Job ID: 527319
CRH's Americas Materials division is the leading integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete and paving and construction services in North America. Our operations span North America with over 29,000 employees at close to 1,660 locations in 45 US States and 2 Canadian provinces.
Position Overview We are seeking an experienced SAP Manager to own the Procure to Pay (P2P) process landscape, spanning Purchasing (purchase requisitions and purchase orders), Goods Receipt & Invoice Processing, and P2P Support. The ideal candidate is a strong business partner who can align technology initiatives with strategic procurement and finance objectives and drive digital transformation, backed by deep hands-on expertise in SAP Materials Management (MM), direct and indirect procurement, goods receipt and invoice processing, business partner/master data management, and P2P KPI reporting, along with proven hands-on experience integrating SAP with sourcing, banking, tax, and EDI/vendor systems.
This is a business-facing role: the successful candidate will spend significant time directly with Procurement, Finance, and Operations leaders, understanding how they work today and co-designing how they should work tomorrow. As process owner, this person will lead discovery and design workshops, map current- and future-state processes, and drive continuous improvement across the procure-to-pay value chain. The role also leads a team of SAP P2P functional resources, driving system enhancements and hands-on integration delivery, and ensuring an efficient, well-controlled, and continuously improving procurement and payables process across the organization.
Key Responsibilities (Essential Duties and Functions) To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.
Business Process Design & Improvement - Act as the primary business-facing process owner for P2P - spending regular, recurring time with business leads in Procurement, Finance, and Operations.
- Partner directly with business stakeholders to understand gaps and pain points, translate business needs into functional requirements, and design scalable, efficient P2P processes.
- Define and track KPIs and process performance metrics jointly with business owners, and report progress back to them on a regular cadence.
- Establish and run a standing business process governance forum (e.g., monthly P2P process review) to surface emerging issues, prioritize backlog items, and keep process design decisions transparent and business-led.
Driving Design Workshops & Business Engagement - Own end-to-end workshop planning and delivery: define objectives, identify the right stakeholders, build the agenda, and drive the session to concrete, documented decisions and next steps.
- Plan and facilitate requirements-gathering and process design workshops with cross-functional stakeholders across Procurement, Finance, and Operations - driving discussions toward decisions rather than open-ended brainstorming.
- Run fit-gap and solution design sessions with business and technical teams, presenting options, trade-offs, and recommendations, and driving alignment on process decisions and configuration approaches.
- Use visual facilitation techniques (process maps, whiteboarding, journey maps) in live sessions to help business stakeholders see and agree on the proposed design in real time.
- Manage constructive conflict in workshops - surfacing and resolving competing priorities between functions (e.g., Procurement, Finance, and Operations) to reach a workable, business-endorsed outcome.
Purchasing (PR&PO) - Own the end-to-end SAP purchasing process, including purchase requisitions (PR) and purchase orders (PO), for both direct and indirect procurement categories.
- Provide strong hands-on functional expertise in SAP Materials Management (MM), including approval workflows, release strategies, and source determination.
- Partner with Procurement leadership to streamline direct procurement (production materials, raw goods) and indirect procurement (services, MRO, corporate spend) processes.
- Ensure accurate integration between purchasing, inventory, and financial postings so that requisition-to-order data remains consistent end-to-end.
Goods Receipt & Invoice Processing - Own the SAP goods receipt and invoice processing landscape, including GR/IR account management and Logistics Invoice Verification.
- Drive automation and exception reduction to increase touchless invoice processing rates and reduce manual intervention.
- Partner with Finance and Shared Services to ensure accurate, timely goods receipt postings and invoice matching (2-way/3-way match).
- Support continuous improvement initiatives to reduce invoice cycle time, resolve GR/IR discrepancies, and improve on-time vendor payment performance.
P2P Support - Own business partner (BP) and vendor master data governance, ensuring accurate, complete, and compliant records across the P2P landscape.
- Provide ongoing functional support for P2P processes, triaging and resolving issues raised by Procurement, Finance, and end users.
- Own P2P KPI reporting, building and maintaining dashboards and reports that give leadership visibility into procurement and payables performance.
- Partner with technical teams to maintain and enhance P2P reporting tools and master data workflows.
Systems Integration - Own hands-on design and support of integrations between SAP and sourcing/supplier platforms such as Coupa/SAP Ariba, ensuring accurate PO, confirmation, and invoice flow.
- Lead integration between SAP and vendor/EDI networks, banking/payment platforms, and tax engines, resolving mapping and interface issues with technical teams and vendors.
- Ensure integration reliability, monitoring, and error handling across the P2P interface landscape.
- Partner with enterprise architecture and middleware teams to maintain a scalable, well-governed P2P integration framework.
Team & Stakeholder Management - Lead, mentor, and develop a team of SAP functional analysts/consultants supporting P2P.
- Act as primary liaison between business stakeholders (Procurement, Finance, Operations) and technical teams.
- Manage vendor and implementation partner relationships for P2P-related projects and integrations.
- Prepare and present status updates, roadmaps, and risk assessments to senior leadership.
Project & Change Management - Lead SAP P2P enhancement projects, upgrades, and rollouts, including requirements gathering, solution design, testing, and deployment.
- Ensure proper documentation of business processes, configuration, and support procedures.
- Drive adherence to change management, testing, and release governance standards.
- Support audits and ensure compliance/internal controls across P2P processes.
Qualifications Required Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or equivalent experience.
- 15+ years of overall SAP experience, with 5+ years in a managerial or team lead capacity.
- Strong hands-on functional experience in SAP Materials Management (MM), including purchase requisitions and purchase orders across direct and indirect procurement.
- Hands-on experience with SAP goods receipt and invoice processing, including GR/IR and Logistics Invoice Verification.
- Hands-on experience integrating SAP with sourcing/supplier platforms (e.g., SAP Ariba), EDI/vendor networks, and banking or tax systems.
- Working knowledge of business partner (BP) and vendor master data governance.
- Experience building and maintaining P2P KPI reporting and dashboards.
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.
Preferred Qualifications - Experience with SAP S/4HANA and the Business Partner (BP) data model.
- SAP certification(s) in MM or related modules.
- Hands-on experience with SAP Ariba or similar supplier/sourcing platforms.
- Familiarity with P2P analytics and reporting tools (e.g., SAP Analytics Cloud, Power BI).
- Experience with middleware/integration tooling (e.g., SAP PI/PO, SAP CPI, or third-party iPaaS).
- Experience working in an Agile/Scrum delivery environment.
- Prior experience in a shared services or global SAP Center of Excellence (COE) model.
Key Competencies - Strategic and process-oriented thinking with strong attention to detail.
- Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities across functional areas.
- Strong cross-functional collaboration across IT, Procurement, Finance, and Operations.
- Vendor and stakeholder management skills.
- Team leadership and mentoring capability.
The statements included in this job description are not intended to be all-inclusive. They represent typical elements and criteria necessary to successfully perform the job. Other duties may be assigned as required. Requirements for this job are subject to modification by the Company and its designees, and reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
What CRH Offers You - Highly competitive base pay
- Comprehensive medical, dental and disability benefits programs
- Group retirement savings program
- Health and wellness programs
- An inclusive culture that values opportunity for growth, development, and internal promotion
About CRH CRH has a long and proud heritage. We are a collection of hundreds of family businesses, regional companies and large enterprises that together form the CRH family. CRH operates in a decentralized, diversified structure that allows you to work in a small company environment while having the career opportunities of a large international organization.
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