Procure to Pay Advisor

Procure to Pay Advisor

Contract | 50% Travel

Summary

This role is for a senior supply chain practitioner who understands how materials actually move through an organization and how planning decisions show up on the shop floor, in the warehouse, and with suppliers. You will work hands-on with MRP, inventory, and Procure-to-Pay processes, helping teams interpret system signals, monitor exceptions, and make better operational decisions.

The focus is practical execution: improving MRP results, stabilizing inventory, strengthening supply chain fundamentals, and enabling teams to use SAP as an operational enabler rather than a reporting tool. This role requires someone who is functionally strong in supply chain concepts, comfortable teaching and challenging teams, and experienced working directly with planners, buyers, schedulers, and operations leaders.

Key Responsibilities

Supply Chain & MRP Leadership

• Analyze and improve MRP performance, including exception messages, planning parameters, and material availability
• Monitor and interpret MRP exceptions and inventory signals, guiding teams on corrective actions
• Support effective movement of materials across procurement, production, warehousing, and distribution
• Evaluate inventory performance and recommend improvements to safety stock, lot sizing, and replenishment strategies
• Support Procure-to-Pay processes, including purchasing master data, vendor integration, and material flow alignment

Functional Advisory & Enablement

• Work directly with supply chain teams to translate system outputs into clear operational actions
• Teach planners, buyers, and supply chain leaders how to apply SAP functionality to real-world scenarios
• Facilitate working sessions that drive adoption, accountability, and sustainable process improvement
• Challenge existing behaviors and help teams apply best practices consistently
• Support change management efforts to ensure skills learned are applied long after engagement

SAP Execution & Optimization

• Leverage SAP to support supply chain execution across MRP, inventory management, and procurement
• Review master data impacting planning, purchasing, warehousing, and production
• Participate in light configuration, functional specifications, testing, validation, and change control
• Support both SAP ECC and S/4HANA environments

Required Experience

Supply Chain & MRP

• 10 years of hands-on supply chain experience in an SAP environment
• Strong expertise in MRP, exception monitoring, inventory management, and material movement
• Solid understanding of Procure-to-Pay processes and their downstream impact on planning and inventory
• Experience working directly in business roles such as planning, purchasing, scheduling, or operations

SAP Functional Experience

• Deep functional knowledge of SAP supply chain processes (ECC and S/4HANA)
• Ability to connect SAP functionality to real operational outcomes
• Experience with master data management for procurement, warehousing, or production planning
• Exposure to testing, validation, and change control processes
• SAP and/or APICS certification is a plus

Skills & Competencies

Business & Functional Skills

• Strong grounding in supply chain fundamentals and best practices
• Ability to review MRP and inventory performance and make actionable recommendations
• Confident facilitator who can lead discussions, workshops, and working sessions
• Comfortable holding teams accountable and driving follow-through
• Strong presentation skills and comfort working in remote collaboration environments

Soft Skills

• Clear communicator who can make complex concepts simple and actionable
• Curious, analytical, and comfortable asking hard questions
• Collaborative and empathetic, with the ability to work side-by-side with client teams
• Flexible and adaptive when plans change, without losing sight of outcomes