James Knox
Senior ConsultantJob Description
Location: Amsterdam
Type: Permanent
Candidates can be open to relocation
Required Background
- 5-10 years' experience in Procurement, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, or Consulting
- Experience improving and scaling operational processes across multiple regions or business units
- Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working across Procurement, Finance, Accounts Payable, Legal, and business teams
- Experience managing procurement operations, requisition-to-pay (R2P), procure-to-pay (P2P), or related processes
- Strong data governance and data quality mindset
- Experience driving operational change, process adoption, and continuous improvement initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, or a related field
- Comfortable working independently within a fast-paced and evolving environment
- Procurement Operations and Req-to-Pay (R2P) process management
- Purchase Order (PO) management and compliance
- Invoice reconciliation and exception management
- Supplier onboarding and supplier enablement
- Process automation and workflow optimisation
- AI-enabled process improvement and business automation
- Procurement data management and reporting
- Spend analytics, KPI reporting, and dashboard development
- Business process improvement and operational transformation
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities
- Hands-on experience developing or deploying AI-powered workflows, agents, or automation solutions
- Experience with:
- Coupa
- Databricks
- Tableau
- Power BI
- N8N
- Claude Code
- Cursor
- Experience working with Business Intelligence or Data Analytics teams
- Exposure to digital procurement transformation programmes
- Experience supporting global procurement or finance operations
- Support and improve global Req-to-Pay operations and processes
- Drive process optimisation, automation, and AI adoption initiatives
- Manage procurement operations including requisitions, approvals, purchase orders, invoice reconciliation, and exception handling
- Improve procurement data quality, governance, and reporting capabilities
- Deliver spend analysis, operational reporting, and actionable business insights
- Support supplier onboarding, enablement, and adoption initiatives
- Partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, and business stakeholders to drive continuous improvement
- Contribute to procurement transformation programmes and future-state operating models
By applying for this role, you consent to SGI contacting you by telephone regarding recruitment services, market updates, and relevant business opportunities
We believe in equal opportunity for all and actively encourage applications from diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.
Source Group International Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy