Deputy Manager – Procurement Enablement

About the role 

STADA is global organization focused on simplifying and digitizing its operations for unlocking growth and making our processes and systems simpler, standardized and easier to work with. STADA’s Procurement organization is on a journey to excellence, and procurement enablement is the key function to bring life to our vision and deliver greater value to Procurement within STADA.

Job Responsibilities: 

• Assess day-to-day Procure-to-Pay activities from purchase requisition and purchase order through invoice processing and payment. 
• Prepare P2P reports and monitor operational KPIs, Identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, automation Work with stakeholders to resolve issues and improve the P2P process.
• Manage the end-to-end vendor onboarding process, from supplier request to vendor activation. 
• Manage bank account details validation and support appropriate controls to prevent fraudulent or duplicate vendor records. 
• Support periodic vendor master data reviews, cleansing, and compliance audits. 
• Prepare onboarding status reports and track pending, rejected, and completed vendor requests.
• Develop and run Vendor Performance Management Program globally. 
• Identify opportunities to standardize and automate vendor onboarding processes and improve data quality. 
• Continuously looking for opportunities within the procurement department for increasing compliance, process improvement, global standardization, automation and develop a pipeline of projects. 
• The ability to simplify processes through clean slate design.

Key Competencies Required:

• The ability to simplify processes through clean slate design. 
• Demonstrate business acumen and structural thinking 
• Expertise in Procure to Pay process Experience in Change Management and Stakeholder Management
• Excellent analytical skills Expertise in SAP, Ariba, MS Excel, Powerpoint. 
• Result Driven Ability to work with various stakeholder groups in a dynamic environment 
• Ability to work independently Graduate/ Post-Graduate (Preferably in Procurement / Supply Chain / Finance) Knowledge about Pharma/Life Sciences (represents an advantage) 
•  5 - 7 Years of Relevant experience