Experienced Business System Solutions Owner (Ariba Systems)

Experienced Business System Solutions Owner (Ariba Systems)

Company:

The Boeing Company

The Boeing Company is currently seeking an Experienced Business System Solutions Owner (Ariba Systems) to join the team in Mesa, AZ; North Charleston, SC or Seattle, WA. 

We are seeking a Business System Solution Owner to lead discovery, design, delivery, and evolution of supplier management capabilities including supplier lifecycle, supplier portal, supplier performance, supplier risk, and supplier discovery. This is a business-facing role that partners with Information Technology (IT) and business stakeholders to ensure supplier management systems and processes drive measurable, sustainable improvements for Boeing’s Indirect Supply Chain.

We’re looking for some who can:

• Think strategically with hands-on delivery mindset

• Communicate effectively with the ability to translate technical complexity and trade-offs into business impact

• Present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders

• Display strong relationship-building and interpersonal skills

• Influence without authority and align cross-functional teams

• Operate comfortably in ambiguous environments and manage multiple stakeholder priorities

• Remain business-focused and results-oriented with attention to user experience, operational readiness and change management

• Facilitate decisions with documented trade-offs

• Be detail-oriented with a focus on data-driven decisions

Position Responsibilities:

• Own the development of an end-to-end product/solution vision, roadmap and backlog for supplier management capabilities (supplier lifecycle, portal, performance, risk, discovery)

• Act as primary business-facing owner for requirements, prioritization, and acceptance criteria

• Translate business needs into functional specifications and user stories

• Lead stakeholder alignment across functions on strategy, trade-offs and timelines

• Support the definition of key success metrics (adoption, Service-Level Agreements (SLAs), onboarding times, supplier performance scores, risk exposure) for continuous improvement

• Support vendor evaluations and manage relationships with third-party supplier management platforms

• Support change management: training, communications, and rollout plans

• Ensure compliance with corporate policies, data protection/regulatory requirements, and auditability of supplier records and activities

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

• 3+ years of experience leading source-to-pay processes

• Experience in Information Technology with an emphasis in supply chain business processes

• Experience with industry ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system or an equivalent such as SAP (System Applications and Products)

• Experience working with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

• Experience with supplier lifecycle, supplier portal, performance management and/or supplier risk programs

• Experience with cross-functional initiative ownership

• Experience with regulatory and control requirements relevant to S2P

• Experience with domain in industries with complex supply chains or regulatory needs (manufacturing, aviation, healthcare, defense, government)

• Experience with data analytics and visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau)

• Experience with supplier risk/intelligence data providers

• Experience with regulatory and compliance frameworks affecting suppliers (e.g., General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), sanctions screening, conflict minerals)

Conflict of Interest:

Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process.

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace (DFW) where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcohol when criteria is met as outlined in our policies.

Pay & Benefits:

At Boeing, we strive to deliver a Total Rewards package that will attract, engage and retain the top talent. Elements of the Total Rewards package include competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.

The Boeing Company also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health insurance, flexible