At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

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Your Role: Global Process Owner P2P

As the Global Process Owner (GPO) for P2P, you will be accountable for the end-to-end P2P process across all regions and business units. In this role, you’ll be responsible for setting global standards, driving harmonization, owning process design and controls, and steering technology enablement to deliver measurable outcomes like compliance and touchless processing. You will partner with various teams to define the target operating model and lead continuous improvement and global process optimization.

Your Responsibilities:

• Define and own the global P2P process architecture, policies, and controls, chairing the P2P Governance Council and managing the global process roadmap.
• Map and optimize end-to-end P2P processes, standardizing controls, and driving Straight-Through Processing (STP) through Lean/Six Sigma initiatives.
• Own the P2P solution blueprint and integrations across SAP, Ariba, OpenText, and Concur, defining configuration standards and partnering with IT for system management.
• Collaborate with Procurement, AP, Treasury, Tax, Compliance, and Audit on design and policy alignment, launching supplier enablement programs, and driving user adoption.
• Define and document P2P global standard processes, identify improvement opportunities, conduct root-cause analysis, and ensure audit-ready documentation.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree in Accounting, Finance, Business, or IT
• A minimum of 10 years of experience in P2P/AP/Procurement/GBS, with 5+ years in process ownership or transformation
• Deep hands-on experience with SAP, Ariba, and Concur P2P modules, and a proven track record in implementing or optimizing global P2P processes

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Lean Six Sigma certification (Green/Black Belt) or equivalent continuous improvement experience.
• Familiarity with e-Invoicing, supplier portals, Ariba Network, OCR/IDP tools, and payment factories.
• Exposure to Treasury, Working Capital, Cash Forecasting, and Discounting (dynamic discounting, SCF).
• Master’s/MBA a plus.

Additional Information:

Travel: ~10–20% for process workshops, deployment, and stakeholder engagement

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status