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Copeland

Manufactures energy-efficient HVACR compressors and components

GBS Source-to-Pay Continuous Improvement Lead

Business OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCluj-Napoca, RomaniaNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Engineering, Operations, or a related field is required.
  • More than five years of experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Operational Excellence, Continuous Improvement, or a related function is required.
  • A proven track record of leading Procurement process-improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, Value Stream Mapping, or similar continuous-improvement frameworks is required.
  • Strong knowledge of Procure-to-Pay, Source-to-Contract, Supplier Management, and Procurement Operations processes is required.
  • Experience with ERP and procurement technologies such as Oracle, Ariba, or similar platforms is required.
  • Strong analytical skills to identify process inefficiencies, leverage data insights, and drive measurable business improvements are required.
  • Project-management experience, including prioritization, stakeholder alignment, risk management, and execution across multiple initiatives, is required.
  • Communication, facilitation, and change-management skills, with experience driving organizational adoption of new processes and tools, are required.
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI, Power Query, Tableau, or similar analytics and reporting tools is required.
  • Fluent English is required.

Responsibilities

  • Define and own the GBS Procurement continuous-improvement strategy, approach, and standards, including use of Copeland systems.
  • Develop continuous-improvement capability across GBS Procurement through coaching, training, and playbooks.
  • Establish a repeatable improvement lifecycle to identify, prioritize, execute, and sustain improvements.
  • Govern the GBS Procurement-wide improvement portfolio, ensuring alignment to enterprise priorities and value cases.
  • Provide thought leadership on Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, and agile improvement practices.
  • Design and deploy Lean Daily Management routines across GBS Procurement teams.
  • Establish standard tiered performance reviews, visual management, and problem-solving routines.
  • Enable leaders to manage performance through data, root-cause analysis, and structured escalation.
  • Identify opportunities for simplification, automation, and digital enablement.
  • Define and deploy future-state process-improvement solutions, including AI-enabled analytics, Lean Daily Management routines, and automation opportunities, to systematically identify, prioritize, and deliver sustainable efficiency, quality, and value improvements across GBS.
  • Ensure improvements are sustained through standard work and management routines.
  • Support and lead GBS Procurement analytics and insights as required, including operational and performance metric definition and performance dashboards.
  • Drive year-over-year improvements in efficiency, cost to serve, cycle time, and quality.
  • Partner with functional leads to translate operational data into actionable insights.
  • Enable data-driven decision-making across service delivery, productivity, quality, and customer experience.
  • Support benefits tracking and value-realization reporting tied to business cases.
  • Lead cross-functional process-redesign initiatives, end-to-end where applicable.
  • Support transition from as-is to standardized future-state processes.
  • Ensure alignment with global process standards and control requirements.
  • Partner with Change and Enablement teams to drive adoption and sustainment.
  • Actively engage across GBS Procurement locations, with regular on-site presence expected.
  • Promote a culture of improvement, transparency, and collaboration among site leads and business liaisons across geographies.
  • Collaborate with functional leadership on strategic initiatives, alignment, and investment needs.
  • Work with countries’ business leaders to review requests to deviate from the standard process and identify opportunities to maximize alignment.

Desired Qualifications

  • A master's degree is a plus.

About the Company

Copeland

Manufactures energy-efficient HVACR compressors and components

Copeland provides energy-efficient heating, cooling, and refrigeration components for HVACR systems, focusing on compressors, controls, and related parts. Its products help OEMs, distributors, contractors, and end users operate HVACR systems with lower energy use and reduced environmental impact. The company differentiates by specializing in end-to-end HVACR components and sustainable climate solutions, emphasizing energy efficiency and environmental responsibility. Its goal is to help customers lower energy consumption and carbon emissions across residential, commercial, and industrial applications.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Grant
Total funding
$2.5M
Headquarters
St. Louis, MO
Founded
1921

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