Deputy Finance Global Process Owner - Procure to Pay

Following the combination with Bakkavor in January 2026, we’re one of the UK’s leading creators of convenience food, driven by a simple purpose: to make everyday taste better.

As a vibrant and fast-moving business, we’re proud to employ over 28,000 talented colleagues across 36 manufacturing sites and 21 distribution depots in the UK and the US. Together, we bring delicious food to life. Our products cover every meal occasion from breakfast through to dinner and dessert, with lunch and snacking in between. In FY25, our shared passion helped us achieve combined revenues of approximately £4bn.

 

Our extensive direct to store (DTS) network, with 17 depots across the UK, allows us to deliver fresh and frozen food both our own and from trusted partners to thousands of stores every day, ensuring consumers enjoy the very best, whenever and wherever they shop.

In this busy and exciting role you will play a key part in transforming our Procure‑to‑Pay (PTP) process as part of a major three‑year ERP implementation. You will take ownership of specific elements of the PTP design, work closely with cross‑functional teams, and help shape how we buy, manage suppliers and process payments in a newly digitised environment.

 

• Support the Global Process Owner in defining and communicating the PTP process vision
• Maintain integrity and consistency of the PTP business process model
• Define data standards and models to support efficient PTP activity
• Drive cross‑functional collaboration to improve the PTP process and manage dependencies
• Lead elements of S/4HANA design, testing and implementation
• Align SAP PTP solutions with business requirements
• Support and optimise OpenText VIM (Vendor Invoice Management) processes, ensuring efficient invoice processing, workflow management and exception resolutionIdentify and deliver automation opportunities across the PTP process to improve efficiency, control and user experience
• Contribute to standardised, business‑focused reporting design
• Support data migration, compliance and wider change management activities
• Resolve stakeholder queries and cross-functional issues proactively
• Lead or support transformation projects to deliver value on time and within budget
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, leveraging technology and automation to enhance PTP performance

 

• Strong understanding of the end‑to‑end Procure‑to‑Pay process
• Direct experience applying PTP best practice and delivering improvements
• Qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA or CIMA)
• Strong understanding of operational and financial PTP challenges
• Experience of invoice processing and workflow automation solutions, ideally OpenText VIM (Vendor Invoice Management)Demonstrable experience identifying and implementing process improvement and automation opportunities within PTP environments
• Demonstrable experience identifying and implementing process improvement and automation opportunities within PTP environments
• Excellent communication and influencing skills without formal authority
• Proven leadership capability and cross‑functional collaboration experience
• Experience working on large-scale transformation programmes
• ERP experience, ideally SAP S/4HANA 
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to challenge existing processes and drive efficiencies

 

Throughout your time at Greencore, you will be supported with on the job training and development opportunities to further your career.