Supply Management Transformation Programme Manager

We are looking for a Supply Management Transformation Programme Manager to lead the successful delivery of a major transformation programme across Supply Management UK & Ireland. You will oversee a portfolio of business, digital, data and operating model initiatives, translating strategy into a clear, integrated roadmap that supports ERP and Ivalua deployment and the sustainable transition into business-as-usual operations. Working across multiple stakeholders and work streams, you will drive delivery, accountability and adoption while ensuring business continuity and the realisation of measurable business benefits.

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• Support and where needed own and maintain the integrated programme roadmap, plan, milestones, critical path and interdependencies across ERP Bridge, Guided Catalogue, supplier onboarding, Source-to-Contract, pricing and rebate, reporting, Supply Solutions and Butterfly work streams.
• Establish proportionate programme governance, decision forums, stage gates, reporting standards, RAID management, change control and escalation routes.
• Coordinate workstream leads, business SMEs, technology teams, GBS colleagues, external partners and country stakeholders to deliver agreed outputs to scope, quality, cost and schedule.
• Lead due diligence, future-state operating model design and implementation planning, including activity splits, roles, responsibilities, service interfaces, controls and transition requirements.
• Develop and maintain business cases, resource plans, budgets, forecasts, benefits profiles and benefit-realisation reporting.
• Oversee business readiness, change impact assessment, communications, training, knowledge transfer, UAT, cutover, hypercare and handover to RUN.
• Facilitate workshops and senior governance meetings, preparing clear decision papers, recommendations and executive-level status reporting.
• Ensure programme plans align with ERP milestones, HR and social procedures, Sodexo governance and relevant risk, control, data and compliance requirements.
• Identify delivery risks early, drive mitigation and recovery plans, and resolve cross-programme conflicts and dependencies.
• Embed continuous improvement, lessons learned and reusable standards across the transformation portfolio.

Please see attached job description for further information regarding the role requirements

• Significant experience leading complex, multi-workstream transformation programmes in a matrixed, international organisation.
• Demonstrable delivery experience across business transformation, operating model redesign, shared services or GBS transition, and technology-enabled change.
• Strong programme management capability across planning, governance, RAID, dependencies, budgets, resources, business cases, benefits and executive reporting.
• Experience of procurement, Supply Management, Source-to-Pay, Procure-to-Pay or supply chain transformation is strongly preferred.
• Working knowledge of SAP ECC or S/4
  
  HANA and procurement platforms such as Ivalua, Ariba or Coupa is desirable.
• Proven ability to lead business readiness, organisational change, stakeholder engagement, training, testing, cutover, hypercare and transition to BAU.
• Excellent facilitation, written communication and executive presentation skills, with the confidence to challenge constructively and secure decisions.
• Commercially astute, analytically strong and able to convert ambiguity and complex information into clear priorities and executable plans.
• Resilient, collaborative and inclusive leadership style, with strong personal…