procurement.
  
• Strong understanding of manufacturing procurement, including raw materials, supplier sourcing, purchasing operations, and complex supply chains.
  
• Experience with international sourcing, imports, exports, and associated procurement processes.
  
• Demonstrated experience reviewing or validating procurement process designs, target operating models, workflows, or procurement platform implementations.
  
• Ability to translate business requirements into functional process and system requirements and challenge technology-led designs where necessary.
  
• Strong understanding of GBS/shared services operating models and procurement centralisation.
  
• Excellent stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, analytical, and documentation skills.
  

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in manufacturing, building materials, glass, construction chemicals, industrial products, or related sectors.
  
• Prior involvement in a large-scale S2P transformation, procurement automation, or enterprise procurement platform rollout.
  
• Exposure to AI-enabled procurement platforms, digital procurement solutions, and workflow automation.
  
• Experience working across multiple business entities, geographies, or complex operating models.
  
• Experience with platforms such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, SAP S/4HANA procurement, or comparable S2P solutions.
  

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a procurement transformation practitioner who understands how procurement actually operates in a manufacturing business. They should have sufficient techno-functional knowledge to assess whether a proposed platform design is fit for purpose, identify overlooked business scenarios, and confidently challenge design decisions.

Candidates with backgrounds as Procurement Transformation Leads, S2P Process Owners, Procurement Excellence Leaders, or senior procurement SMEs are particularly relevant.

Profiles to Avoid

• Candidates whose experience is predominantly Accounts Payable (AP), invoice processing, or finance operations.
  
• Pure technology implementation consultants without deep procurement domain knowledge.
  
• Generalist project managers or transformation consultants who cannot independently validate procurement workflows.
  
• Candidates with only indirect procurement experience and no exposure to direct procurement or manufacturing supply chains.
  
• Junior functional consultants who require significant guidance to assess process design.
  

Engagement Expectations

The consultant will participate in key design-validation workshops in Mumbai, with remote follow-up for detailed reviews, documentation, and stakeholder discussions. The engagement is expected to run for six months, with a focus on ensuring the proposed S2P solution is operationally sound and ready for production deployment.

Requirements

Key Responsibilities

• S2P Design Validation: Review and validate the proposed Source-to-Pay process design, workflows, business rules, and platform configuration against business requirements.
  
• Procurement Expertise: Assess direct and indirect procurement processes, including raw material sourcing, imports, supplier management, purchasing, and procurement operations in a manufacturing environment.
  
• Operating Model Assessment: Validate the proposed division of responsibilities between the business and Global Business Services (GBS), identifying activities that should remain business-owned versus those suitable for centralisation or outsourcing.
  
• Manufacturing Supply Chain Context: Evaluate procurement scenarios involving industrial raw materials, chemicals, international sourcing, import/export processes, and complex supplier ecosystems.
  
• Techno-Functional Assessment: Bridge procurement business requirements and platform capabilities, ensuring the proposed workflows and automation adequately address operational realities.
  
• Gap and Risk Identification: Identify missing scenarios, process gaps, design assumptions, control weaknesses, and potential implementation risks; recommend practical corrective actions.
  
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work with procurement leaders, process owners, transformation teams, and technology partners during design reviews and workshops.
  
• Sign-off and Recommendations: Provide structured feedback, document findings, and support business validation and sign-off of the future-state design before production rollout.
  

Mandatory Skills and Experience

• 10+ years of overall experience, with substantial hands-on experience in procurement and S2P transformation.
  
• Strong expertise across end-to-end Source-to-Pay / Procure-to-Pay, particularly the procurement stages preceding invoice processing and payment.
  
• Proven experience in both direct and indirect procurement.
  
• Strong understanding of manufacturing procurement, including raw materials, supplier sourcing, purchasing operations, and complex supply chains.
  
• Experience with international sourcing, imports, exports, and associated procurement processes.
  
• Demonstrated experience reviewing or validating procurement process designs, target operating models, workflows, or procurement platform implementations.
  
• Ability to translate business requirements into functional process and system requirements and challenge technology-led designs where necessary.
  
• Strong understanding of GBS/shared services operating models and procurement centralisation.
  
• Excellent stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, analytical, and documentation skills.
  

Benefits

Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate is a procurement transformation practitioner who understands how procurement actually operates in a manufacturing business. They should have sufficient techno-functional knowledge to assess whether a proposed platform design is fit for purpose, identify overlooked business scenarios, and confidently challenge design decisions.

Candidates with backgrounds as Procurement Transformation Leads, S2P Process Owners, Procurement Excellence Leaders, or senior procurement SMEs are particularly relevant.