Procurement Operations and Coupa Senior Specialist

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Procurement Operations and Coupa Senior Specialist based in the United States. This senior-level role will support and optimize procurement operations with a strong focus on the Coupa platform and end-to-end Procure-to-Pay processes. You will help manage requisitions, approvals, purchase orders, invoices, supplier onboarding, reporting, and procurement controls. The position plays an important role in advancing workflow automation, touchless processing, data visibility, and user adoption. You will work across Procurement, Finance, Legal, Accounts Payable, IT, and business teams to improve operational alignment. The role combines hands-on system expertise with process improvement, governance, analytics, and stakeholder support. You will also contribute to Coupa implementations, enhancements, UAT, training, and future-state procurement initiatives. This is a remote opportunity designed for an experienced procurement professional who can operate independently in a complex, deadline-driven environment. \n Accountabilities - Administer and support day-to-day procurement operations in Coupa, including requisitions, approval routing, purchase orders, invoice workflows, user access, and related controls. - Manage and optimize Coupa workflows, approval chains, catalogs, guided buying processes, and transaction flows to improve efficiency, compliance, cycle times, and user experience. - Support the full P2P process from purchase requests and approvals through PO issuance, invoice routing, and downstream payment dependencies. - Coordinate supplier onboarding activities and ensure required forms, records, documentation, and supplier information are complete and properly maintained.

- Monitor procurement transactions and documentation to support governance, audit readiness, policy compliance, traceability, and segregation of duties. - Produce operational reports, spend visibility analyses, workflow metrics, KPIs, and management insights using Coupa and related procurement systems. - Identify process inefficiencies, system gaps, control weaknesses, and opportunities for automation, then recommend practical improvements to procurement leadership. - Support Coupa implementation and enhancement initiatives across areas such as Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Information Management, Smart Intake & Orchestration, analytics, service procurement, catalogs, and workflow configuration. - Participate in UAT activities and help validate new functionality, process changes, and system enhancements before deployment. - Provide training and guidance to internal users on Coupa functionality, procurement policies, processes, and operational best practices. - Partner with Procurement, Finance, Legal, Accounts Payable, IT, suppliers, and business stakeholders to resolve issues and maintain effective end-to-end processes. - Support source-to-contract and supplier lifecycle activities as they connect to procurement operations and Coupa recordkeeping. - Perform additional procurement operations and process improvement activities as assigned by leadership. Requirements - Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Supply Chain, Procurement, Information Systems, or a related field. - 10+ years of relevant experience in procurement operations, Procure-to-Pay, purchasing systems support, accounts payable operations, or a related procurement function. - Strong hands-on Coupa experience in a business or administrative capacity, with knowledge of Coupa Source-to-Pay, P2P, Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Information Management, and related capabilities. - Experience leading or supporting Coupa implementations, enhancements, and UAT assessments across multiple modules.