Procurement Business Process Owner

PROCUREMENT BUSINESS PROCESS OWNER

Are you passionate about transforming global businesses? Do you have experience with defining and implementing source-to-pay processes (source-to-contract and purchase-to-pay) and digital solutions to enable them in the most efficient way? If so, you could be our new Procurement Business Process Owner in our Procurement Excellence & Transformation team!

In Global Procurement, we have recently introduced an ambitious transformation roadmap for the coming years, which emphasizes a strong focus on defining and streamlining global procurement processes and the implementation of digital solutions to enable them.

This roadmap supports the overall agenda of Hempel to work with end-to-end business process ownership to ensure accountability and enhance efficiency across the organization and is governed by our business process owner (BPO) community.

What can you look forward to in this role
As the Procurement Business Process Owner, you will play a key role in our transformation. You will be the business process owner for our source-to-contract process and the procurement process responsible within the purchase-to-pay process, where you will work closely together with the end-to-end business process owner.

More specifically, your responsibility will be:

• Setting and supporting Hempel’s strategic agenda for source-to-contract and purchase-to-pay business processes and procurement system landscape
• Designing and implementing best in class processes within source-to-contract and purchase-to-pay (procurement relevant part)
• Driving continuous improvements, incl. simplification, automation and governance of source-to-contract and purchase-to-pay processes in close collaboration with procurement colleagues and stakeholders in the business process community
• Describing and maintaining an updated process documentation repository within source-to-contract and purchase-to-pay
• Identifying, communicating, and providing relevant training across Hempel
• Coordinating system configuration and maintenance with our digital team

You will report to the Director of Procurement Excellence & Transformation, and you will work closely with our management team in Procurement as well as many other stakeholders across the organization, including our business process owner community and the end-to-end business processes owner for procure-to-pay.

What are we looking for :
The ideal candidate will have a relevant educational background and +5 years of experience of working with purchase-to-pay processes and solutions in an international setting.

Additionally you have:

• Proven and extensive experience with purchase-to-pay processes and solutions. It is an advantage if you also have experience with source-to-contract processes and solutions as well (GEP, Coupa, SAP Ariba or similar)
• A track-record of driving changes that delivers improvements within purchase-to-pay
• Experience in defining requirements and implementing purchase-to-pay and source-to-contract solutions is an advantage
• Experience with procurement processes from a manufacturing company is an advantage
• Experience with at least one of Hempel’s ERP solutions (D365, SAP ECC (or S/4 HANA) is an advantage
• An innovative and agile mindset
• Great analytical skills
• Project and change management experience from an international setting
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication and facilitation skills

Application and further information
To apply for this position, please submit your application letter with a CV in English via our recruitment system by clicking the link ‘Apply’ at the top

For further information about the job, please contact: Ditte Emilie Lyhne Jonsen Director, Procurement Excellence & Transformation :[email protected].

More about Hempel:
At Hempel, you’re welcomed to a global community of 7,500 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work. We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.

We are proud to be majority owned by the Hempel Foundation, dedicated to philanthropic activities, with our earnings contributing to a multitude of charitable initiatives every year. It means that when working at Hempel, your hard work and dedication contributes to a greater cause, making your career matter twice.

Learn more about Hempel and our commitments on hempel.com/career.

Application due
2025-01-17Seniority Level
Job Functions
Industry
Chemicals

At Hempel, you’re welcomed to a global community of +7000 colleagues around the world. A workplace built on shared trust, mutual respect and support for each other.

We’re on a mission to double our impact. To succeed, we need bright minds and team players. Which is why, from day one, your input, ideas and initiative are not only welcomed, but expected. In return, you will enjoy great opportunities for development in a growing global company – and be part of the solution by contributing to our global impact.

At Hempel, we are committed to everyone feeling safe, valued and treated equally, in an environment where each employee can bring their authentic selves to work. We believe that inclusion is key to innovation and by bringing together the most diverse perspectives and talents, we can achieve great things, together.

Location: Kongens Lyngby, Denmark