S2P Requisition to Receipt Global Process Lead
Barcelona, Spain Regular Posted on Sep. 30, 2025 Closing on Oct. 31, 2025S2P Requisition to Receipt Global Process Lead
- Location: Barcelona, Spain
Requisition to Receipt Global Process Lead
At Sanofi we chase the miracles of science to improve people’s lives. We are dedicated to making a positive impact on the lives of the patients and families we serve, and we accomplish our goals through world-class research and with the compassion and commitment of our employees.
As we continue to transform the practice of medicine, the next chapter of Sanofi’s Take the Lead strategy will require a focus on delivering transformation and simplification of our core processes, optimizing resource allocation and deployment to fuel business growth and investment in science.
Our Source to Pay Team:
Our ambition: dynamically disrupting ways of working anddelivering an augmented workforce focused on automating the Procurement lifecycle to enable Sanofi to chase the miracles of science to improve people's lives. Sanofi has been building the foundations of re-imagining enterprise services with the help of AI over the past few years. With the creation of Business Operations Global Business Unit 1,5 years ago, we have elevated our commitment to innovation and excellence.
Business Operations plays a key role for Sanofi in modernizing the way we work by setting the new leading standard, enforcing stronger policy adherence and significant operational improvements. The re-imagined end-to-end process will strategically improve and automate areas of Source to Pay to deliver significant value and empower Sanofians to make more strategic decisions.
We are an expert leadership team, passionate about leading high performance and committed to making it effortless for Sanofians to get what they need – powered by AI so colleagues can focus on chasing the miracles of science and accelerate breakthroughs. We bring people together – many of them in our four hub locations around the world - which simplify processes, break down barriers and rapidly cross-fertilise the best ideas across Sanofi.
Reporting to the Global Process Owner Source-to-Pay (S2P), the Requisition to Receipt Global Process Lead is responsible for leading the global strategy, design, implementation, and continuous improvement of the Procure-to-Pay (P2P) process, specifically focusing on the requisition to receipt phase. In this role, you will ensures efficient and compliant procurement processes typically driving the organisations transactional matching strategy to ensure payment commensurate to goods received.
Responsibilities
Process Design & Optimization:
- Design fit for purpose requisition to receipt processes, ensuring first time match rates and eliminating manual interventions where possible
- Identify opportunities for process improvements and implement solutions to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
- Operate to, and promote, standardized and harmonized ways of working to ensure global consistency in the execution of requisition to receipt processes across all global locations
- Develop and maintain global requisition to receipt policies, procedures, and best practices
Stakeholder Management & Customer Centricity:
- Lead cross-functional teams to improve requisition to receipt efficiency and effectiveness
- Collaborate effectively with stakeholders across various departments and geographical locations to gather requirements, manage expectations, and ensure buy-in for process improvements
- Provide guidance on how to best translate procurement processes into transactional matching to ensure minimal exceptions in the invoicing and payment processes
- Develop and maintain strong stakeholder relationships across Procurement, Finance, Legal, GBUs, and Corporate Functions
Technology & Tooling:
- Implement and manage technology solutions to support the requisition to receipt process
- Work with IT and other relevant teams to select, implement, and maintain tools used to support a streamlined requisition to receipt process. This includes evaluating existing systems and recommending improvements or replacements
- Understand and leverage AI technologies and future possibilities to enhance the S2P function, driving innovation and strategic advantages
- Ensure data integrity within S2P and contribute to Data Governance initiatives
- Lead initiatives to drive best solution usage, user experience and automation as part of continuous improvement
Risk Management & Compliance:
- Ensure Internal Control and compliance requirements are embedded in requisition to receipt process design
- Identify and mitigate risks associated with approval workflows, ensuring compliance with relevant regulations and internal policies
- Monitor compliance with relevant regulations and policies, establish periodic self-auditing frameworks to proactively identify gaps
Change, Training & Documentation:
Develop and deliver training materials and documentation to support the effective implementation and use of requisition to receipt processes and new technologies
Lead change management efforts to ensure successful adoption of new processes and technologies across the organization
Metrics & Reporting:
Establish clear Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to manage and report on requisition to receipt process
Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and reporting on the effectiveness of the processes, identifying areas for improvement and tracking progress against targets
Measure first time match rate and implement corrective actions
Implement continuous improvement initiatives based on performance data and track value generated from continuous improvement projects
Evaluate requisition to receipt process maturity & performance through benchmarking
Qualifications
Required:
- Proven experience in Purchase to Pay, ideally within a large, multinational organization
- Deep understanding of P2P processes and best practices
- Strong process improvement skills, including experience with methodologies such as Lean or Six Sigma
- Ability to work independently and as part of a global team
- Experience with P2P systems and related technologies
- Project management experience, with a proven track record of delivering projects on time and within budget
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field (e.g., Business Administration, Supply Chain Management). A relevant professional qualification (e.g., PMP, Six Sigma) would be advantageous
- Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
- Strategic thinker with the ability to translate strategy into actionable plans
- Effective communicator with the ability to influence to drive adoption of standardized processes
- Results-oriented with strong analytical and problem solving skills; ability to collect, organize, analyze, and disseminate information with attention to detail and accuracy
- Fluent in English (spoken and written)
- Ability to travel approximately 40% of the time
Key competencies:
- Systematic thinking: Reimagine and define end-to-end process and value creation
- Connected Leadership: Ability to influence behaviors and drive change
- Business Acumen: Build trust and team-up with the business (across the whole enterprise)
- Solution Knowledge: Drive process and technology solution innovation
- Outcome Orientation: Drive performance and transformation
Preferred:
- MBA or other advanced degree
- Professional certifications such as Certified Procurement Professional (CPP)
- Experience in healthcare and/or life-science industry
- Experience in establishing and developing shared service capabilities and services.
- Knowledge of SOX and fundamental accounting principles
- Experience with SAP / Concur etc..
- Strong business acumen, strategic thinking, and intellectual curiosity
- Developed business partnering, collaboration, and interpersonal skills required.
- Demonstrated ability to interact with and influence senior level stakeholders.
- Ability to work transversally and within a highly matrixed environment.
- Global or international experience and ability to work with a diverse team.
- Prior BPO management experience.
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Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
Pursue Progress. Discover Extraordinary.
Join Sanofi and step into a new era of science - where your growth can be just as transformative as the work we do. We invest in you to reach further, think faster, and do what’s never-been-done-before. You’ll help push boundaries, challenge convention, and build smarter solutions that reach the communities we serve. Ready to chase the miracles of science and improve people’s lives? Let’s Pursue Progress and Discover Extraordinary – together.
At Sanofi, we provide equal opportunities to all regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.
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