Procure to ; P2P Department Manager

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At Honda we embrace inclusion in our various policies, so whilst our contracts state that the hours are as required to fulfil the role with a minimum of 35 hours per week, we offer flexibility for when you work. The regular office hours are 08:00 – 16:00 Monday to Thursday with a half hour lunch break and 08:00 – 13:00 on a Friday.

However, we provide daily flex‑time that starts between 07:00 and 11:00 providing that there is no business requirement to attend the office. While there is no contractual right to work from home, you can request to work from home two days per week, again providing there is no business requirement to attend the office.

The role is an integral member of the Finance Operations team. We are looking for a dynamic, action‑orientated leader who can drive process efficiency, standardisation and effectiveness across the end‑to‑end Procure to Pay (P2P) processes for Honda in Europe.

Responsible for providing strategic and operational direction, working across functional silos, geographical and business boundaries to ensure end to end processes are consistent, efficient and aligned with the Company’s strategic goals.

As the accountable owner for the P2P processes in Europe the role is responsible for creating smoothly functioning end to end processes, leveraging both local Honda teams and the outsourced Shared Services organization to drive process standardisation and optimisation throughout the region.

Leading initiatives to drive best practice and being the key representative for the P2P stream in all business lead system projects impacting finance processes. This role will play a major part in the design and implementation of the Honda Finance operating model alongside daily operational responsibility for delivery of the P2P services.

As part of the ongoing transformation towards a standardised and simplified finance operations model, this role also includes ownership of the end-to-end Payments Operations. This encompasses both supplier payments and the operational oversight of day-to-day cash disbursements and collections, ensuring liquidity optimisation, risk mitigation, and process efficiency across functional and divisional streams.

• Lead the team responsible for the day-to-day operations of the P2P processes.
• Manage relationships with outsourced shared service providers to ensure effective performance.
• Ensure processes are managed and completed within deadlines and to a high standard.
• Define and maintain the P2P strategic roadmap, aligned to finance transformation objectives. Lead initiatives to evolve policy, system capability, automation, and service delivery – ensuring cross‑functional buy‑in and measurable outcomes. Develop and implement key reports to support the business.
• Translate business challenges into clear, prioritised process improvement plans. Partner with Procurement, Finance & Systems teams to move from tactical fixes to strategic evolution.

• Lead the full requisition‑to‑invoice cycle, ensuring POs are raised compliantly, matched accurately, and support invoice readiness.
• Ensure effective catalogues, guided buying, and user‑friendly requisition processes aligned to sourcing policies and delegated authority.
• Oversee 2‑way and 3‑way matching compliance across business units, improving first‑time processing rates and reducing exceptions.
• Champion supplier onboarding ensuring first‑time‑right data for invoice flow.
• Ensure efficient processes for blocked invoice handling, price/quantity mismatches, GRNI monitoring and collaboration with Procurement, Finance, Business stakeholders and Suppliers.
• Partner with Master Data teams to ensure vendor records and material/service master data enable accurate, automated invoice posting.
• Maintain policy adherence around spend, purchase thresholds, and system controls, reducing off‑PO spend.
• Drive digitisation of P2I processes including touchless invoice processing, intelligent document recognition (OCR/AI), and integration with ERP systems.
• Monitor and report on P2I KPIs including PO…