Digital Procurement Manager

2 weeks ago

Houston, United States CenterPoint Energy Full time

**Date**:May 6, 2024

**Location**: Houston, TX, US, 77002

**Company**:CenterPoint Energy

**CenterPoint Energy and its predecessor companies have been in business for more than 150 years.**

**Our Vision**: Our vision is to become the most admired utility in the United States through the execution of our long-term growth strategy. We have an unwavering commitment to safely and reliably deliver electricity and natural gas to millions of people.

**Our Commitment**:CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

**Job Summary**

**Essential Functions**
- Manage the source-to-pay platform, including the supplier diversity and vendor risk management components.
- Establish relationships with key business stakeholders to develop and implement efficient, effective, and user-friendly processes.
- As part of the optimization process, work with suppliers and support ongoing supplier enablement activities.
- Analyzes the existing processes and consults with stakeholders (internal and external) improve system functionality and efficiency.
- Provide training or support to internal/external stakeholders.
- Communicates the needs/expectations with software providers, implementation consultants, and other team members on key initiatives.
- Maintains effective communication with stakeholders.
- Assist in the development of presentations to communicate with and influence a wide range of stakeholders.
- Affect positive change on projects by analyzing performance metrics and dashboards for continuous improvement.
- Support the Source-to-Pay platform, including enhancements, bug fixes, configuration changes, approval workflows, master, and transactional data management.
- Participate in strategic decisions regarding system-wide changes, e.g., new or retiring custom fields, content groups, and custom approval chains, adoption of new functionality. Maintain system process documentation/flows supporting changes.
- Help drive the catalog and contract strategy execution.
- Essential Functions (cont.)- Be a SME for the system platform and its processes, supporting sourcing, procurement, and business stakeholders; provide insights and reporting to stakeholders including knowledge sharing for new features and enhancements with scheduled releases.
- Provide software support/guidance by answering questions on function, feature, and usage of software modules. Support may be at any company location but primarily at headquarters
- Provide training or support to internal/external stakeholders on an as needed basis
- Responsible for managing categorization taxonomy, catalog management, and master data maintenance in the system
- Work with suppliers and support enablement activities. Lead Supplier Network Module efforts to effectively onboard 80% of incumbent vendors within first 12 months.
- Create a culture that enables agility and automation through technology.
- Seek out innovative technology to further advance our procurement digital strategy.
- May perform other job duties as assigned.

**Education Description**
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, IT, or Supply Chain or equivalent work-related experience is required.

**Experience**
- At least five years of project management, operations, or IT admin experience.
- Thorough understanding of Source-to-Pay processes
- Familiarity with compliance (regulatory, SOX, etc.) and governance issues.
- Finance or Procurement background or experience as a Business Analyst is a plus.
- Advanced certifications in Project Management, Sourcing or Procurement a plus.
- Experience/Certification with source to pay software (Coupa, SAP Ariba, or Ivalua) strongly preferred.

**We want you to know**
Being a part of the CenterPoint Energy team is more than a career alone. It's an opportunity to make a positive impact. You will be an integral part of enabling everyday life and the pursuit of possibilities for the customers we serve and the communities we share. The vital services we provide are at the core of making our world work, and by sharing your energy with us, we'll create a better tomorrow together.

**Diversity, Equity and Inclusion**
CenterPoint Energy is committed to creating an inclusive work environment where business results are achieved through the skills, abilities and talents of our diverse workforce.

At CenterPoint Energy, individuals are respected for their contributions toward our company objectives. We strive for an inclusive work environment across all levels that is reflective of the available workforce in the communities we serve.

**What we bring to you**
- Competitive pay
- Paid training
- Benefits eligibility begins

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