Director of Procurement Systems and Analytics

Quaker Houghton

$120K — $150K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in procurement technology or analytics roles
  • Demonstrated success in leading digital transformation initiatives
  • Expertise in data governance and compliance standards
  • Strong analytical skills with experience in predictive insights and advanced analytics
  • Proven ability to partner with cross-functional teams and stakeholders
  • Experience managing supplier risk frameworks and dashboards

Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute a strategy for procurement systems across the organization
  • Lead the optimization and integration of procurement technologies with ERP systems
  • Implement data governance and quality standards to ensure compliance
  • Identify and automate opportunities within procurement processes
  • Define analytics strategies aligned with enterprise goals and measure performance
  • Design supplier risk analytics frameworks integrated within procurement platforms
  • Lead and mentor a high-performing team while fostering cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health and wellness programs
  • Opportunities for professional development and training
  • Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance initiatives
  • Performance-based recognition and incentives
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Director - Procurement Systems & Analytics is responsible for leading the strategy, governance, optimization, and continuous improvement of procurement technology platforms and analytics capabilities. This role drives digital transformation across the Source-to-Pay (S2P) ecosystem, enabling data-driven decision-making, operational excellence, compliance, and value creation across the enterprise.

The Director also ensures procurement systems and data architectures support proactive supplier risk identification, monitoring, and mitigation. Partnering closely with Procurement, Finance, IT, Legal, Risk, and business stakeholders, the Director ensures platforms are integrated, secure, scalable, and capable of delivering predictive insights that protect business continuity and enterprise value

The Director partners closely with its stakeholders across the organization to ensure procurement systems are scalable, integrated, secure, and aligned with business strategy. This leader oversees procurement analytics, reporting, automation, and system innovation initiatives to enhance visibility, performance, and savings realization.

  • Procurement Systems Strategy:
    • Develop and execute the roadmap for procurement systems (e.g., S2P, P2P, contract lifecycle management, supplier management tools)
    • Lead system optimization, upgrades, enhancements, and integrations with ERP and enterprise platforms
    • Establish governance, controls, and data standards to ensure system integrity, compliance, and policy adherence
    • Drive adoption and change management across procurement technologies
    • Serve as the primary liaison between Procurement and IT for system priorities and support
  • Digital Transformation & Innovation:
    • Identify opportunities to digitize and automate procurement processes
    • Lead implementation of new tools and technologies to enhance efficiency and visibility
    • Benchmark industry best practices and emerging procurement technologies
    • Partner with cross-functional teams to enable end-to-end process improvements
  • Analytics & Data Strategy
    • Define and implement a procurement analytics strategy aligned with enterprise objectives
    • Oversee spend analytics, supplier performance analytics, savings tracking, compliance reporting, and risk dashboards
    • Build executive-level reporting and KPI frameworks to measure procurement performance and value delivery
    • Leverage advanced analytics, automation, AI/ML, and predictive insights to improve sourcing and supplier decisions
    • Ensure high data quality standards, governance, and master data management
  • Supplier Risk Systems & Intelligence (System-Focused)
    • Lead the design and enablement of supplier risk analytics frameworks embedded within procurement systems
    • Oversee integration of third-party risk data sources (financial health, geopolitical, ESG, cyber, operational, sanctions, etc.) into procurement platforms
    • Develop automated risk scoring models and dashboards to provide real-time supplier risk visibility
    • Enable early-warning indicators through data monitoring, alerts, and exception reporting
    • Partner with Enterprise Risk, Legal, Compliance, and Cyber teams to ensure supplier risk data is standardized and actionable
    • Drive automation of risk assessments, onboarding due diligence workflows, and periodic risk refresh
    • Establish risk data governance and audit-ready documentation standards within procurement systems
  • Leadership
    • Lead and develop a high performing team, act as a trusted advisor to leadership and stakeholders
    • Influence cross-functional stakeholders to promote a culture of accountability, integrity and compliance

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