(Senior) Manager Procurement Excellence and Digitalization (m/w/d)

Permanent Employee

full-time

Germany Munich - Home Office Option

Your mission

This role ensures procurement operates in a standardized, data driven, and scalable way. It connects strategy, operations, and systems, enabling faster decisions, lower costs, and better compliance. The role supports the ongoing SAP transformation and drives digital and AI adoption across the function. Connector between Strategy and Ops: sits in the middle of the function - takes strategic direction from the Head of Procurement and makes sure Ops executes against it. Surfaces blockers, misalignments, and capacity issues back up. Owner of procurement excellence: process quality, governance, KPIs, compliance, and continuous improvement all live here. Not a one-time project - an ongoing standard-setter for how procurement operates. Central coordinator: primary point of contact across internal stakeholders (IT, NetOps, NetDev, Finance) and external partners (suppliers, SAP/tool vendors). Manages dependencies, aligns expectations, keeps things moving.

Core responsibilities:

Process and governance

Define and enforce procurement policies and standards
Align processes across categories and regions
Ensure compliance and continuous improvement

Digitalization, SAP, and AI

Lead procurement input into SAP transformation
Translate business needs into system requirements
Implement digital tools and automated workflows
Drive AI use cases such as spend analysis, demand forecasting, and supplier risk assessment

Performance and KPIs

Define and track KPIs such as savings, lead time, and compliance
Build dash boards and standardize reporting
Identify cost and efficiency opportunities through data insights

Supplier management

Define supplier performance frameworks
Support strategic supplier reviews
Strengthen risk and due diligence processes

Team coordination

Align strategic and operational teams
Support workload balance and capability growth
Act as escalation point for procurement issues

Your profile

6–10 years in procurement operations, excellence, or transformation roles
Direct SAP experience in a procurement context (MM, Ariba, S/4HANA) — ideally during an active implementation
Proven ability to translate business requirements into system/IT specifications
Experience building and owning procurement KPI frameworks and dashboards
Track record of driving process adoption across peers without direct authority
Experience coaching or structuring work for more junior colleagues
Business fluent English; German a strong plus

Strong differentiators

Has been the procurement-side owner in an SAP go-live — not IT, not consulting
Hands-on experience with AI or automation in procurement (spend analytics, supplier mgmt, demand forecasting)
Project Management certificates
Pan-European or multi-country procurement exposure
Supplier performance framework or SRM experience

Why us?

IONITY is a joint venture of the car manufacturers BMW Group, Ford Motor Company, Hyundai Motor Group, Kia, Mercedes-Benz AG and Volkswagen Group with Audi and Porsche, along with BlackRocks Climate Infrastructure Platform as financial investor.

If you’re fascinated by electric mobility, and you want to be part of an international team, just apply now – we’re glad to receive your application!