Senior Director Source To PayProcurement ITS Business Partner

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Summary of Job Scope:

The Senior Director Global Procurement ITS Business Partner serves as the strategic technology advisor innovation catalyst digital transformation leader and IT delivery lead (Global S4 HANA Rollout) for the Global Procurement organization at Fresenius Medical Care (FME). This role is responsible for designing enabling and delivering the full digital agenda across the Source-to-Pay (S2P) value chain including Source-to-Contract Supplier Management Direct & Indirect Procurement Master Data Invoice-to-Pay and Travel & Expense.

The candidate will co-own the Procurement Digital/Technology Roadmap partnering with Chief Procurement Officer (CPO) leadership regional procurement teams GBS/shared services Finance Supply Chain and external partners to conceptualize future-state capabilities and deliver digital/technology products that transform how FME:

• Sources and manages suppliers
• Manages categories and contracts globally
• Runs direct and indirect procurement
• Ensures ESG compliance risk management and supplier governance
• Automates transaction processing AP operations and payments
• Delivers data-driven procurement insights and decision support
• Optimizes spend working capital and value realization

The Senior Director will lead a global portfolio of digital procurement products and transformation programs ensuring measurable outcomes in operational excellence risk reduction AI-driven automation user experience and cost efficiency by transforming of business goals in IT initiatives/programs/projects and ensure the timely delivery. This leader will champion the adoption of advanced analytics GenAI intelligent automation and modern procurement platforms to enable a next-generation Procurement operating model.

This role is a key member of the ITS Enterprise Business Partner Leadership Team ensuring tight alignment between Procurement and ITS and working across multiple global functions to deliver end-to-end digital outcomes.

Primary Responsibilities:

Digital Procurement Strategy & Thought Leadership

• Shape and co-own the 35 year Global Procurement digital/technology strategy and roadmap spanning S2C P2P AP supplier management and T&E.
• Advise the CPO leadership Category Leads and GBS on emerging technologies digital procurement operating models ESG-aligned procurement innovation and AI-enabled transformation.
• Serve as the trusted technology advisor on modernizing procurement practices supply chain collaboration and supplier ecosystems.

Product Ownership & Portfolio Management

• Act as IT Business partner and IT overall Product Owner for the Global Procurement Digital Product Portfolio for multitechnology environment covering:
  • S2C platforms Supplier Lifecycle & Risk Management (CPAi Jaggaer)
  • Direct & Indirect Procurement (SAP S4 & ARIBA)
  • Procurement Master Data (SAP MDG & Oro)
  • AP Automation / Invoice-to-Pay (SAP OpenText VIM)
  • T&E platforms (SAP Concur)
  • Procurement Analytics & Insights (SAP Analytics Sievo)
• Define product vision roadmap and outcomes tied to category strategies risk savings and ESG goals.
• Lead the IT delivery for Global S4 HANA Rollout continuous improvement and user experience optimization.
• Govern demand prioritize investments and ensure alignment using value frameworks OKRs and business cases.

Business Value Savings Compliance & Performance Management

• Lead the value realization framework for Procurement ITS investments covering:
  • Savings enablement
  • Compliance improvement
  • Cycle-time reduction across S2C/P2P
  • Working capital impact
  • Supplier risk reduction
  • User experience and adoption
• Establish Procurement IT economics including TCO transparency benchmark KPIs and spend management dashboards.
• Ensure digital investments drive measurable improvements in spend under management policy compliance and procurement efficiency.

AI Automation & Advanced Analytics Leadership

• Drive scaled adoption of AI/GenAI across Procurement use cases including:
  • Automated supplier discovery and qualification
  • GenAI-assisted contract summarization and risk extraction
  • Automated negotiations & chat-based buying
  • Predictive risk scoring and anomaly detection
  • AP automation & touchless invoice processing
  • AI-driven category insights and forecasting
• Build and govern Procurement analytics architecture semantic models dashboards and predictive insights.
• Manage the IT delivery of self-service spend analytics supplier risk insights and performance dashboards for category leaders and buyers.

Digital Platform Modernization & Architecture

• Lead modernization of the digital Procurement estate for S2P e.g. Global S4 HANA Rollout Unifying a heterogeneous system landscape.
• Ensure interoperability between SAP & Non-SAP systems for procurement Finance Supply Chain ESG reporting cybersecurity and GRC.
• Drive simplification harmonization and global standardization of systems.

Stakeholder Leadership & Change Management

• Act as the primary engagement point for Procurement leaders (GPO Procurement Excellence into IT organization.
• Ensure alignment across Procurement GBS/AP Finance Supply Chain Legal Risk Compliance and ESG.
• Champion a procurement culture that values digital tools insights automation and standardization.

People Leadership

• Lead and develop a diverse global team (10 internal external consultants).
• Build organizational capabilities in product management procurement analytics supplier data automation and digital procurement.
• Coach teams to leverage agile methods user-centric design and value-based prioritization.

The role will report to the Vice President Enterprise Solutions ITS and will partner plan and deliver the digital agenda for Global Procurement & Lead the IT delivery for Global S4 HANA Rollout.

Experience setting up demand intake process AMS GBS set-up for ITS & IT lead delivery organization.

Qualifications:

Education:

• BA/BS required; B.S. Degree in Computer Information Sciences Business Management MBA preferred or related field

Required:

• 15 years of experience in IT Delivery SAP Program Management Portfolio management digital transformation S2P/P2P systems Procurement technology or business partnering within large global enterprises.
• 5 years leading teams in Procurement S2P Supply Chain P2P AP Operations Finance or ITS.
• Strong track record in digital procurement strategy platform modernization and transformation delivery.
• Direct experience in global S2P deployments (e.g. Ariba Coupa Jaggaer) supplier management AP automation or Contract Management systems.
• Proven ability to influence CPO-level leaders and senior executives.
• Experience operating in matrix global organizations with cross-functional stakeholder engagement. Excellent communication negotiation and leadership skills; high integrity energy and executive presence.
• Demonstrated ability to drive measurable savings compliance process efficiency and digital adoption.
• Exhibits FME leadership behaviors: Achieves Results Builds Talent Champions Change Shapes Strategy Courage Collaboration.

Preferred Skills:

• Deep expertise in SAP MM Ariba Coupa Icertis SAP S/4 Procurement Supplier Management AP Automation Invoice to Pay Tools (Open Text VIM/Basware).
• Experience implementing or operating AI/GenAI procurement use cases.
• Strong understanding of Procurement analytics platforms (Tableau Power BI SAP Analytics Cloud).
• Exposure to ESG procurement and supplier sustainability data.
• Knowledge of agile delivery product management and value stream management.
• Experience with procurement master data governance catalog management and marketplace models.