Key Responsibilities:

Governance, Risk & Compliance:

• Conduct process testing and data-driven assessments of procurement transactions to identify outliers, anomalies, and control lapses, report findings to Global Lead.
• Support development of global strategy to identify procurement-related fraud risks through data analysis and on-site audits.
• Identify global and local process non-compliances and create action plans for closure through cross-functional stakeholder management.
• Assist in improving control framework and reporting capabilities to enhance governance and compliance.
• Ensure alignment between OPCO processes, local policies, and Global Procurement Policy; support SOP reviews and training.
• Cascade guidelines to OPCOs and ensure alignment with procurement policy.

Process Excellence & Optimization:

• Establish and drive regular review of Procurement KPIs, including back testing of processes, unit prices, and savings.
• Promote cost benchmarking, market analysis, and modeling among category managers.
• Analyze process bottlenecks ; design and standardize procurement operations processes.
• Partner with OPCOs for continuous improvement; back-test digital procurement systems for policy compliance.

Risk Mitigation & Sourcing Support:

• Support global risk mitigation initiatives and cascade to local OPCOs.
• Provide risk guidance during sourcing sprints; ensure due diligence and continuous monitoring for high-value events.
• Conduct internal checks to test control effectiveness during sprints.
• Monitor partner market sourcing activities to ensure risk mitigation protocols.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management:

• Develop relationships with OPCO process champions; support training and documentation for change management.
• Identify system capabilities for effective procurement management; coordinate with stakeholders on system needs.
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