Director, S2P COE - Strategy, Governance & Excellence

The Director, S2P - Strategy, Governance & Excellence is a critical leadership role responsible for
** establishing the foundational operating model, governance, and standards
** for the Source‐to‐Pay (S2P) Center of Excellence. This role serves as the
** architect, steward, and driver of procurement excellence**, ensuring scalable processes, strong governance, digital enablement, and continuous capability advancement across the enterprise.

This leader will operate at the intersection of
** strategy, execution, and influence**, partnering closely with Sourcing leadership, Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Digital/IT, and business stakeholders to elevate departments impact and maturity. The role directly supports enterprise value creation through
** supplier relationship management (SRM), small business engagement, supplier excellence, and capability building**.
* Be accountable for end‐to‐end CoE outcomes, including progress against maturity goals, governance effectiveness, and value enablement.
* Design and establish
** enterprise‐level governance frameworks**, policies, and standards for Procurement and S2P activities.
* Define and maintain the
** Procurement / S2P CoE operating model**, including decision rights, controls, forums, and escalation mechanisms.
* Serve as the
** custodian of procurement standards**, ensuring consistency, compliance, and scalability across regions and business units.
* Partner with Legal, Finance, Risk, and Compliance to ensure governance frameworks align with regulatory, contractual, and audit requirements.
* Drive clarity in
** roles, accountabilities, and ways of working
** across the Procurement ecosystem.
* Lead end‐to‐end
** S2P process design, optimization, and standardization**, grounded in leading practices and enterprise needs.
* Apply a market and benchmarking lens to evaluate S2P maturity, inform standards, prioritize capability investments, and guide future‐state design decisions.
* Establish a culture of
** continuous improvement**, leveraging Lean, process excellence, and data‐driven performance insights.
* Define and track
** process performance metrics
** to monitor efficiency, effectiveness, and user experience.
* Ensure process designs are
** digitally enabled**, scalable, and aligned with future‐state technology roadmaps.
* Design and execute a
** Procurement capability‐building strategy**, covering skills, behaviors, tools, and career pathways.
* Develop structured learning, enablement, and knowledge‐sharing programs across the function.
* Lead enterprise‐level
** change management
** efforts tied to process, technology, and operating model transformations.
* Act as a thought leader and coach, raising the overall maturity and confidence of procurement professionals.
* Reinforce a culture of
** innovation, accountability, and continuous learning**.
* Define the
** enterprise performance framework
** for Procurement and S2P, including value, risk, compliance, supplier performance, and maturity indicators.
* Establish
** standards for KPIs, scorecards, and management insights
** required to enable effective governance, SRM, supplier excellence, and leadership decision‐making.
* Act as the
** business owner of “what must be measured and why,”
** ensuring metrics align to strategy and external value objectives.
* Partner with the S2P Process, Controls & Analytics Director on
** how insights are produced and governed**, without owning operational reporting or analytics execution.
* Partner with the User Orchestration, AI & Innovation Director to ensure
** insights influence behavior, adoption, and decision flow**, without owning experience design or technology enablement.
* Use performance insights to
** shape priorities, maturity roadmaps, capability investments, and continuous improvement agendas**.
* 10+ years of progressive experience in
** strategic leadership roles
** within Procurement, S2P, Supply Chain, or adjacent functional domains.
* Deep experience in
** governance frameworks, policy development, and process design
** within complex organizations.
* Demonstrated expertise in
** Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)**, supplier performance, and external value…