Associate

• Encourage collaboration and proactively contribute to team discussions
• Apply critical thinking to complex procurement challenges and strategic decision-making
• Leverage data and industry trends to extract insights for S2P strategy
• Provide clear and structured communication to stakeholders and suppliers
• Maintain adaptability in working across various business environments and supply chain models
• Uphold PwCs commitment to ethics and business conduct

Additional Responsibilities

Team and Client Management

• Lead procurement project delivery and ensure execution against KPIs
• Act as a key liaison between stakeholders, suppliers, and procurement teams
• Provide insights and recommendations for process efficiencies and procurement modernization
• Lead client discussions and drive influence through actionable insights

S2P Transformation

• Experience with Coupa - Procure-to-Pay (P2P) platform, as an implementer and administrator; ERP knowledge – SAP / PeopleSoft / ORACLE or others is preferred
• Understanding of fundamental principles of Coupa including spend and commodity taxonomies, requisitioning, PO generation, receiving and invoice processing
• Experience with AP automation including eInvoicing, scanning and workflow, online tracking, reporting capabilities, electronic invoice user interfaces, supplier networks, etc.
• Ability to design the approval work flows in Coupa transactional documents like PO’s, Service Confirmations and Invoices
• Ability to configure, develop, and troubleshoot RESTful APIs and flat file-based integrations for all master and transactional data between P2P platforms and backend systems
• Ability to work with middleware tools Like Dell Boomi, Mulesoft, Snaplogic etc. to implement middleware logic as part of the integrations between Coupa & ERP system
• Ability to develop solutions for clients using service-oriented architecture patterns to ensure master and transactional data are traveling successfully between systems
• Ability to gather technical requirements and conduct sessions to design the integrations between P2P platforms and backend systems
• Ability to take responsibility for all technical phases of an implementation project including architecture, design, development, test, customization, documentation and data migration solutions for business applications in the SaaS and other ERP systems
• Ability to estimate the tasks and resources required to design, build, and test the integration design
• Ability to design technical logic for solution development/enhancement
• Ability to work with clients during the hypercare phase to resolve integration issues between Coupa and end-to-end systems
• Ability to provide expert advice to clients on integration API and flat file best practices and deliver efficient and simple integration design for easy maintenance of system post Go-Live

Skillsets Preferred

• Intermediate skills in developing integrations with Web Services, XML, JSON, SQL and or other integration technologies
• Hands-on experience facilitating application integration architecture discussions and workshops
• Proven experience in developing integrations using REST API, SOAP Web Services and other integration architectures.
• Hands-on experience working with middleware platforms such as Dell Boomi, Mulesoft, Snaplogic etc.
• Proven skills as a team member, team lead or project manager on at least three full life cycle implementations
• Functional knowledge of Procurement business processes
• Technical aptitude and comfort in understanding Web-based applications and the SaaS, PaaS and IaaS Cloud models, and Integration concepts as well as application of these technologies in the enterprise environment

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent preferred. Full-time master’s degree/equivalent is a bonus.
• Active Coupa platform certification; Additional specialization certifications would be a bonus
• 2-4+ years of experience in procurement, category management, or sourcing strategy
• Strong expertise in strategic sourcing, procurement analytics, and supplier management
• Demonstrated ability to lead negotiations, influence stakeholders, and drive cost savings