[Hiring] Manager, Procurement Digital Transformation @Kyndryl

Role Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead AP Transformation
• Own the transformation roadmap for global Accounts Payable & Invoice-to-Pay processes, including staying ahead of changing global regulations.
• Identify bottlenecks, manual activity, recurring exceptions & opportunities to simplify & standardize processes.
• Reduce invoice cycle time, errors, rework & manual intervention.
• Increase straight-through & touchless invoice processing.
• Improve PO compliance & upstream purchasing behaviors that contribute to AP inefficiency.
• Define baselines, targets & KPIs to measure transformation benefits.
• Drive Automation & AI
• Identify & prioritize automation & AI opportunities across invoice capture, coding, matching, duplicate detection & exception management.
• Develop business cases based on productivity, accuracy, control improvement & ROI.
• Lead pilots & proof-of-concepts & scale successful solutions.
• Ensure appropriate controls, data quality & human oversight for AI-enabled processes.
• Lead OCR & VIM Implementation
• Own global implementation & optimization of OCR / Intelligent Document Processing & Vendor Invoice Management solutions.
• Define requirements for invoice capture, validation, matching, approvals & exception handling.
• Partner with SAP, OpenText VIM & integration teams through design, testing, UAT, deployment & stabilization.
• Improve OCR accuracy & reduce manual correction rates.
• Supplier Catalogues
• Lead implementation & adoption of Supplier Catalogues as a preferred purchase channel.
• Identify suppliers & spend categories suitable for catalogue enablement.
• Implement hosted & punch-out catalogues in partnership with Procurement Operations & Category Management.
• Increase catalogue spend while reducing free-text requisitions & non-compliant purchasing.
• Lead Peppol & European E-Invoicing
• Lead implementation of Peppol & applicable European e-invoicing requirements, Brazil Tax Regulations and other global Accounts Payable regulations.
• Translate regulatory requirements into business & technology requirements.
• Partner with Tax, Finance, Legal, AP & Technology teams on implementation.
• Coordinate supplier enablement, testing, deployment readiness & rollout across impacted European entities.

What Success Looks Like:

• Reduced invoice processing cycle time.
• Increased touchless & straight-through processing.
• Reduced invoice exceptions, errors & rework.
• Improved OCR extraction accuracy.
• Increased PO-backed invoice processing.
• Increased Supplier Catalogue adoption & spend.
• Reduced free-text purchasing.
• Successful global rollout of OCR / VIM capabilities.
• On-time implementation of Peppol & European e-invoicing requirements.
• Quantified productivity improvements from automation & AI.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant experience in Accounts Payable, Procure-to-Pay, Source-to-Pay, Finance Transformation, Procurement Transformation or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership of teams or major transformation workstreams.
• Proven experience delivering a significant AP, P2P or Finance transformation.
• Strong understanding of invoice capture, PO & non-PO invoices, matching, approvals, exception management & invoice posting.
• Experience improving processes through process engineering, Lean, automation or continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical skills with experience using KPIs to identify issues & demonstrate results.
• Ability to influence stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, Technology & senior leadership.
• Fluent professional English.

Requirements

• Experience in several of the following areas is advantageous:
• SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC Accounts Payable.
• OpenText Vendor Invoice Management.
• OCR / Intelligent Document Processing.
• SAP Ariba or SAP Business Network.
• Hosted & punch-out Supplier Catalogues.
• Peppol & European e-invoicing.
• SAP Document & Reporting Compliance.
• RPA / workflow automation.
• AI applications within Finance or Procurement.
• Process mining or Power BI.
• Direct experience in every technology is not required. We are looking for someone with a strong transformation track record, demonstrated leadership capability & the ability to quickly learn & apply new technology.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in business, Finance, Accounting, Supply Chain, Procurement, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Relevant Lean, Agile, Project Management, SAP or Finance Transformation certifications are advantageous.

Benefits

• Dynamic, hybrid-friendly culture that supports your well-being and empowers you to grow.
• Be Well programs designed to support your financial, mental, physical, and social health.
• Access to cutting-edge learning opportunities—from certifications with Microsoft, Google, and Amazon to coaching and hands-on experiences.
• Personalized development goals aligned with your ambitions.
• Continuous feedback to keep you inspired and on track.