Global Process Lead - Procure-to-Pay

Sonoco • Charlotte, SC

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

Sonoco is a global leader in packaging solutions with diversified operations in over 34 countries. As part of Sonoco’s Structural Transformation and its efforts to establish a Global Shared Service model, this role is critical for owning end-to-end processes across the globe. The Global Process Leads are part of the Sonoco Shared Services leadership team and are tasked with aligning processes and continuous improvement across the organization, reinforcing the overall culture and discipline of the global shared service model. They must possess a strategic thought process, strong leadership skills, deep functional knowledge, and a drive to action. Procure-to-Pay (P2P) is the end-to-end business process that connects a company’s purchasing and finance operations, encompassing the entire lifecycle of acquiring goods and services from initial need identification to final invoice payment. The P2P process bridges the gap between procurement and accounts payable teams, generally following a workflow of Requisition, Approval, Purchasing, Receiving, Invoice Processing, and Payment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the functional area assigned
• Process knowledge, and subject matter expertise within the functional area assigned
• Connections with key influencers; secures buy-in
• Superior change management skills; ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive decisive action
• Exceptional communication skills
• Business acumen
• Project management skills
• People management and leadership skills
• Technical skills; awareness of technology within the function
• Knowledge and application of lean and six-sigma methodologies
• Ability to manage remote and diverse teams

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Champions global process standards across the enterprise and works closely across SSS team and functional teams to align SSS model to the business requirements within the regions / divisions across the globe.
• Drives an increase in efficiency within the processes, transparency of data, and reliability of data within their span of control.
• Accountable for owning the execution of their global process function; understanding timing of deployments and inflight objectives across the SSS function to deliver harmonization of initiatives across the enterprise.
• Work with functional team to map processes, identify key areas for improvement, implement improvement initiatives, monitor initiatives, and measure these improvements.
• Utilizes lean and six sigma methodologies to optimize and sustain performance of end-to-end processes.
• Prioritizes and drives resolution of issues within the business, alerting the appropriate resources as necessary.
• Act as a key driver of change, including stakeholder engagement and training for users.
• Manage a global team of resources that are across different geographies, time zones, languages and cultures.
• Monitor compliance of established processes – track where and how well a required process is being followed by users.
• Drive accountability within the SSS governance model across their global process function – model the framework.
• Drive rigorous continuous improvement on an ongoing basis, understand the external market within the functional area and what opportunities exist to drive processes to world-class.
• Identify opportunities to leverage new technologies, drive process automation and drive efficiencies.
• Identify and drive opportunities to centralize, automate, or outsource activities in a scalable, sustainable and standardized manner.
• Ensure that KPIs are established, tracked, measured, analyzed, and improved over time.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your dependents, including FSA and HSA options
• 401(k) retirement plan with company match
• Wellbeing tools and resources to support holistic health, including an Employee Assistance Program with a variety of services
• Paid time off and holidays to recreate, rejuvenate and care for the health of yourself and family
• Variety of company paid and voluntary employee-paid insurance plans including life, personal accident, and disability insurance
• Tuition reimbursement

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior