Staff Business Process Analyst, Source to Pay Process Excellence

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The Staff Business Process Analyst is responsible for leading and driving continuous improvement initiatives across the global Source to Pay process. This role involves analyzing, designing, and optimizing business processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and improve overall performance, focused on global Source to Pay for the NextGen ERP program. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a thorough grasp of process improvement methodologies in the Source to Pay space, and the capability to influence and drive change at all organizational levels. Additionally, this position requires a solid understanding of sourcing, procurement and accounts payable foundations and in-depth knowledge of ERP systems.  Measures of success include achieving key program milestones, successful transition of Source to Pay business processes to SAP S4 including boundary systems, compliant reporting, achieving NextGen benefit case, and achieving operating metrics and baseline performance of Source to Pay process in the new system within 90 days of go live.

Position Responsibilities:

• Source to Pay technical Lead within the Global Business Process (GBP) workstream for Source to Pay for the NextGen ERP program. GBP includes all business processes associated with sourcing, procurement, and accounts payable and optimized these process leveraging core S4 capability where possible and alignment with intersecting global business processes. 

• Drive Source to Pay Process Improvements by leading process implementation and training that aim to improve efficiency in the Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain Functions

• Develop standards by managing large global cross-functional programs

• Establish strong key KPI’s such as supplier OTD, Plan for every Part in the new ERP system and reporting mechanisms.

• Responsible to design and maintain Sourcing, Procurement, and Supply Chain process, as ensure process capabilities, improvements, and maintenance in a project or sustaining-based framework

• Drive supplier digital collaboration capability and efficiency. Support the integration of suppliers to SCC via the Ariba Network

• Sustain Excellent Source to Pay Process and bring Supply Chain Best Practices

• Support and improve the end-to-end source-to-pay process using Ariba and SAP systems

• Liaison between Supply Chain Operational Functions, Process Owners, Suppliers, Global Systems, and Leadership Stakeholders to drive process transformations

• Serves as the Business subject matter expert for Procurement users in the SAP MM module owning train the trainer model for Source to Pay

• Support global stakeholders to resolve process issues associated with the transition to the SAP S4 and Ariba Network. Requires hands-on testing and support troubleshooting issues

• Create and maintain a Process Framework and ensure its adoption by monitoring Supplier and Operations Performance

• Prepare and deliver training to internal stakeholders and suppliers

Preferred Experience/Education/Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain or related field is required. MBA or equivalent is a plus

• 7 plus work experience in manufacturing med device company

• Lean/Six Sigma certification is highly preferred

• Advanced Tableau skills are highly preferred

• APICS Certification highly preferred

• CSCP certification is a plus

• Strong verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills

• Strong understanding of Direct and Indirect source to pay processes in a manufacturing company

• Strong experience with MS Office and advanced Excel and PowerPoint abilities

• Advanced experience with SAP Material Management (Sourcing and Procurement), Ariba Procure to Order, Ariba Network and Supply Chain Collaboration

• Hands-on experience onboarding suppliers to the Ariba Network

• Project Management and change management skills: have at least 2 yea