US Supply Chain-Digital and AI_Procurement_Manager

EY•Atlanta, GA

23d•$128,400 - $267,400

About The Position

EY’s Supply Chain and Operations practice helps clients reinvent end-to-end supply chains, business processes and operating models to deliver cost savings, increased resilience and sustainable value. The Manager supports solutioning and delivery of complex digital procurement and Source-to-Pay technology programs, working with platforms including ZIP and GEP to translate procurement objectives into functional, technical, integration, data and delivery requirements. The role combines Source-to-Pay process knowledge with hands-on implementation experience. The Manager leads workstreams and project teams, facilitates design decisions, manages delivery activities, builds trusted client relationships and supports business development. The position may be based in Chicago, Atlanta, Miami, Detroit, Boston or New York and requires working in person at an EY office and/or client location up to 50% of the time, according to client and project needs.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, information systems, engineering or a related field and approximately five years of related work experience; or a graduate degree and approximately four years of related work experience.
Hands-on experience with ZIP and/or GEP, including platform capabilities, implementation methods, configuration, integration considerations and AI-enabled functionality.
Experience completing at least one to two full implementation cycles in a Manager, workstream lead, functional lead, technical lead or comparable role on ZIP and/or GEP programs.
Experience leading process design, requirements definition, solution design, testing, deployment and project management activities for procurement technology programs.
Experience managing teams, reviewing work products, coaching team members and coordinating delivery across multiple workstreams or stakeholder groups.
Experience supporting sales pursuits, proposals, estimates, workshops, presentations or demonstrations.
Ability to work in person at an EY office and/or client location up to 50% of the time, based on client and project needs.
Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without employer sponsorship, now and in the future.
Strong functional knowledge of Source-to-Pay processes and understanding of supporting technology, data, integrations, controls and operating models.
Ability to connect procurement requirements to platform capabilities and identify decisions, risks and dependencies requiring escalation.
Ability to lead structured client discussions and clearly communicate complex functional and technical topics.
Strong project management, facilitation, analytical, problem-solving, organizational and client relationship skills.
Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage competing priorities and produce clear, accurate and client-ready deliverables.
Ability to collaborate across client, EY, platform vendor and third-party teams.
Commercial awareness and ability to contribute credible content, estimates and delivery insights to pursuits.

Nice To Haves

Experience with both ZIP and GEP, or experience with another leading procurement platform in addition to one of these solutions.
Experience across multiple Source-to-Pay capabilities, industries, business units or regions.
Experience integrating procurement platforms with ERP, identity, master data, finance, risk, contract management, analytics and other enterprise systems.
Knowledge of responsible AI, data governance, security, privacy, controls and organizational change considerations for enterprise AI adoption.
Relevant procurement platform certification.
Experience working for a professional services or consulting organization.

Responsibilities

Lead digital procurement solutioning and delivery workstreams, with accountability for scope, quality, milestones, risks, dependencies and client outcomes.
Support opportunity qualification, discovery, solution development, estimation, proposal preparation, demonstrations and client presentations.
Translate client objectives and requirements into solution approaches, implementation roadmaps, workplans, resource models, assumptions and estimates.
Lead current-state assessments and future-state design sessions across Source-to-Pay capabilities, including intake, supplier onboarding, sourcing, contracting, supplier risk, purchasing, invoicing, analytics and adjacent processes.
Document business, functional, technical, integration, data, reporting, security, control and nonfunctional requirements for ZIP and/or GEP implementations.
Apply platform capability, configuration, implementation and AI-enabled feature knowledge to develop practical solutions.
Facilitate working sessions, assess options and trade-offs, maintain design decisions, and escalate architecture matters requiring senior leadership or design authority input.
Promote standard platform capabilities and disciplined design decisions while identifying where extensions or adjacent solutions may be required.
Manage procurement technology implementations or major workstreams through mobilization, design, build, testing, deployment, stabilization and transition.
Develop and maintain project plans, deliverables, dependency tracking, status reporting, decision logs, risks, issues and quality controls.
Coordinate functional, technical, integration, data, testing, change and deployment activities across client, EY, platform vendor and third-party teams.
Communicate with Procurement and IT stakeholders and translate business requirements into clear, actionable direction for technical delivery teams.
Lead and coach consultants and senior consultants, delegate work, review deliverables and provide timely feedback.
Contribute to recruiting, onboarding, training, knowledge sharing, practice development and go-to-market activities.