Lead Systems Analyst - RemoteTowson, MD, USAThe Job: As a Lead Systems Analyst, you'll be part of our IT - Supply Chain team working as a remote employee. You'll get to:
- Serve as the functional/technical lead for the Procurement technology product area, partnering with Procurement Business Process Owners to define vision, roadmap, and measurable outcomes (cycle time, compliance, touchless processing, supplier enablement)
- Own and maintain the product backlog (features/user stories), including prioritization, refinement, and alignment to business value and capacity.
- Lead discovery and solution shaping for S2C and P2P initiatives; drive decisions across process standardization vs. local variation.
- Drive AI and automation initiatives across S2C and P2P to improve user experience, increase compliance, reduce cycle times, and enable touchless processing (e.g., workflow automation, intelligent intake, guided buying, PO/PR/invoice automation, and spend/supplier insights).
- Act as the project functional/technical lead for implementations, rollouts, and major enhancements (global/regional), coordinating requirements, design, testing, cutover, and adoption.
- Lead cross-functional workshops to define future-state processes and confirm impacts across Procurement, Finance/AP, and upstream/downstream systems.
- Manage functional risks, dependencies, and scope trade-offs; ensure delivery quality and readiness.
- Own end-to-end requirements: business requirements, functional specifications, process flows, control requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Design and standardize processes across:
- S2C: sourcing events, supplier onboarding/qualification, supplier lifecycle management, contract authoring/approvals, contract repository, and compliance workflows.
- P2P: catalogs/guided buying, requisitioning, approvals, PO lifecycle, receiving, invoicing, matching, exceptions, and supplier enablement.
- Ensure solutions support auditability and key controls (e.g., approval traceability, delegation, tolerance rules, segregation of duties, retention).
- Provide functional oversight for configuration of Ariba (or similar) modules and related workflows, catalogs, and supplier enablement settings.
- Lead functional definition for integrations between the S2P suite and multiple ERPs (SAP, Infor, QAD, JDE), including: Supplier/master data synchronization and POs, receipts, invoices, status updates and exceptions
- Partner with integration teams (iPaaS/ESB/API) and data/BI teams to validate mappings, reconciliation, and reporting needs (spend, compliance, operational KPIs).
Typical Systems & Modules in Scope - S2C: sourcing, supplier lifecycle/onboarding, contract lifecycle management (CLM), approvals, compliance
- P2P: catalogs/guided buying, requisitions, approvals, PO management, receiving, invoicing/e-invoicing, matching, exceptions
- ERP integration: SAP, Infor, QAD, JDE (multi-ERP operating model)
- Reporting: spend analytics, compliance, cycle time, exception, aging
- Integration protocols: APIs, EDI, cXML, ETL processes
The Person: You love to learn and grow and be acknowledged for your valuable contributions. You're not intimidated by innovation. Wouldn't it be great if you could do your job and do a world of good? In fact, you embrace it. You also have:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, or equivalent experience.
- 8+ years of functional/technical experience sitting at the intersection of enterprise business system analysis and tech procurement pipelines supporting enterprise applications.
- 2+ years Low-Code/No-Code hands-on experience building, deploying, and maintaining production-ready low-code applications and automated workflows
- Hands-on experience with S2P Platforms like SAP Ariba/GEP/Coupa/Ivalua or similar platforms across S2C and/or P2P modules.
- Experience integrating S2P tools with SAP, Infor, QAD, and/or JD Edwards (including master data and transactional flows).
- Familiarity with agile delivery and tooling (Jira/Azure DevOps) and ITSM (ServiceNow).
- Experience with global template design, regional rollouts, and change management/adoption.
- Strong SQL/data validation skills and familiarity with BI tools (Power BI/Tableau).
- Strong experience translating business needs into epics/features/user stories and functional specifications.
- Proven leadership in testing and release readiness (UAT leadership, defect triage, go-live/hypercare).
The Details:You'll receive a competitive salary and a great benefits plan, including:
- Medical, dental, life, vision, disability, 401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tools and other partner programs.
And More:We want our company to be a place you'll want to be - and stay. Being part of our team means you'll get to:
- Grow: Be part of our global company with 20+ brands to grow and develop your skills along multiple career paths.
- Learn: Have access to a wealth of learning resources, including our digital learning portal.
- Belong: Experience an awesome place to work, where we have mutual respect and a great appreciation for a wide range of perspectives and experiences.
- Give Back: Help us continue to make positive changes locally and globally through volunteerism, giving back, and sustainable business practices.
What's more, you'll get that pride that comes from empowering makers, doers, protectors, and everyday heroes all over the world. We're more than the #1 tools company. More than a driving force in outdoor power equipment. More than a global leader in industrial. We're visionaries and innovators. As successful as we've been in the past, we have so much further to go. That's where you come in. Join us!
This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship (H1B, OPT/CPT, TN etc).
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The Salary range for this position is $90,000.00 - $144,900.00
- This is the lowest to highest annual full-time salary range we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. The salary offered within the range may vary depending on multiple factors including job level, geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, qualifications, experience and in compliance with local wage requirements. Please note that salary is only one component of total rewards at Stanley Black & Decker.
- The salary range listed in this job posting reflects the range for the primary location specified. The salary range may vary for other locations.
- The successful candidate may be eligible for annual merit increases.
- Medical, dental, life, vision, disability,401(k), Employee Stock Purchase Plan, paid time off, and tuition reimbursement in addition to programs & benefits in support of your well-being.
- Discounts on Stanley Black & Decker tool sand other partner programs.
