Sr. Manager, Procure to Pay

Samsara

1d•$117,040 - $209,000

About The Position

Samsara is hiring a Senior Manager to own the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) function, including Procurement Operations, Accounts Payable, supplier onboarding, and payments. The role establishes the function’s governance model and service standards, partners with executive stakeholders, and builds a team that delivers consistent results. The position is responsible for aligning P2P towers under one operating model, maintaining operational controls and audit readiness, and ensuring accurate processing and financial-close activities. It also oversees supplier and payment integrity, resolves escalated issues, advances automation and transformation, and uses performance measures to improve service and working capital. The Senior Manager develops the team and its operating standards across locations and models Samsara’s values as the organization scales globally.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in procure-to-pay, accounts payable, or procurement operations, including 5+ years managing teams and managers.
Demonstrated end-to-end P2P expertise across multiple towers and ability to align cross-functional dependencies.
Track record running operational governance, including SLAs, KPIs, internal controls, and audit/SOX compliance.
Experience owning a team budget, managing vendor relationships, and managing remote, cross-time-zone teams.
Experience developing and presenting executive-level quarterly business reviews and improving stakeholder satisfaction.
Proven ability to develop, train, and calibrate teams to a uniform standard.
ERP experience; NetSuite is preferred, along with a P2P platform such as Zip, Coupa, or Ariba.
Bachelor’s degree in accounting, finance, business, or supply chain.

Nice To Haves

APM, CPSM, CPA, or equivalent credential.
Ability to solve complex problems with simple solutions.
Collaborative, strategic thinker and influencer.
Experience scaling P2P operations in a high-growth, multi-entity, multi-currency environment.
Lean Six Sigma or similar process-improvement credentials, with automation and AI experience.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end P2P performance from requisition and purchase order through receipt, invoice, approval, payment, and accrual; align Procurement, Accounts Payable, Supplier Management, Payments, and Close to one operating model.
Establish and enforce operational governance, including policies, controls, SLAs/KPIs, approval matrices, SOX compliance, audit readiness, and regular performance reviews.
Ensure accurate, timely processing of requisitions, purchase orders, and invoices, and ensure accruals and liability reconciliations are complete for financial close.
Design supplier onboarding and master-data standards, addressing risk, compliance, and payment integrity.
Oversee payment-run integrity, approval controls, banking batches, and prevention of fraud and duplicate payments.
Resolve escalated payment and process issues and conduct root-cause research to prevent recurrence.
Partner with suppliers and Procurement, Finance, Legal, IT, and business stakeholders to define and deliver automation and transformation initiatives.
Report P2P performance using KPIs such as touchless invoice rate, on-time payment, cycle time, exception rate, and DPO; optimize working capital through payment terms and early-pay discounts.
Oversee supplier risk, contract and purchase-order compliance, and spend visibility across the vendor base.
Roll out policy, process, and system updates with clear stakeholder communication and adoption tracking.
Improve internal stakeholder and supplier satisfaction by managing the service experience, measuring CSAT/NPS, and acting on feedback.
Deliver quarterly business reviews to senior and executive stakeholders, presenting performance, risks, and the improvement roadmap.
Hire, develop, and coach a high-performing team; maintain consistent standards through documented processes, training, performance calibration, and accountability.
Build training, onboarding, and succession plans that maintain uniform team capability across locations.
Model and embed Samsara’s values as the team scales globally.