Process Leader Procure to Pay

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Dawn Foods is a global leader in bakery manufacturing and ingredients distribution. As the partner of choice for inspiring bakery success, we helpcustomers grow their business through meaningful partnerships, research-driven insights and innovations, and products and expertise they can depend on. As a family-owned company, our commitments to our people, products, customers, and corporate values, are all part of our recipe for success.

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Why work for Dawn Foods?

PEOPLE. PRODUCTS. CUSTOMERS.

Why should you apply? We invest in you!

• Industry-leading health insurance on Day 1!
• Competitive Pay
• 401(K) + company match
• 10 Paid Company Holidays
• Paid Time Off
• Professional training
• Family-owned business with over 100 years of service
• An opportunity for career advancement, working as part of an empowering workforce.

Job Purpose and Overview

The Process Leader, Procure to Pay (PTP) willbe responsible for documenting & governing the overall PTP end-to-end process, ensuring that processes are standardized across Dawn's North America (NA) Business Unit, driving transactional efficiency, and defining and implementing a PTP roadmap. The PTP roadmap will need to balance the desired process changes with the capabilities of Dawn's existing business systems landscape, including best practices built within Dawn's current ERP (SAP ECC), as well as have an eye toward Dawn's "to be" business systems landscape, such as S/4Hana. The PTP process leader will apply best practices to propose and implement improvements while adhering to a governance process by ensuring appropriate stakeholders and decision makers are part of the design and implementation of processes. An important output in this role in the first year is an end-to-end PtP policy & procedure.

This is a remote position with occasional travel requirements. Travel may include visits to the home office in Jackson, MI, and potentially to Mexico (Mexico City and Monterrey) if S4/Hana is implemented. The total amount of travel will vary depending on your location, but it is expected to be up to 25%. Travel may increase during system implementations or as project demands require.

What will you do as a Process Leader Procure to Pay at Dawn Foods?

This role will be responsible for documenting & governing the overall PTP end-to-end process, ensuring that processes are standardized across NA, change is managed carefully following a structured governance model, and process improvements are identified, including technology changes.

• Manage and implement Procureto Pay process roadmap to deliver a standard PTP process for Dawn NA.
• Identify and implement process improvements and cost gains initiatives, maintaining a strong focus on execution and delivery of short-term results while moving towards the long-term vision.
• Define key performance indicator (KPI) metrics to measure end-to-end service performance, quality, and internal customer satisfaction.
• Collaborate with IT on system enhancements to improve the PTP process with an emphasis on internal customer satisfaction while also leveraging the inherent capabilities and flexibility of Dawn's current and planned business application ecosystem, SAP being Dawn's system of record.
• Collaborate with various stakeholders such as Procurement, AP, Finance, and Supply Chain to align PTP priorities.
• Nurture a culture of continuous improvement, best practice sharing, and process standardization and align with the other Process Leaders throughout the NA Business Unit.
• Escalate process issues to respective business owners in a timely and structured approach.
• The position will be a North American role that could evolve into a Global BPL.

What Does It Take to be a Process Leader Procure to Pay atDawn Foods?

Below are the minimum qualifications to be a fit for this job.

• 10+ years of experience in Procure to Pay.
• 5 years leading successful projects/driving continuous improvement preferred.
• Strong grounding in process, controls & systems, and subject matter expert in PTP.
• Demonstrated leadership as Business Process Libary in an SAP environment preferred.
• Procure to Pay experience in an SAP environment preferred, especially S4/Hana.
• Strong, proven business partnering mentality; has the maturity and awareness to strike the right balance between facilitating and challenging the business.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate cross-functionally with a business partnering mentality.
• Demonstrated change management skills getting from "as is" to "to be."
• Willing to "own" the PTP process.
• Strong experience in building compelling business cases and appropriate persistence that shapes the opinions of stakeholders; position proposals by linking to others' needs and concerns.
• Self-starter with demonstrated initiative.
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in IT or business.
• English required + Spanish beneficial.

Physical Demands & Work Environment

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.

• The normal setting for this job is: office setting ora home office.
• This is a remote opportunity with travel up to 25%.

Note:The level of physical effort may vary from site to site and in some cases be greater or lesser than documented here.

If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for, please click "Apply."

About Our Benefits

Dawn is proud to employ the top talent in the baking industry, and we reward our people with comprehensive health and well-being coverage, competitive compensation packages, and award-winning benefit offerings. We also help protect your future financial health with a generous 401(k) matching program that provides additional retirement funds and many tools and resources on financial wellness. Dawn encourages professional growth through tuition assistance and educational programs, and we are always searching for ways to improve our industry-leading services and benefits.

Compensation Range:

$105,210 - $173,590 with bonus incentive.

#LI-JA1 #LI-Remote

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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity/gender expression, citizenship status, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other status or condition that is protected by applicable law.

Requisition ID: 36877