Transformation Manager - Sourcing(SAP,GEP/Ivalua/Coupa)

Company Description

Quadruple Group is a consulting organization dedicated to helping businesses reduce cost, improve profitability, and enhance cash flow. Our team, with direct coaching from Shingijitsu, brings hands-on expertise across diverse industries and geographies. We focus on collaborative improvement, driving cultural change within organizations to ensure sustainability. Specializing in lean transformation, supply chain management, and factory management, we deliver measurable results and guide top leadership through their transformation journeys. Our Gemba-focused approach ensures that improvements are both practical and impactful.

Job Description:

Business partner: Act as the single digital SPOC for Sourcing & Procurement digital

initiatives. Partner with the CPO, category leads, supplierfacing stakeholders and end

users across direct & indirect procurement to translate business pain points into

prioritized, outcomedriven digital requirements.

a. Drive the sourcing digital roadmap and business case: quantify ROI, prioritize

features (cost savings, cycle time, supplier onboarding, availability of critical

parts) and defend prioritization with IS PO and functional leaders.

b. Own stakeholder governance: represent sourcing at solution reviews, escalate

business criticality to IS and ensure delivered scope meets the agreed

acceptance criteria and business goals.

c. Measure and improve: own KPIs and dashboards (PO cycle time, PO automation

%, supplier OTIF, invoice exception rate, supplier onboarding time, critical parts

availability) and use data to drive continuous improvement.

Technology Evangelist: You will also be the evangelist for adoption of procurement

platforms and digital tooling across sourcing.

a. Own functional design & documentation: author PRDs/functional specs, define

data model/mappings for master data (supplier, material, contract), and specify

API/EDI integration points to ERP (SAP MM/PP), procurement platforms,

WMS/TMS and PLM where relevant.

b. Partner with other Information Systems/product teams to build a viable backlog,

prioritize enhancements, and ensure solutions follow product development

standards and secure, scalable integration patterns.

c. Lead acceptance activities: create test cases, run UAT, own cutover planning,

manage hypercare and stabilisation post golive. Train and handhold end

users to drive adoption and behaviour change.

d. Participate in triage & resolution of design, integration or production issues that

impact sourcing continuity; ensure fixes are verified and deployed with minimal

business disruption.

Process champion: You will also act as the process champion for sourcingfacing

workflows: convert problem statements into lean, plantcompatible processes and

system acceptance criteria.

WHAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE & SKILLS DO YOU NEED FOR THIS ROLE?

Experience in Sourcing/Procurement transformation, systems delivery or supplychain

product ownership, with demonstrable handson work in ProcuretoPay, Supplier

Lifecycle Management, RFx/RFQ and Contract Lifecycle Management for direct and/or

indirect materials.

Strong functional of SAP MM (required); familiarity with SAP PP and QM preferred.

Proven superuser experience mapping ERP procurement flows to operational needs.

Experience with enterprise procurement platforms (Ariba / Ivalua or equivalent), CLM

tools and supplier portals. Able to compare products and define fit/gap for sourcing

processes.

Track record of owning endtoend delivery: PRD/functional spec authorship, data

migration rules, UAT/test case design, cutover and hypercare; experience managing

Systems Integrators / product vendors.

Strong analytical skills; comfortable validating dashboards or working with BI teams

(Power BI / Tableau / SQL) to produce operational KPIs and business cases.

Working knowledge of Agile delivery frameworks and experience collaborating with

product owners, architects, developers and QA.

Ability to assess the need for a change from problem statements

Experience in Business Process designing

Strong quantitative analytical skills

Heres what were looking for:

Business-first and delivery oriented mindset

Superior Interpersonal, storytelling & Negotiation skills

Strong stakeholder management and negotiation skills

Team Management

Conflict Management

Bachelors/Masters Degree in a quantitative discipline, e.g. Engineering with 8 - 12 years

work experience in Supply Chain consulting, systems development or architect role

Proven handson experience in SAP MM (required), exposure to SAP PP/QM desirable;

experience with Ariba/Ivalua or other procurement platforms

Preferred: Masters in Business Administration or equivalent from a premier B-school,

Lean Six Sigma certification and Lean understanding

Preferred: Experience in Manufacturing Organization