Senior Global Procurement Business Process Consultant

Company Description

Syngenta Group is one of the world’s leading sustainable agriculture innovation companies, with roots going back more than 250 years. Our 53,000 people across more than 100 countries strive every day to transform agriculture through tailor-made solutions for the benefit of farmers, society and our planet – making us the world’s most local agricultural technology and innovation partner. Syngenta Group is committed to operating at the highest standards of ethics and integrity. This is a commitment that we are making to investors, customers, society and employees. Syngenta Group is also committed to maintaining a workplace environment free from discrimination and harassment.

Job Description

Syngenta is looking for a Senior Global Procurement Business Process Consultant (BPC) to manage Procurement business processes across Procurement platforms for all regions. The role has a high degree of coaching and steering the regional BPC’s towards the overall global transformation framework.

We all have a critical role to play and add value. Here is how this role will help:

• Coach and provide expert knowledge of Source to Order solutions to the regional BPC. Take accountability to facilitate the future digital roadmap within Procurement
• Be able to direct and challenge external subject matter experts to enable to future Procurement Strategy in terms of process and platforms
• Procurement internal Subject Matter Expert or Global Procurement stream lead of major projects and initiatives to deliver improvements towards best-in-class process & technology implementation
• Leading process redesign & change management workshops, while coaching other BPC’s
• Facilitate process workflow modelling to collaborate on process improvements, automation capabilities and clearly defined end-to-end use cases
• Review information and trends to ensure that the output of processes is achieving the desired results and that services are meeting agreed upon service levels
• Conduct maturity assessments against the process activities to highlight areas of improvement or concerns and identify improvement opportunities
• Maintain a complete understanding of design processes adhering to Procurement policies  
• Act as the interface between IT, business users and business support teams 
• Requirement gathering from countries on new requirements or changes in the existing setup
• Drive solution design to facilitate new requirements including system configuration
• Mapping and creation of all relevant documentations such as Business requirements specifications, Operating manuals, training documents and knowledge articles for Procurement function
• Assess change requests for new requirements based on business case and securing the approval from relevant change approval boards
• Coordinating with respective stakeholders and 3rd party technical service providers for implementing the changes and leading user acceptance testing
• Support the Procurement Operations leadership in the capacity of SME for future releases in Procurement platforms and small changes
• Engage and influence key stakeholders
• Facilitate process workflow modelling to collaborate on process improvements, automation capabilities and clearly defined end-to-end use cases
• Track major incident management process and ensure adherence of the process and escalation requirements within the various support and delivery areas
• Procurement focal point for internal & external audit initiatives in the region
• Identify continuous improvement opportunities
• Support assigned business process areas in developing the strategic direction and establishing a transformation roadmap to reach the strategic objectives
• Collaborate / coach / direct Procurement BPC’s in other regions and leverage and participate in process communities.

Qualifications

At Syngenta we are highly people focused – we look for professionals who are engaged, collaborative and excellent in execution. Leaders are expected to communicate effectively, develop teams and lead by example. Our industry and our function are changing rapidly so we are looking for new team members with a strong desire to develop themselves. 

You will be a great fit if you have:

• At least 10 years’ experience in Procurement Process and Technology with Global implementation projects
• Fluent English 
• Deep expertise in designing Procurement processes
• Strong knowledge of BPMN framework and Operational excellence methodologies
• In-depth understanding and knowledge of SAP materials management (MM) module with focus on procurement and supplier data management
• Experience in a Global organization with knowledge in SAP Ariba Procure to Order platform across Ariba downstream modules (Ariba Guided Buying, Ariba network) and upstream modules (SLP, Sourcing and contracting)
• Expertise in business process management and value stream mapping.
• Know-how about PMI/Waterfall, Hybrid project delivery, Agile & Operational Excellence is a plus
• Ability to work independently as well as lead and participate in a matrix organization
• Intellectual curiosity and professional commitment to excellence
• Attention to detail, sense of urgency, work ethic
• Excellent organizational and time management skills
• Outstanding communication and presentation skills
• Critical thinker
• Creative problem solver
• Great analytical skills
• Data-driven approach

Additional Information

We are also open to the role being based in Budapest or Madrid.

Syngenta is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.