Group Procurement Systems & Digitisation Manager

Group Procurement Systems & Digitisation Manager 

Location: Europe (flexible)

Are you passionate about transforming Procurement through systems, data and digitalisation?

ASSA ABLOY is looking for a Procurement Systems & Digitisation Manager to own and develop the Group Procurement application landscape and drive key digitalisation initiatives across the organization.

This is an ASSA ABLOY Group role responsible for ensuring that Procurement applications, governance frameworks and data foundations support current business needs while enabling future development. The role is organizationally part of Procurement Excellence within ASSA ABLOY Opening Solutions EMEIA Division and reports to the Director & Head of Procurement Excellence EMEIA.

As the business owner and subject matter expert for key Procurement applications, you will work closely with divisional Procurement teams, super users, IT and external solution providers to develop future system capabilities, improve governance and data quality, and deliver projects that support Procurement excellence globally.

What you will do

Own and develop the Group Procurement application landscape

• Act as business owner for key Group Procurement applications, including:
• Spend & Performance Management
• Savings Management
• Contract Repository
• eRFx solutions
• Develop and maintain the Procurement systems roadmap aligned with business priorities and future requirements.
• Consolidate, align and prioritize development requests from divisions and stakeholders.
• Ensure applications remain fit for purpose and support evolving Procurement processes and business needs.
• Evaluate, develop and implement system enhancements, upgrades or replacement solutions where needed.
• Manage the Procurement applications budget.

Manage data governance and super user forums

• Act as the subject matter expert for Group Procurement applications.
• Support and guide divisional super users globally.
• Establish and maintain documented data definitions, governance principles, business rules and user guides.
• Define and implement robust master data structures for organization, category and supplier data to enable future application development and integration.
• Lead Procurement Systems Forums focused on governance, roadmap alignment, continuous improvement initiatives and larger development projects.
• Ensure system changes, business requirements and development priorities are agreed and aligned across divisions.

Lead projects and system implementations

• Lead Procurement systems projects from business case and aligning requirements definition with divisions through implementation and user adoption.
• Translate business requirements into functional specifications and work closely with internal IT teams and external solution providers to deliver agreed solutions
• Develop project plans, timelines, resource requirements and stakeholder engagement strategies.
• Drive project execution and ensure delivery against agreed scope, quality and timelines.
• Perform first-level business testing to validate functionality and identify issues before broader divisional super user testing.
• Coordinate divisional super user acceptance testing, consolidate feedback and ensure identified issues are resolved and closed.

Drive Procurement digitisation and automation

• Develop and implement automated data quality controls and governance processes within the Spend & Performance Management application to improve data quality, reliability and consistency, while reducing manual work

• Lead pilot project to automate Procurement reporting and improve transparency through stronger transactional and master data structures.
• Lead pilot initiatives focused on Procure-to-Pay automation and process efficiency improvements.
• Assess how AI and emerging technologies can be applied to identify business improvement opportunities, improve insight generation and reduce manual effort.
• Drive successful pilot implementations and support scaling of proven solutions across the organization.

What we are looking for

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Procurement, Supply Chain Management or a related field.
• Significant experience within strategic procurement, procurement excellence, procurement systems or a related function.
• Strong understanding of Procurement processes, systems and data structures.
• Experience in owning, developing or managing business applications.
• Proven project management experience, including requirements definition, stakeholder management, testing and implementation.
• Strong analytical capabilities and the ability to understand large datasets, data logic and system architecture.
• Experience translating business requirements into practical, scalable system solutions.
• Ability to work effectively across functions, cultures and organizational levels in a decentralized international environment.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills.
• Fluent English, written and spoken.

Who you are

You are a structured and proactive professional who enjoys working at the intersection of Procurement, technology and business transformation.

You combine strong analytical capabilities with practical problem-solving skills and are comfortable moving between strategic discussions, business requirements, system design, testing and implementation.

You have a strong drive to improve ways of working, create alignment across stakeholders and deliver sustainable solutions that create long-term business value.

Most importantly, you are persistent, hands-on and able to turn ideas into implemented solutions in a complex and decentralized organization.

Why join us?

This is a unique opportunity to shape the future Procurement systems landscape at ASSA ABLOY.

Several core Procurement applications are expected to evolve over the coming years, including spend management, savings management, sourcing, contract management and supplier-related solutions. You will play a central role in defining the roadmap, leading key projects and building the governance and data foundations required to support future growth and digitalisation.

If you are excited about combining Procurement expertise, systems ownership, project leadership and digital transformation, we would like to hear from you.

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