Chief Procurement Officer

The Company:

NorthMark Strategies is a leading investment firm, combining capital, innovation, and engineering to drive long-term value. From operating complex businesses to backing breakthrough technologies, our mission is to build enduring businesses. Our team combines intelligent risk-taking, operational excellence, exceptional talent, and world-class computing capacity to create shareholder value.

Our company offers a dynamic environment where individuals have the freedom to lead companies toward bold achievements by embracing innovation, leveraging technology, and fostering differentiated business strategies. Our values are Integrity, Ability, and Energy, and the company aims to hire individuals who possess those qualities.

At NorthMark Strategies, we believe the future isn’t something to hope for, it’s something to build. We don’t just invest, we create. Bringing together strategic insight and technical horsepower to deliver outcomes that endure.

The Position:

The Chief Procurement Officer will lead the transformation and modernization of our global procurement function, overseeing a purchasing volume of $2 billion. This executive will be responsible for architecting and executing a comprehensive rebuild of the procurement organization — including strategy, structure, systems, and talent — to deliver a world-class, scalable, and technology-enabled function. A critical component of this transformation will be the enterprise-wide implementation, integration, and optimization of e-procurement systems (specifically Coupa) and their alignment with the company’s D365 finance transformation, with a strong emphasis on end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) excellence.

This role will champion the advancement of automation, AI-driven insights, and digital workflows across sourcing, contracting, purchasing, invoicing, and supplier management. The CPO will build a forward-looking procurement strategy that enhances compliance, improves spend visibility, and strengthens financial controls while enabling long-term value creation.

Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Transformation

• Lead and evolve the global procurement function, establishing a long-term strategic vision that embeds digital transformation, advanced analytics, and P2P excellence at the core.
• Architect and execute a multi-year transformation roadmap, including the global design of a unified P2P operating model spanning requisitioning, purchasing, receiving, invoicing, and payment workflows.
• Oversee the right-sizing and optimization of Coupa’s P2P capabilities, ensuring seamless integration with D365 for touchless invoicing, automated 3-way match, and real-time financial reporting.

Digital Enablement & Systems Optimization

• Drive adoption of best-in-class digital procurement technologies, including AI-enabled invoice automation, guided buying, smart approvals, supplier risk monitoring, and P2P workflow automation.
• Partner with Finance, IT, and business units to ensure P2P processes are harmonized enterprise-wide, supporting strong financial governance, compliance, and audit readiness.
• Establish end-to-end data governance and digital standards for supplier onboarding, catalog management, procurement controls, and automated payment processes.

Strategy & Supplier Management

• Monitor and anticipate market trends, commodity risk, and supplier performance while ensuring sourcing decisions integrate seamlessly into downstream P2P execution.
• Develop supplier strategies that support highly automated P2P processes, including electronic invoicing, dynamic discounting, and digital collaboration portals.

Performance Management & Operational Excellence

• Develop procurement and supply chain performance metrics that include P2P cycle times, automation rates, invoice accuracy, supplier enablement, and compliance adherence.
• Leverage automation and AI to increase touchless transactions, reduce exceptions, improve invoice processing accuracy, and enable predictive financial insights.
• Implement new techniques and methods to strengthen materials management, improve product quality, and optimize P2P throughput across business units.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Build a high-performing global procurement organization with the expertise to operate advanced digital P2P systems, manage supplier data, and execute strategic sourcing initiatives.
• Drive change management and adoption of digital tools, ensuring full utilization of Coupa, D365, and P2P automation capabilities.

Requirements

• A minimum of 20 years of relevant industry experience within a multinational or global company, with management of a global spend of at least $2 billion annually.
• Extensive experience across procurement, logistics, materials management, supply chain, continuous improvement, integrated supply chain management, and P2P process optimization.
• Proven experience leading transformations involving P2P digitalization, procurement redesign, and the deployment of e-procurement platforms.
• Demonstrated success implementing Coupa, including P2P modules, and integrating procurement workflows with ERP systems such as D365.
• Strong knowledge of automation technologies, AI applications, and touchless P2P best practices.
• Experience working in a highly complex multi-entity environment preferred.
• Bachelor’s or advanced degree required; MBA preferred.