Lead Procurement Specialist

What You'll Do

• Administer and support S2P platforms, including Coupa, ensuring high system availability and reliability.
• Lead the planning, testing, and deployment of system upgrades and new functionality in collaboration with business and IT stakeholders.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve system incidents and service requests in accordance with established service levels.
• Configure and maintain system settings, workflows, forms, catalogues, and other platform features to support evolving business requirements.
• Develop and deliver training, documentation, and user guidance to support adoption of procurement systems and processes.
• Coordinate, support, and provide regular status updates on system projects.
• Develop test plans, test scripts, and support documentation for SIT / UAT activities.
• Assist with defect resolution and validation.
• Participate in SIT / UAT testing as appropriate.
• Provide stakeholder support, ensuring clear communication and understanding of technical solutions.
• Proactively identify opportunities to enhance system performance, user experience, business processes, and automation, driving continuous improvement initiatives.
• Job Qualifications: Experience: 5+ years Business Skills A bachelor’s degree or equivalent related work experience.
• Working knowledge of cloud-based procurement systems.
• Strong understanding of Procure-to-Pay (P2P) / Source-to-Pay (S2P) processes and best practices.
• Self-motivated and directed individual, strong team player, and problem-solver.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a hybrid work environment.
• Effective communication and alignment with stakeholders including peers, technical resources, and senior executives, using strong written and verbal communication skills.
• A desire to experiment with, explore, and organize data to deliver meaningful business narratives.
• Technical Skills Coupa certified (preferred) or System admin experience within other S2P platforms Microsoft Office Experience in preparing PowerPoint presentations JIRA or similar service desk application experience Additional Information: Cadence is committed to equal employment opportunity and employment equity throughout all levels of the organization.
• We’re doing work that matters.
• Help us solve what others can’t.