At a Glance
- Tasks: Manage and optimise our Source-to-Pay platform, ensuring smooth procurement processes.
- Company: Join a leading retail company focused on innovation and technology.
- Benefits: Enjoy hybrid working, competitive salary, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace committed to your development.
- Why this job: Be at the forefront of AI-driven procurement in a dynamic retail environment.
- Qualifications: 3-5 years in procurement or systems administration with strong data analysis skills.
The predicted salary is between 40000 - 50000 £ per year.
- Procurement Systems Manager
- Waterloo - Hybrid Working Full Time Permanent Grade 4
You will act as the day‑to‑day product owner and administrator of Currys' Source‑to‑Pay platform (currently Zip), configuring and maintaining the system, supporting users, and keeping spend data, suppliers and catalogues accurate so that Goods Not For Resale (GNFR) procurement runs efficiently and in line with policy.
The platform roadmap and prioritisation are owned by the Procurement Excellence & Technology Lead.
This role contributes ideas to that roadmap and executes the agreed changes and configuration.
It also plays a hands‑on part in the platform deployment and migration from SAP Ariba, helping the team build one of the most AI‑forward procurement functions in UK retail.
- Platform Configuration & Administration
- Configure and maintain the Source‑to‑Pay platform across all modules (intake and orchestration, sourcing, third‑party risk, contracting and Procure‑to‑Pay (P2P)), covering approval routing, intake forms, sourcing templates and workflow rules.
- Enforce “No PO, No Pay” through system controls, and deliver the P2P and finance‑related configuration in collaboration with the UK Finance Systems Team.
- Deployment & Transition Support
- Support the deployment of Zip and the migration from SAP Ariba, including building and testing configuration, supporting user acceptance testing (UAT), data migration and cutover readiness, and helping drive user adoption through go‑live and hyper‑care.
- Maintenance, Releases & Integrations
- Carry out scheduled maintenance (data cleansing, business‑object management and configuration health checks).
- Test new platform releases in UAT and manage user communications before rollout.
- Maintain both SAP and non‑SAP platform integrations.
- Contract Register & Compliance
- Maintain the contract register, covering obligation tracking, renewal alerts and visibility of committed spend.
- Monitor compliance with procurement policies and Delegation of Authority approval controls.
- Supplier Portal, Catalogue & Guided Buying
- Manage the supplier portal, including structured onboarding, compliance documentation and supplier engagement.
- Maintain catalogue content, punch‑out connections and the guided buying experience for self‑service spend.
- AI Tools & Automation
- Configure and maintain the platform’s native AI agents, and support the build, testing and rollout of additional procurement AI tools such as RFx drafting, contract analysis and spend reporting across the Source‑to‑Pay platform, Claude and Writer.
- Monitor exceptions and human interventions, and feed these back to improve agent performance over time.
- Spend Data, Reporting & Platform Metrics
- Maintain the spend analytics dataset.
- Produce regular reporting on spend under management, policy compliance, contract coverage and Finance‑validated savings, together with platform‑health measures such as user adoption, guided‑buying self‑service rate, touch‑less/automation rate and requisition‑to‑PO cycle time.
- Support the production of dashboards and reports for senior executives in Procurement, as well as other business functions such as Finance, Legal and IT.
Experience Required
- 3–5 years in procurement operations, purchasing, sourcing support or procurement systems administration.
- Hands‑on configuration or administration of an e Procurement / Source‑to‑Pay (S2P) platform such as Zip, Coupa, SAP Ariba, Ivalua or Oracle.
- Working knowledge of Source‑to‑Pay processes (requisitioning, purchase orders, approvals, sourcing, contracting and supplier onboarding), and how the platform integrates with an ERP (ideally SAP), including supplier and catalogue master data.
- Strong data analysis and reporting skills (Excel, Power‑BI and ideally Databricks) for spend, savings and platform performance reporting.
- AI fluency, with the ability to configure, test and improve AI agents and automated workflows in a business setting.
Every voice has a space at our table and we're committed to making inclusion and diversity part of everything we do, including how we strengthen our workforce.
We want to make sure you have a fair opportunity to show us your talents during our application process.
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Procurement Systems Manager employer: Currys PLC
Currys plc is an exceptional employer that champions innovation and inclusion, making it a fantastic place for professionals looking to lead impactful technology initiatives. With a strong focus on personal and career development, employees benefit from a collaborative work culture and the opportunity to contribute to the UK's largest tech recycling efforts, ensuring meaningful work that positively affects the environment and community.
