As Senior Manager – Product Owner Orchestration, you will lead the development and continuous improvement of our technology-driven procurement intake and orchestration processes, ensuring seamless integration with back-end applications and creating orchestration as a solution with the potential to roll it out to our external clients, expanding our influence and impact.
This senior role requires deep expertise in procurement processes, various buying channels, and the ability to translate business requirements into a flexible and efficient procurement orchestration framework. You will own the product backlog, prioritize initiatives, and ensure seamless procurement operations from intake to delivery, making a tangible impact on our business success. You will pioneer orchestration within our company, a concept still relatively new to the procurement industry, creating a unique opportunity to lay the path and position Liberty Blume as a ProcureTech innovator.
The ideal candidate will be hard-working, motivated, and resilient, with demonstrable experience working within a fast-paced, demanding service design/delivery environment. Relevant experience gained from a leading procurement technology company or a leading in-house procurement CoE team would also be beneficial. There will be an opportunity to take on more leadership responsibilities over other product owners in the future.
What will you be doing?
1. Orchestration Stack: Drive the strategy and roadmap for Procurement Orchestration, ensuring alignment with business needs and overall Procure Tech strategy, leading implementation and integration efforts.
2. Product Backlog: Capture stakeholder needs, translate into functional requirements, prioritize based on business value, and participate in customer forums to set roadmap priorities.
3. Orchestration Framework: Develop and maintain detailed process flows, decision points, and update relevant policies and procedures.
4. Integrations: Ensure seamless integration of procurement channels, synchronization of master data, and optimal user experience.
5. Change Management: Lead change efforts, communicate strategies, ensure adoption, provide training, and gather feedback.
6. Incidents/Issue Resolution: Address critical incidents, define hot fixes, and resolve major faults.
7. Innovation and Continuous Improvement: Stay updated on industry trends, drive process optimization, automation, and leverage analytics capabilities.
8. Collaboration and Partner Engagement: Work closely with technology partners and cross-functional teams to ensure platform efficiency.
We tend to look for people with:
* Bachelor's degree or equivalent in relevant fields.
* Experience in project management/process improvement methodologies (e.g., Agile, Lean Six Sigma).
* Strong understanding of procurement processes and supply chain dynamics.
* Proven experience as a Product Owner or similar role in procurement technology or process transformation.
* Analytical, problem-solving, and excellent communication skills.
* Experience with procurement orchestration solutions, workflows, automation, and procurement technologies.
* Knowledge of agile development, user stories, backlogs, and cross-functional collaboration.
* Knowledge of AI-driven tools and emerging procurement technologies.
* Understanding of APIs, coding principles, and software integration is advantageous.
What’s in it for you?
* Competitive salary and bonus.
* 25 days annual leave, with an option to purchase 5 more.
* Wellbeing benefits, including mental health support, medical, dental, and critical illness cover.
* Matched pension contributions up to 10%.
* Access to online learning platforms for career development.
* Opportunity to join an innovative, fast-paced, passionate team.
Who we are:
Liberty Blume, a Liberty Global company, specializes in tech-enabled back-office solutions, delivering efficiency and value through Business, Procurement, and Financial Solutions. Join us on our growth journey and unlock your potential!
Liberty Global is committed to diversity and inclusion and welcomes candidates from all backgrounds.
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