Global Process Owner (GPO) Procure-to-Pay

Air Liquide Europe Business Services (ALEBS) was created in 2019 in Lisbon Portugal with the mandate to provide financial services for Air Liquide European the space of 4 years it has expanded to over 400 employees based in 3 office locations: Lisbon Tomar and Guarda. The geographical scope was extended to include besides the European affiliates also entities located in Africa Middle-East and India and the operational scope was extended and includes today not just Finance but also Human Resources.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW

Key Responsibilities

1. Process Strategy Design and Standardization

• Harmonization and Redesign: Lead the redesign standardization and harmonization of processes to achieve a single global process template. This includes the full P2P cycle encompassing Procurement (Source-to-Contract/P2P) Accounts Payable and Travel & Expense (T&E) management.

• Vision and Roadmap: Shape the long-term vision and strategy for the end-to-end Expenditure Management process to enable overarching business objectives such as cost reduction efficiency gains and risk mitigation.

• Define and document the global process flows policies and procedures ensuring alignment with best practices and internal controls.

2. Transformation and Digital Enablement

• Technology Authority: Serve as the design authority for technology enablers related to Procurement AP and T&E (ERP e-Procurement platforms Invoice Automation tools T&E systems) ensuring system configurations meet global business requirements and support process optimization.

• Identify prioritize and champion automation opportunities (e.g. RPA AI) within the P2P process to drive efficiency and accuracy.

• Oversee the deployment of new processes and technologies ensuring seamless integration with existing systems and data structures.

3. Governance Control and Performance

• Establish and lead the Expenditure Management Process Governance structure across all regions and functions.

• Ensure the process design is compliant with all regulatory requirements (e.g. SOX GDPR) and company policies.

• Performance Monitoring: Define monitor and report on key performance indicators (KPIs) and performance metrics (e.g. P2P Cycle Time First-Pass Yield for Invoices T&E compliance rates) to measure process health and benchmark against industry standards.

4. Stakeholder and Change Management

• Act as the primary point of contact for all global process decisions related to Procurement AP and T&E managing conflicts and alignment across functional and geographical stakeholders.

• Change Agent: Promote a culture of continuous improvement and drive the change management strategy necessary to facilitate high user adoption of new tools and processes that cut across organizational and geographical boundaries.

Are you a MATCH

Technical and Professional Requirements

• Experience: Minimum of 7-10 years of progressive experience in Procurement Accounts Payable Supply Chain Management or GBS process ownership with a proven track record of successfully leading end-to-end system implementation and process optimization initiatives.

• Process Expertise: Deep practical and functional expertise in end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes specifically covering Procurement Accounts Payable and Travel & Expense management.

• System Knowledge: Hands-on experience with major ERP and relevant integrated platforms (e.g. SAP S/4HANA Coupa Ariba Oracle Concur) is highly preferred.

• Education: Bachelors degree in Business Supply Chain Management Finance or a related field.

Core Competencies and Skills

• Proven ability to influence stakeholders at all levels of a multinational organization without direct reporting authority.

• Demonstrated experience in a leadership role successfully leading large-scale standardization and automation initiatives.

• Methodology: Experience working within established project management (e.g. PMP PRINCE2) and/or process improvement approaches (e.g. Lean Six Sigma) is highly desirable.

• Excellent communication presentation and negotiation skills.

• Strategic and analytical mindset with the ability to translate process data into actionable business improvements.

Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees our customers patients community stakeholders and cultures across the world.

We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants regardless of their background. We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.