IT Director - Direct and Capital Equipment Procurement

Job Details: Job Description: The IT Director - Direct Procurement and Factory Equipment is a senior technology and transformation leader responsible for defining, owning, and executing the end-to-end digital strategy for global direct and capital equipment procurement. This role is a cornerstone of the organization's IAO ERP transformation, driving modernization across sourcing, contracting, procurement execution, supplier collaboration, invoicing, and payments. This leader owns a mission-critical SAP S/4HANA product portfolio and serves as a strategic partner to Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, and external technology providers. The role ensures delivery of secure, scalable, compliant, and data-driven procurement capabilities that enable operational efficiency, cost optimization, and business agility at global scale. Key Responsibilities: 1. Strategy and Transformation: Define, govern, and execute a multi-year SAP S/4HANA roadmap aligned with enterprise modernization, supply chain resilience, and digital procurement objectives. Establish outcome-based OKRs, investment priorities, and capability roadmaps tied directly to measurable business value and transformation milestones. Serve as the technology thought leader and architect for Direct Procurement platforms, shaping long-term platform strategy and emerging capability adoption. Influence enterprise architecture decisions to ensure interoperability, scalability, and future readiness across procurement ecosystems. 2. Delivery and Execution Lead the global transformation of direct, indirect, and capital procurement processes leveraging SAP S/4HANA best practices and industry standards. Own and continuously evolve core procurement capabilities including sourcing, contracts, procurement execution, supplier collaboration, invoicing, subcontracting, and payments. Ensure scalable, multi-release delivery across complex, highly integrated global landscapes with minimal business disruption. Provide hands-on leadership across multi-year programs managing 100 interconnected systems and ecosystems, ensuring alignment, quality, and delivery discipline. 3. Supplier and Contract Enablement Own and evolve Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) capabilities through Icertis to drive contract compliance, visibility, and risk mitigation. Lead enterprise document and records management using OpenText to ensure regulatory compliance, audit readiness, and lifecycle governance. Enable seamless supplier collaboration, B2B integration, and EDI connectivity through E2open, improving supplier onboarding, data accuracy, and transaction automation. Drive standardization and harmonization of supplier-facing processes across regions and business units. 4. Stakeholder Partnership Partner closely with Procurement, Finance, Manufacturing, and IT leadership to drive adoption, change management, and sustained value realization. Translate business strategy and operational needs into actionable technology roadmaps and executable delivery plans. Act as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, providing insights on technology trends, risks, investment trade-offs, and transformation progress. Facilitate cross-functional alignment between business and technology stakeholders globally. 5. Performance and Operations Define, monitor, and continuously improve KPIs including touchless PO and invoice rates, cycle times, contract compliance, supplier performance, and on-time payments. Ensure platform stability, security, and compliance, including GRC controls, segregation of duties (SoD), access management, and audit requirements. Proactively identify and manage risks, issues, dependencies, and technical debt, ensuring operational excellence and resilience. Establish operational governance models to support sustainable, high-performing procurement platforms. 6. Team and Vendor Leadership Build, mentor, and lead high-performing global teams, fostering a culture of accountability, innovation, and ... (truncated, view full listing at source)