Summary
We are seeking an experienced Content & Channel Maintenance professional to manage and optimize day-to-day procurement content and channel operations across catalogs, contracts, guided buying, and supplier enablement. This role is responsible for maintaining accurate, compliant, user-friendly, and scalable procurement channels post go-live. The successful candidate will provide structured business-as-usual (BAU) ownership across the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) ecosystem, supporting adoption, strengthening data governance, improving buying experiences, and ensuring transformation outcomes are embedded into sustainable operational processes.

Responsibilities

- Own the end-to-end lifecycle of procurement content and channels, including creation and maintenance of catalogs, contract operationalization, supplier enablement, and guided buying structures.
- Ensure procurement content remains accurate, compliant, current, user-friendly, and aligned with business purchasing requirements.
- Manage catalog uploads, CIF validation, content updates, procurement channel configuration, and ongoing post-go-live maintenance activities.
- Establish and maintain controls that support efficient transaction processing, reduce manual workarounds, and enhance the end-user buying experience.
- Drive supplier onboarding and enablement through the Supplier Business Network (SBN), ensuring suppliers are prepared to transact through designated procurement channels.
- Coordinate with suppliers, category teams, procurement operations, SAP, and Technology & Operations teams to support production enablement activities.
- Resolve supplier onboarding and transaction enablement issues and monitor activation progress, data quality, catalog readiness, and operational blockers.
- Provide suppliers with guidance on content requirements, process expectations, and ongoing maintenance activities.
- Lead the transition of content and channel management activities from project delivery into a sustainable BAU operating model.
- Develop, document, and maintain operating procedures (SOPs), governance frameworks, RACI models, escalation paths, and operational controls.
- Identify ownership gaps, process inefficiencies, and transition risks, and implement scalable improvements.
- Monitor procurement channel performance, including catalog utilization, contract compliance, guided buying adoption,



content accuracy, and off-channel spending.
- Partner with adoption, category management, procurement operations, and data teams to identify opportunities for channel optimization and improved user experience.
- Utilize reporting insights, stakeholder feedback, and issue trend analysis to prioritize content enhancements and process improvements.
- Support initiatives that drive compliant purchasing behavior, reduce procurement leakage, and improve operational efficiency.
- Manage procurement content within SAP Ariba, Guided Buying, and related master data systems.
- Maintain the accuracy and integrity of vendor, commodity, pricing, contract, catalog, and master data across Source-to-Contract (S2C) and Procure-to-Pay systems.
- Collaborate with SAP, Technology & Operations, and data teams to address system issues, integration challenges, data discrepancies, and content defects.
- Support testing, validation, and release readiness activities for procurement content and channel updates.
- Serve as a key point of contact for category teams, procurement operations, suppliers, business users, and technology stakeholders regarding procurement content and channels.
- Facilitate cross-functional collaboration to resolve issues, clarify ownership, and improve procurement channel effectiveness.
- Communicate operational insights and recommendations clearly to stakeholders at various levels within the organization.

Education Requirements

- Bachelor&rsquos; degree or equivalent professional experience in Procurement, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Operations, or a related field.

Experience Requirements

- 7-12 years of experience in procurement operations, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), supplier enablement, content management, procurement transformation, or related discipline.
- Experience supporting post-go-live operations, BAU transition models, operational stabilization, and governance frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Ariba, Guided Buying,



SAP Business Network, or similar enterprise procurement platforms.
- Experience in category management, strategic sourcing, supplier onboarding, contract operationalization, and channel buying.
- Experience driving process improvements and procurement transformation initiatives.
- Familiarity with compliance, audit, risk, and control requirements within procurement or supply chain operations.

Required Skills

- Strong working knowledge of catalog management, contract operationalization, supplier onboarding, guided buying, and procurement channel maintenance.
- Strong functional understanding of end-to-end Source-to-Pay (S2P) processes, including category management, sourcing, supplier relationship management (SRM), contract lifecycle management (CLM), content enablement, and invoicing.
- Strong data governance skills with experience managing vendors, commodity, catalog, pricing, contract, and master data.
- Ability to define and implement SOPs, governance, operational controls, and ownership frameworks across cross-functional teams.
- Analytical and data-driven approach to measuring channel performance and identifying improvement opportunities.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, stakeholder management, and organizational skills.
- Ability to work effectively in complex environments, manage multiple priorities, and navigate ambiguity.
- Strong leadership, influence, and collaboration skills with the ability to drive results without direct authority.
- Robust strategic mindset with the ability to balance compliance, governance, and operational efficiency.

Preferred Skills

- Experience with SAP modules such as Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP) and Ariba.
- Knowledge of content lifecycle management and procurement channel optimization practices.
- Experience supporting change management, communication planning, and transformation initiatives.
- Ability to build stakeholder engagement models, feedback mechanisms, and adoption strategies.
- Strong presentation, storytelling, policy development, and governance communication skills.
- Adaptability to evolve technology platforms, procurement tools, and regulatory environments.

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Skills: Data Governance, Catalog Management

Experience: 7.00-12.00 Years

📌 Project Management Analyst (Chennai)
🏢 Aditi Tech Consulting Private
📍 Chennai