Procurement Specialist II (Coupa)

Aquent, a leading talent solutions partner, is thrilled to collaborate with a forward-thinking organization dedicated to optimizing critical infrastructure and driving innovation in its industry. This is an unparalleled opportunity to join a team that values digital transformation and operational excellence. As a key contributor, you will directly influence the efficiency and strategic direction of our client's supply chain operations, implementing cutting-edge solutions that will shape the future of procurement and empower data-driven decision-making across the enterprise. Your expertise will be instrumental in enhancing processes, improving user experience, and ensuring compliance, making a tangible impact on core business functions.

About the Role

We are seeking a highly technical and hands-on professional to drive the digital enablement and optimization of supply chain operations. In this pivotal role, you will serve as a functional expert, solution owner, and trusted advisor across Procure-to-Pay (P2P) technologies, with a primary focus on Coupa, alongside SAP S/4HANA and Ariba. You will be instrumental in designing, configuring, testing, and deploying scalable digital solutions, process automations, and advanced tools, including Agentic AI, to foster efficient, compliant, and data-driven buying behaviors. You will be directly accountable for system administration, data governance, continuous process improvement, and platform adoption across the organization, ensuring our client remains at the forefront of supply chain innovation.

Key Responsibilities

• Platform Administration & Configuration: Act as the primary functional expert for procurement technology. Design, configure, and maintain platform settings, master data integrity, user access controls, and integrations across Coupa, SAP S/4HANA, and Ariba.
• Process Enablement & Automation: Identify, design, and implement digitization and process-automation opportunities to minimize manual effort, strengthen internal controls, improve user experience, and drive compliance across end-to-end P2P workflows.
• Functional Advisory: Provide expert support for the full source-to-pay lifecycle, including intake, guided buying, requisitioning, approval matrixes, PO creation, receiving, invoicing, supplier enablement, and audit compliance.
• Data Governance & Analytics: Oversee procurement data literacy, monitoring and interpreting metrics related to spend, supplier performance, platform adoption, and system efficiency to drive informed decisions.
• Solution Delivery & Continuous Improvement: Lead system testing, documentation, solution deployment, and post-go-live optimizations. Partner across Supply Chain to standardize processes and drive sustainable user adoption, ensuring long-term success.

Qualifications & Skills

Required Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience: 2-4+ years of hands-on experience in procurement technology, process enablement, or supply chain systems administration.
• Core Technical Expertise: Deep functional expertise with Coupa, including system administration and configuration experience (not just end-user experience).
• Domain Knowledge: Profound functional understanding of source-to-pay / P2P processes, controls, supplier enablement, and guided buying frameworks.
• Analytical & Business Skills: Proven ability in process mapping, root-cause analysis, solution design, system testing, user documentation, and change enablement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Certifications:
  
  
  
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    Coupa Certification (Platform Admin / Implementation)

  • SAP Certification (S/4HANA or Ariba)
  • Project Management certification (PMP, Agile, Scrum, or Product Management)
  
  
  
  
• Experience leveraging emerging technologies (e.g., Agentic AI, workflow automation tools) within supply chain processes.