Your main responsibilities Main purpose of the job:
We have an opportunity for a Purchase to Pay Team Leader to join our procurement and supply chain organisation; to embed best practice purchase to pay processes, manage day to day purchase to pay activities, and ensure compliance with company policies and organisation norms surrounding purchasing process
The purpose of this role is to oversee the entire purchase to pay cycle from requisition through to point of payment release, working in very close alignment with accounting team (accounts payable) and Financial Shared Services (FSS – part of Schindler Centre of Excellence)
S/he will also have a focus on process improvements and automation initiatives, monitoring and facilitating organisation compliance with P2P process, and managing spend and transaction reporting requirements from SAP and Ariba
Main responsibilities: The leadership, development, and management of the team through the employment lifecycle
Complete lift ordering with all localised parts across the business, ensuring escalators and elevators are delivered on the required date
Drive down total costs of transactional purchasing i.e. purchase orders, good receipting and invoice matching
Ensuring that the team is appropriately resourced, informed, motivated, and trained to meet business objectives
Responsible for directly managing the purchasing and logistics administrators
To train where appropriate new process improvements
To ensure all lead times are met and published via the order confirmation proces
Monitor Key Performance Indicators, report on team performance and secure opportunities for efficiency
To ensure all works carried out are covered by an accurate purchase order
To bring the dual brand and escalators into the ordering process
Liaise with the claims department to process internal parts and supply claims accordingly, with FQE department
Maintain vendor master data and resolve supplier issues
Oversee the Purchase to Pay cycle process for efficient and accurate handling of administering vendor onboarding and off-boarding (as instructed by the procurement team, purchase requisitions, purchase order creation and facilitating the business through timely goods receipting
Ensure purchasing compliance is maintained, e.g. utilisation of correct General Ledger codes, alignment with published limits of authority e.t.c.
Generate reports and insights for management, focussing on overall P2P performance
Acting as system owner for purchasing and ordering modules, collaborating with IT for efficiency and improvements
Drive initiatives to improve processes, implement new technologies and ensure P2P process remains efficient and effective What you bring Key Qualities and Competencies for the position: Strong experience inleading and managing others
Strong process management skills
Strong presentation and communication skills, with customer service etiquette
Excellent time management, planning and analytical skills, with a strong attention to detail
Ability to prioritise workload effectively, and working with attention to detail
Ambition (both technical and leadership) – the opportunity has significant career growth potential both locally and internationally
Focused, Versatile, Driven and Committed
Good interpersonal skills/ team player
Great Attitude (Can Do) and problem-solving skills
Strong analytical and organizational skills.
Ability to multi-task and perform under pressure.
Personality with powers of self-assertion in a multi-cultural engineering environment
Project Management skills
Engage and lead teams to high performance
Power BI, Excel, Access and Enterprise Resource Planning database management skills Experience & Qualifications Required: Demonstrated knowledge and application of purchase to pay concepts
Professional experience in process management
Experience of working in complex matrix organisation
Ability to proactively build relationships and manage expectations across internal & external
Worked within a complex multi-national business with a supply chain reporting background
Experience with procurement management tools
Experience integrating systems with third party i.e. suppliers, sub-contractors, banks, HMRC, third party accreditation providers
Preparing budgets and forecasting purchasing trends
Compile reports on supplier performance and statistics.
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