Transition Lead Procurement (S2P Transition)
Function: Procurement, Source-to-Pay (S2P) Operations
Location: India, Gurgaon
Reports To: Procurement / Transition Program Lead
Start Date: Immediate / As Agreed

Role Purpose
The Procurement Transition Lead will oversee the end-to-end vendor-to-vendor (V2V) transition of Procurement/S2P operations, ensuring seamless handover of sourcing, contracting, supplier onboarding, catalog/content management, P2P support, and procurement analytics activities from the incumbent provider to the new supplier.
This is a high-impact, timesensitive role requiring strong project governance, procurement domain expertise, risk mitigation, and stakeholder management across global and regional teams.

Key Responsibilities
1. Transition Planning & Governance

- Build and manage the Procurement Transition Project Plan, including phases, workstreams, dependencies, and deliverables.
- Run governance routines: PMO reporting, weekly workgroups, RAID logs, transition dashboards, and leadership updates.
- Track progress against contractual transition SLAs, KPIs, and migration timelines.
- Ensure both incumbent and incoming vendors adhere to SOW/MSA transition commitments.

2. Procurement Process Due Diligence & Scope Validation

- Validate inscope procurement processes such as:
- Sourcing support
- Contract lifecycle management
- Supplier onboarding & vendor master requests
- Catalog & content management
- Purchase requisition support
- Supplier query & helpdesk support
- Procurement compliance monitoring
- Procurement Tools (Ariba, Vroozi etc)
- T&E; & P card
- Digital Enablement

- Baseline volumes (PRs, onboarding requests, sourcing events, catalogs), cycle times, backlog, and complexity.
- Identify process gaps, risk areas, and variations between current and future operating models.

3. Knowledge Transfer (KT) Management





- Lead Knowledge Transfer cycles including:
Shadowing Reverse Shadowing Parallel Runs Certification.
- Coordinate SMEs to ensure complete transition of procurement knowledge and tribal insights.
- Ensure creation/standardization of all documentation:
- SOPs / Work Instructions
- Category playbooks
- Process maps
- RACI matrices
- Compliance & exception-handling guidelines

- Assess KT readiness and escalate risks proactively.

4. Technology, Systems & Access

- Coordinate system access provisioning and deprovisioning across:
- Ariba / Vroozi / SAP
- Contract management tools (Sirion)
- Supplier onboarding portals
- Risk & compliance platforms

- Oversee test cycles, mock sourcing events, catalog migration validation, and workflow simulations.
- Support validation of supplier master data and secure handling of sensitive vendor information.

5. Controls, Compliance & Risk Management

- Ensure adherence to Procurement policies, financial controls, compliance requirements, and audit standards.
- Validate that the incoming vendor understands and operationalizes procurement controls:
- Spend compliance
- Segregation of Duties (SoD)
- Supplier data integrity
- Contract governance

- Maintain risk registers, mitigation plans, and escalation frameworks.
- Support control walkthroughs and audit preparedness during the transition.

6. Stakeholder & Supplier Management

- Act as the transition focal point for Procurement, Sourcing Leads, Finance Partners, Legal, IT, Risk, and Business Units.
- Communicate changes to suppliers:



onboarding process updates, new contact points, cutover timelines, and operating guidelines.
- Safeguard supplier experience by ensuring no delays in onboarding, contract routing, catalog publishing, or procurement cycle times.

7. Cutover & Hypercare

- Build the cutover plan covering:
- Open sourcing events
- Contracts in routing or signature
- Open PRs / pending onboarding requests
- Catalog loads, active workflows, and pending approvals

- Lead hypercare for 26 weeks with daily monitoring of:

- Backlogs
- Cycle time recovery
- Issue resolution
- SLA stabilization

- Secure Steady State Acceptance and finalize baseline metrics for the new vendor.
- Deliver Post-Implementation Review summarizing lessons learned & improvement actions.

Qualifications & Experience
Required

- 610 years of experience in Procurement / S2P operations.
- Minimum 3 years in transition management, preferably vendor-to-vendor.
- Strong understanding of sourcing, contracting, supplier onboarding, and procurement compliance.
- Hands-on experience with SAP, Ariba, or equivalent S2P platforms.
- Strong project management and stakeholder engagement capability.
- Familiarity with procurement controls, risk and compliance frameworks.

Preferred

- Experience with global Procurement/BPO transitions.
- PMP / Lean Six Sigma certification.
- Category management exposure.

Skills & Competencies

- Strong governance & program leadership
- Analytical and process-oriented approach
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Ability to drive accountability across multiple vendors
- High problem-solving & escalation management skills
- Resilience under pressure (cutover & hypercare phases)
- Robust understanding of Procurement policy, compliance, and controls

Note: Pls interested candidate can apply

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