Job Details:

Job Description: 

The IT Director - Direct Procurement and Factory Equipment is a senior technology and transformation leader responsible for defining, owning, and executing the end-to-end digital strategy for global direct and capital equipment procurement. This role is a cornerstone of the organization's IAO ERP transformation, driving modernization across sourcing, contracting, procurement execution, supplier collaboration, invoicing, and payments.
This leader owns a mission-critical SAP S/4HANA product portfolio and serves as a strategic
partner to Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, and external technology providers. The
role ensures delivery of secure, scalable, compliant, and data-driven procurement capabilities that enable operational efficiency, cost optimization, and business agility at global scale.

Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategy and Transformation:

• Define, govern, and execute a multi-year SAP S/4HANA roadmap aligned with enterprise modernization, supply chain resilience, and digital procurement objectives.
• Establish outcome-based OKRs, investment priorities, and capability roadmaps tied directly to measurable business value and transformation milestones.
• Serve as the technology thought leader and architect for Direct Procurement platforms, shaping long-term platform strategy and emerging capability adoption.
• Influence enterprise architecture decisions to ensure interoperability, scalability, and future readiness across procurement ecosystems.

2. Delivery and Execution

• Lead the global transformation of direct, indirect, and capital procurement processes leveraging SAP S/4HANA best practices and industry standards.
• Own and continuously evolve core procurement capabilities including sourcing, contracts, procurement execution, supplier collaboration, invoicing, subcontracting, and payments.
• Ensure scalable, multi-release delivery across complex, highly integrated global landscapes with minimal business disruption.
• Provide hands-on leadership across multi-year programs managing 100+ interconnected systems and ecosystems, ensuring alignment, quality, and delivery
• discipline.

3. Supplier and Contract Enablement

• Own and evolve Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) capabilities through Icertis to drive contract compliance, visibility, and risk mitigation.
• Lead enterprise document and records management using OpenText to ensure regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and lifecycle governance.
• Enable seamless supplier collaboration, B2B integration, and EDI connectivity through E2open, improving supplier onboarding, data accuracy, and transaction automation.
• Drive standardization and harmonization of supplier-facing processes across regions and business units.

4. Stakeholder Partnership

• Partner closely with Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, and IT leadership to drive adoption, change management, and sustained value realization.
• Translate business strategy and operational needs into actionable technology roadmaps and executable delivery plans.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insights on technology trends, risks, investment trade-offs, and transformation progress.
• Facilitate cross-functional alignment between business and technology stakeholders globally.

5. Performance and Operations

• Define, monitor, and continuously improve KPIs including touchless PO and invoice rates, cycle times, contract compliance, supplier performance, and on-time payments.
• Ensure platform stability, security, and compliance, including GRC controls, segregation of duties (SoD), access management, and audit requirements.
• Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and technical debt, ensuring operational excellence and resilience.
• Establish operational governance models to support sustainable, high-performing procurement platforms.

6. Team and Vendor Leadership

• Build, mentor, and lead high-performing global teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Establish strong vendor and systems integrator governance, ensuring delivery quality, cost effectiveness, and strategic alignment.
• Drive talent development, succession planning, and capability maturity within the procurement IT organization.

7. Key Domains of Experience

• Procurement Expertise: Deep experience in direct and capital procurement; spend management using SAP S/4HANA (MM/Central Procurement) and SAP Ariba.
• Supplier Collaboration: Strong background in supplier management, contract lifecycle via Icertis, document management via OpenText, and B2B/EDI orchestration with E2Open.