Project Manager; Coupa Catalog Implementation

Location:

Hybrid (Minneapolis, MN or Denver, CO preferred | Tuesday to Thursday onsite)

Full-time

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a passion for procurement transformation, supplier enablement, and enterprise software implementations? Trissential is hiring a Project Manager to join our client's team and lead a high-visibility Coupa Hosted Catalog implementation initiative. This is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in a broader ERP transformation while partnering with Supply Chain, Procurement, IT, Finance, Legal, and executive stakeholders across the organization.

If you thrive in complex environments, enjoy bringing cross-functional teams together, and have successfully delivered procurement technology programs through go-live, this role offers the visibility, influence, and impact you've been looking for.

• Lead a strategic enterprise-wide Coupa Catalog implementation with significant business impact
• Be a key contributor to a larger ERP transformation initiative
• Work closely with Supply Chain, Procurement, Sourcing, IT, Finance, and executive leadership teams
• Gain exposure to enterprise procurement modernization and supplier enablement strategies
• Influence governance, operating models, business processes, and adoption strategies
• Join a collaborative environment where stakeholder engagement and program leadership are highly valued
• Contribute to long-term procurement and digital transformation objectives

• Lead the end-to-end delivery of the Coupa Hosted Catalog implementation program
• Develop and manage program roadmaps, implementation plans, timelines, budgets, and executive reporting
• Coordinate business, functional, technical, and supplier work streams to ensure successful program execution
• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Sourcing, IT, Finance, Legal, and external suppliers to define requirements and operating models
• Establish governance processes, controls, catalog management standards, and supplier onboarding procedures
• Drive business process design activities aligned to Procure-to-Pay (P2P) objectives
• Manage implementation partners, consultants, and vendors to ensure delivery against scope, schedule, and budget commitments
• Facilitate stakeholder alignment and decision-making across multiple teams and leadership levels
• Oversee system integration activities involving Coupa and ERP platforms such as SAP ECC or SAP S/4
  
  HANA
• Coordinate testing efforts, including SIT, UAT, defect remediation, and production readiness activities
• Lead change management, communication, training, and adoption initiatives
• Monitor risks, dependencies, issues, and escalations while ensuring program milestones remain on track
• Support post-go-live stabilization efforts and transition into operational support teams

• 8+ years of Program Management or Project Management experience leading complex enterprise technology implementations
• 5+ years of experience delivering Procurement, Sourcing, Supplier Enablement, or Procure-to-Pay (P2P) solutions
• Demonstrated success leading procurement catalog implementations through go-live
• Strong experience with Coupa platforms and procurement technology ecosystems
• Deep understanding of Procure-to-Pay processes including requisitioning, sourcing, contracts, catalogs, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, and supplier management
• Experience coordinating procurement platform integrations with ERP solutions
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Experience managing large, cross-functional transformation programs involving business and technology teams
• Expertise in governance, risk management, resource planning, budgeting, and executive reporting
• Experience utilizing Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies
• Excellent facilitation, communication, and organizational change management capabilities

• Direct experience implementing Coupa Hosted Catalogs
• Experience with Coupa Procurement, Coupa P2P, Coupa Supplier Management, or related modules
• SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4
  
  HANA implementation experience
• Knowledge of Punchout, cXML, OCI, EDI, supplier connectivity standards, and catalog content management
• Utility, energy, or other highly regulated industry experience
• Experience establishing supplier onboarding governance models and catalog operating frameworks
• Six Sigma, Lean, PgMP, Agile, or related process improvement certifications
• Experience with catalog platforms beyond Coupa