Global Source-to-Pay Operations & Transformation Engineer

About Lynxeo

At Lynxeo, we are ready to electrify the industry. This means supporting equipment manufacturers with customized cabling and connectivity solutions that meet all their needs in energy, data transmission, and automation.

Our company is experiencing double-digit growth, with strong prospects for expansion and an international presence that keeps us close to our customers. We design and manufacture cables as well as complex solutions for industrial clients. With a balanced presence between Western Europe and Asia, and recent investments in Poland and the United States, our human-sized company combines local support with global reach.

Speed, responsiveness, simplicity, and pragmatism are at the heart of everything we do.

Role Purpose

We are looking for a hands-on Source-to-Pay professional to support the evolution of procurement processes, systems and ways of working across an international industrial environment.

The role will initially focus on selected procurement processes, including SAP Ariba and SAP-related topics, invoice-related processes and collaboration with Shared Services.

The successful candidate will help improve existing processes, coordinate cross-functional initiatives and support the impact of procurement transformation on tools and operations.

Working closely with and reporting to the current S2P process owner, the role will also provide an opportunity for progressive knowledge transfer.

Key Responsibilities

S2P Process Improvement

• Take responsibility for selected Source-to-Pay processes.
• Review existing processes and identify practical opportunities to improve their efficiency, clarity and consistency.
• Help document processes, responsibilities and ways of working where needed.
• Work with Procurement, Finance and other relevant stakeholders to resolve process issues and implement agreed improvements.
• Develop a sound understanding of invoice-related processes and their interfaces with Procurement and Accounts Payable.

Systems and Transformation

• Contribute to procurement transformation initiatives affecting processes, tools and Shared Services activities.
• Work with SAP Ariba and SAP stakeholders to understand business needs, assess impacts and support the implementation of process changes.
• Contribute to the preparation and evolution of future systems and process changes, including the Group’s SAP roadmap.
• Translate operational requirements into clear process or system needs, working with IT and other project stakeholders.
• Support testing, communication, training and adoption activities as required.

Shared Services and International Collaboration

• Coordinate with the Shared Services team in Romania on process-related topics and operational issues, including purchase-order creation, supplier creation and master-data activities.
• Support service quality and process improvement by clarifying requirements, following up issues and escalating where appropriate.
• Assess the impact of procurement process or system changes on Shared Services activities.
• Work effectively with colleagues and stakeholders in India and across other Group locations.
• Build working relationships with local teams and visit sites when required to support implementation, training or adoption.

Project Delivery and Knowledge Transfer

• Manage assigned workstreams with clear objectives, milestones, governance and communication.
• Coordinate stakeholders, track progress and raise risks or dependencies in a timely manner.
• Support the current process owner in reducing workload and progressing priority topics.
• Participate in a progressive transfer of knowledge about the S2P processes and operating model.
• Over time, take on broader responsibilities where appropriate and agreed.

Candidate Profile

Experience and Knowledge

• Relevant experience in Source-to-Pay, procurement processes, procurement transformation or a related operational role.
• Good working knowledge of SAP Ariba and SAP.
• Familiarity with invoice-related processes.
• Demonstrated experience contributing to or managing projects, including planning, coordination, governance and stakeholder communication.
• Experience in, or strong exposure to, an industrial environment is important.

Skills and Working Style

• Able to work independently, structure their own priorities and move topics forward without close day-to-day direction.
• Pragmatic and comfortable improving processes.
• Strong coordination and stakeholder-management skills across Procurement, Finance, IT, Shared Services and local teams.
• Able to manage several topics in parallel and communicate clearly about progress, risks and decisions.
• Willing to engage with both project work and operational process issues.

Languages and Location

• Fluent English and in French is required.
• International travel to Group sites is expected.

Terms and Benefits

•            Contract type: Permanent contract.

•            Location: based at our HQ in Paris La Défense with regular travel to the Group’s sites.

•            Salary: Depending on profile, including a fixed salary and performance-based bonus.

•            Benefits: Meal vouchers, health insurance, and strong career development opportunities.

Recruitment Process

Our recruitment process is simple and fast:

1.           An initial Teams interview with our Talent Acquisition team.

2.           An interview with the manager and team director.

3.           A final meeting with HR.

Lynxeo recognizes the differences that make each employee valuable and unique. Diversity is the key to performance and to our global ambition of driving the energy transition towards a sustainable planet. We know this from experience. At Lynxeo, all differences are valued and respected.

As a result, you will be a key player in a multinational organization where we foster a culture of sharing. This is why we strongly encourage diversity in our recruitment process — bring yours to Lynxeo, it is welcome!

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