Supplier Management Platform Lead

Job description

**Role & responsibilities** - Lead the end-to-end technical ownership and support of the Supplier Management ecosystem, including HICX, SAP Ariba supplier solutions, Supplier Gateway, Supplier Experience Portal, and associated integrations. - Own the technical roadmap, platform configuration, integrations, workflows, forms, validations, dashboards, and automation capabilities supporting supplier onboarding, lifecycle management, compliance, and master data governance processes. - Partner with Global Process Owners, Enterprise Architects, Product Managers, platform teams, and vendor partners to deliver scalable supplier management capabilities aligned to enterprise standards and operating models. - Serve as the technical authority for supplier management platforms, advising on solution design, integration patterns, configuration strategy, automation opportunities, and operational best practices. - Drive delivery and operational support for enhancements, defects, platform releases, and production stability across the supplier management landscape. - Lead integration architecture and support activities across SAP MDG, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Ariba, middleware platforms, identity management, risk/compliance systems, and external supplier-facing solutions. - Ensure high platform reliability, data quality, process consistency, and operational governance through monitoring, KPI reporting, release management, and continuous improvement initiatives. - Lead supplier master data migration, validation, reconciliation, and onboarding readiness activities during deployments, acquisitions, or regional rollouts. - Support supplier digital experience initiatives by improving supplier onboarding journeys, communication workflows, self-service capabilities, and supplier enablement processes. - Mentor and guide analysts, technical resources, and vendor teams on engineering standards, release discipline, integration best practices, and operational excellence. **Preferred candidate profile** - 10+ years of experience delivering enterprise supplier management, supplier lifecycle management, master data governance, or supplier enablement solutions. - Deep understanding of supplier onboarding, supplier lifecycle, master data governance, validation rules, and the downstream impact on ERP processes. - Proven track record integrating supplier platforms with SAP MDG, SAP S/4HANA / ECC, SAP Ariba and middleware (BTP Integration Suite, PI/PO, Boomi, MuleSoft or equivalent) using REST, SOAP, IDoc, cXML and event-based patterns. - Strong reasoning, analytical and problem-solving skills; able to triage production incidents, perform root cause analysis on data integrity and integration failures, and design durable fixes. - Strong leadership, organization and execution skills; comfortable steering vendor partners and offshore delivery teams.