Purchasing Manager, Supplier Management

Purchasing Manager, Supplier Management

The Purchasing Manager, Supplier Management is responsible for procurement ownership of supplier intake, supplier onboarding coordination, Oracle Supplier Portal registration, and procurement-owned supplier data integrity. This role serves as the first reviewer for supplier requests submitted to Procurement, ensuring requests are complete, appropriately justified, aligned to purchasing and sourcing needs, and routed through the correct approval and handoff process.

Reporting to the Director, Procurement Operations, this role supports the Oracle Procure-to-Pay ecosystem by strengthening supplier onboarding governance, improving supplier portal adoption, maintaining procurement-owned supplier attributes, and partnering closely with Accounts Payable, Finance, Compliance, Strategic Sourcing, and internal business stakeholders. Accounts Payable remains the owner of payment, tax, banking, remit-to, and legal entity validation data; this role coordinates with AP to ensure a seamless supplier setup and maintenance experience without duplicating AP-owned responsibilities.

As supplier onboarding moves under Procurement Operations, this position will initially support a higher volume of supplier registration and current-supplier portal enablement activities. As the Supplier Portal rollout stabilizes, the role will continue to balance supplier management responsibilities with purchase order support, purchasing inbox resolution, and other Procurement Operations activities that improve PO adoption, user experience, and process compliance.

Essential Functions and Work Responsibilities

Functional Category:
Supplier Intake, Oracle Supplier Portal Registration & Onboarding

Estimated Percent of time Spent – 45%

• Serve as Procurement's first reviewer and coordinator for supplier onboarding requests, validating business need, request completeness, category alignment, and required procurement intake information before routing for approval or AP handoff.
• Own the procurement intake workflow for new supplier requests and supplier registration activities, ensuring requesters understand required steps, approval expectations, and supplier enablement timelines.
• Administer and maintain Oracle Supplier Portal registration activities, including supplier invitations, supplier onboarding status tracking, registration support, profile completion monitoring, and supplier follow-up.
• Lead current-supplier portal enablement activities during Supplier Portal launch, including registration outreach, adoption tracking, issue resolution, and escalation of barriers that prevent suppliers from completing registration.
• Coordinate closely with the AP Supplier Master Lead for supplier setup elements owned by AP, including payment-related, tax, banking, remit-to, and legal entity validation data.
• Support supplier onboarding readiness for sourcing awards, catalog/punchout enablement, purchase order issuance, and supplier communication expectations.

Functional Category:
Supplier Governance, Procurement-Owned Data Integrity & Supplier Lifecycle Management

Estimated Percent of time Spent – 25%

• Maintain procurement-owned supplier data elements in Oracle Procurement and related procurement tools, including supplier classifications, ordering method, purchasing site usage, procurement contact information, sourcing/category alignment, supplier status indicators, and procurement reporting attributes.
• Monitor supplier records for procurement-related data quality issues such as duplicate supplier indicators, inactive suppliers, outdated purchasing contacts, incomplete registration profiles, or supplier records that no longer support current purchasing activity.
• Lead supplier cleanup, rationalization, and lifecycle governance efforts that support PO adoption, catalog enablement, spend visibility, supplier compliance, and scalable Procurement Operations processes.
• Develop and maintain supplier onboarding SOPs, governance standards, intake checklists, role clarity documentation, and service-level expectations for procurement-owned supplier activities.
• Partner with AP, Finance, IT, Compliance, Strategic Sourcing, and business teams…