Procurement Excellence Manager - VR Group - Remote - Global
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Job Description
We are looking for a Procurement Excellence Manager to join our Procurement team in Helsinki and play a key role in the implementation of a new procurement solution. In this role, you will be responsible for the P2P service purchasing area, acting as the bridge between procurement, business stakeholders, IT and the implementation partner. You will help ensure that future processes, system capabilities and deployment activities come together in a way that supports efficient, compliant, scalable and AI assisted service purchasing. This role is ideal for someone who enjoys working in transformation projects where process design, ERP implementation, stakeholder alignment and change management are closely connected. You will contribute across the implementation lifecycle from requirement definition and design decisions to testing, training, go-live readiness and post-deployment improvement. Main responsibilities include owning the P2P service purchasing workstream within the new procurement solution implementation project defining target processes, business requirements and user needs for the service purchasing scope in collaboration with procurement, business and IT stakeholders supporting solution design, fit-gap discussions and implementation decisions together with the project team and external partners planning and coordinating testing, training, data readiness and go-live activities for the assigned process area ensuring that governance, controls, guidance materials and master data support a successful and compliant ERP-enabled operating model acting as a key user and subject matter expert during deployment and supporting post-go-live stabilization and continuous improvement driving stakeholder engagement and change adoption across the organization for the service purchasing workstream.
Company Information
| Location | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Helsinki, Finland | 67 |
| Oulu, Finland | 16 |
| Tampere, Finland | 12 |
| Pieksämäki, Finland | 8 |
| Remote - Global | 7 |
| Joensuu, Finland | 7 |
| Kuopio, Finland | 3 |
| Rovaniemi, Finland | 2 |
| Kouvola, Finland | 2 |
| Stockholm, Sweden | 2 |
| Jyväskylä, Finland | 1 |
| Turku, Finland | 1 |
| Kirkkonummi, Finland | 1 |
| Remote - Finland | 1 |
| Espoo, Finland | 1 |
| Sipoo, Finland | 1 |
| Kotka, Finland | 1 |
| Kerava, Finland | 1 |
| Vaasa, Finland | 1 |
| Role type | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Human Resources Specialist | 14 |
| Customer Service Professional | 6 |
| Bus Driver | 5 |
| Heavy Vehicle Technician | 3 |
| Train Attendant | 3 |
| Customer Service | 3 |
| System Specialist | 3 |
| Customer Service Worker | 3 |
| Customer Service Assistant | 3 |
| Manager | 3 |
| Healthcare Professional | 2 |
| Warehouse Worker | 2 |
| Customer Service Representative | 2 |
| Product Owner | 2 |
| Sales Manager | 2 |
| Data Scientist | 2 |
| Product Manager | 2 |
| Technician | 2 |
| Supervisor | 2 |
| Category Manager | 2 |
| IT Solution Manager | 1 |
| Researcher | 1 |
| Marketing Specialist | 1 |
| Electrician | 1 |
| Customer Experience Designer | 1 |
| Integration Team Lead | 1 |
| Environmental Specialist | 1 |
| Financial Controller | 1 |
| Quality & Continual Improvement Trainee | 1 |
| Project Engineer | 1 |
| Resource Planner | 1 |
| Personnel Developer | 1 |
| Traffic Manager | 1 |
| Chief Enterprise Architect | 1 |
| Finance Analyst | 1 |
| Linja-autonkuljettajan työharjoittelu | 1 |
| Apprentice Tram Driver | 1 |
| Internship for Bus Driver Trainee | 1 |
| Business Manager | 1 |
| Transportation Planning Trainee | 1 |
| Public Transport Driver | 1 |
| Assembler | 1 |
| Data Analyst | 1 |
| Window Seamer | 1 |
| Compensation and Benefits Specialist | 1 |
| Legal Intern | 1 |
| Technical Designer | 1 |
| Fleet Supervisor | 1 |
| Train conductor | 1 |
| Finance Assistant | 1 |
| Manufacturing Engineer | 1 |
| Food Service Worker | 1 |
| Finance Manager | 1 |
| Technology | 1 |
| Software Engineer | 1 |
| Production Planner | 1 |
| Logistics Worker | 1 |
| Quality & Continual Improvement Engineer | 1 |
| Service Attendant | 1 |
| Welding and Production Engineer | 1 |
| Design Assistant | 1 |
| Service Staff | 1 |
| Legal Expert | 1 |
| Supply Chain Sustainability Manager | 1 |
| Data Specialist | 1 |
| Purchasing Specialist | 1 |
| Solution Architect | 1 |
| Conductor | 1 |
| Railway Workshop Supervisor | 1 |
| Electrical Designer | 1 |
| Role level | Active listings |
|---|---|
| Mid-Level | 17 |
| Intern | 5 |
| No People Management | 3 |
| Manager | 2 |
| Mid-level | 1 |
| Senior | 1 |
VR Group appears in 135 indexed job postings in JobCrawls' Finland dataset since October 2023. In that historical index, the strongest location signals for this employer are Helsinki, Finland, Oulu, Finland, and Tampere, Finland.
About
VR:llä me olemme sitoutuneet yhteiselle matkalle maailman parhaaksi. Tämä toimintamme tarkoitus määrittää meille erittäin vastuullisen ja merkityksellisen roolin yhteiskunnassa, sekä Suomessa että Ruotsissa. Huolehdimme arjen sujuvista matkoista. Toimivilla ja tehokkailla kuljetusratkaisuilla yhdistämme toimitusketjut, teollisuuden sekä asiakkaamme. Me ajattelemme VR:llä niin, että motivoituneet ihmiset luovat menestystä. Olemme kestävä ja moderni palveluyritys, jossa me yhdessä tekemällä luomme arvoihimme – välitämme, teemme yhdessä ja pyrimme parempaan – pohjautuvaa hyvinvoivaa työyhteisöä meille kaikille. Rakentamalla arvopohjaista VR-kulttuuria mahdollistamme myös erinomaisen asiakaskokemuksen asiakkaillemme uudistuneen strategiamme mukaisesti. Tiesitkö? Meillä on noin 9 000 työkaveria Suomessa ja Ruotsissa Meillä viihdytään – keskimäärin 10,3 vuotta (VR Suomi) Meillä puhutaan yli 50 eri kieltä Lue lisää: Ura VR:llä
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Job Details
Responsibilities
- Owning the P2P service purchasing workstream within the new procurement solution implementation project
- Defining target processes, business requirements and user needs for the service purchasing scope in collaboration with procurement, business and IT stakeholders
- Supporting solution design, fit-gap discussions and implementation decisions together with the project team and external partners
- Planning and coordinating testing, training, data readiness and go-live activities for the assigned process area
- Ensuring that governance, controls, guidance materials and master data support a successful and compliant ERP-enabled operating model
- Acting as a key user and subject matter expert during deployment and supporting post-go-live stabilization and continuous improvement
- Driving stakeholder engagement and change adoption across the organization for the service purchasing workstream
