Manager, Procurement Digital Transformation – Accounts Payable & Purchase Channels

Who We Are At Kyndryl, we run and reimagine the mission-critical technology systems that drive advantage for the world’s leading businesses.  We are at the heart of progress; with proven expertise and a continuous flow of AI-powered insight, enabling smarter decisions, faster innovation, and a lasting competitive edge. For our people—Kyndryls—that means doing purposeful work that powers human progress. Join us and experience a flexible, supportive environment where your well-being is prioritized and your potential can thrive. The Role Key Responsibilities   Lead AP Transformation   Own the transformation roadmap for global Accounts Payable & Invoice-to-Pay processes including staying ahead of changing global regulations .   Identify bottlenecks, manual activity, recurring exceptions & opportunities to simplify & st and ardize processes.   Reduce invoice cycle time, errors, rework & manual intervention.   Increase straight-through & touchless invoice processing.   Improve PO compliance & upstream purchasing behaviors that contribute to AP inefficiency.   Define baselines, targets & KPIs to measure transformation benefits.   Drive Automation & AI   Identify & prioritize automation & AI opportunities across invoice capture, coding, matching, duplicate detection & exception management.   Develop business cases based on productivity, accuracy, control improvement & ROI .   Lead pilots & proof-of-concepts & scale successful solutions.   Ensure appropriate controls , data quality & human oversight for AI-enabled processes.   Lead OCR & VIM Implementation   Own global implementation & optimization of OCR / Intelligent Document Processing & Vendor Invoice Management solutions .   Define requirements for invoice capture, validation, matching, approvals & exception h and ling.   Partner with SAP, OpenText VIM & integration teams through design, testing, UAT, deployment & stabilization.   Improve OCR accuracy & reduce manual correction rates.   Supplier Catalogues   Lead implementation & adoption of Supplier Catalogues as a preferred purchase channel .   Identify suppliers & spend categories suitable for catalogue enablement.   Implement hosted & punch-out catalogues in partnership with Procurement Operations & Category Management.   Increase catalogue spend while reducing free-text requisitions & non-compliant purchasing.   Lead Peppol & European E-Invoicing   Lead implementation of Peppol & applicable European e-invoicing requirements , Brazil Tax Regulations and other global Accounts Payable regulations .   Translate regulatory requirements into business & technology requirements.   Partner with Tax, Finance, Legal, AP & Technology teams on implementation.   Coordinate supplier enablement, testing, deployment readiness & rollout across impacted European entities.   What Success Looks Like   Success will be measured through outcomes such as:   Reduced invoice…