Source to Procure Manager

Hexion•Remote, OH

About The Position

The Source to Procure Manager provides strategic and operational leadership for the digital capabilities that enable Global Procurement and the end-to-end Source to Pay process. The role owns implementation, adoption, sustainment, and continuous improvement of e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics, intake and demand management, and e-procurement capabilities. The manager leads a team of two associates and partners across Procurement, Finance, IT, Data, Legal, and the business to keep the Source to Procure engine reliable, scalable, compliant, and focused on value. The successful candidate finalizes and enhances the digital roadmap, establishes fit-for-purpose governance, defines and communicates decision-enabling KPIs, guides users to preferred suppliers and buying channels, and measures whether capabilities achieve intended adoption and business outcomes. The role combines procurement process expertise, digital product ownership, data-driven decision-making, change leadership, and practical execution to help sourcing managers set or reset category strategies using trusted data and actionable insights.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Procurement, Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in Procurement, Source to Pay, digital procurement, procurement operations, technology-enabled transformation, or related functions, including meaningful leadership experience.
Deep knowledge of end-to-end Source to Pay processes and demonstrated expertise in strategic sourcing, e-sourcing, contract lifecycle management, spend analytics, and e-procurement.
Demonstrated success owning digital products or capabilities from roadmap and business case through implementation, release, training, adoption, support, sustainment, and continuous improvement.
Strong governance experience, including global policy management, process ownership, decision rights, controls, data standards, compliance, and cross-functional collaboration.
Strong change management, communication, facilitation, and training capabilities across global and cross-functional audiences.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority and translate between business, procurement, data, and technology teams.
Experience with leading procurement suites, analytics platforms, workflow tools, automation, or enterprise AI solutions.

Nice To Haves

MBA or relevant advanced degree.

Responsibilities

Own, communicate, and continually refresh the Source to Pay digital roadmap, focusing on Source to Procure, and sequence capabilities according to priorities, outcomes, dependencies, investment needs, and change management.
Lead implementation, enhancement, integration, release management, and ongoing operational health of Source to Procure platforms; manage issues, risks, and improvement backlogs.
Establish and chair governance for digital procurement capabilities, policies, workflows, controls, decision rights, data standards, and process ownership.
Develop and execute role-based implementation, communication, training, and change plans; build user capability, monitor adoption, address barriers, and reinforce new ways of working.
Define success measures, baselines, targets, benefits, service levels, and adoption measures; publish performance insights and lead corrective actions when results fall short.
Steward taxonomy and ensure data quality and analytical requirements are fit for purpose; enable procurement decisions and support sourcing managers in identifying opportunities, evaluating performance, and setting or resetting category and supplier strategies.
Optimize how business demand enters Procurement, is triaged, and routed; guide users to preferred suppliers, catalogs, contracts, and buying channels while reducing complexity, off-contract spend, rework, and cycle time.
Partner with the Invoice to Pay Leader to evolve Source to Pay as a seamless process and address cross-process opportunities and shared challenges.
Lead, coach, and develop two direct reports, setting accountability, priorities, performance expectations, and development plans.
Apply external leading practices, automation, analytics, AI, and market capabilities to simplify and standardize processes, test improvements, scale proven solutions, and ensure innovation serves a clear business need.