CFCO 1534 - Supply Chain Technology Lead

# Job Title: Supply Chain Technology Lead
Work Location: Hyderabad Position: Fulltime
# Summary of role
The Supply Chain Technology Lead provides hands-on technical leadership for the applications, workflows and integrations that support the end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) ecosystem. The role owns day-to-day technical delivery and continuous improvement across ERP applications and partner integrations, working closely with Finance, Procurement, Operations, technology teams and vendors.
# Core activities

- Act as the day-to-day technical owner for the P2P application and integration landscape, maintaining a clear technical roadmap aligned with the broader technology strategy.
- Lead solution design and technical delivery for enhancements across ERP solutions, procurement workflows, invoice processing, supplier onboarding and partner digital integrations.
- Translate business requirements into pragmatic, secure and supportable technical designs within agreed enterprise architecture and engineering standards.
- Remain hands-on with solution analysis, design reviews, integration troubleshooting, code and configuration reviews, and the resolution of complex production issues.
- Design and improve API, event-driven, EDI and data integration patterns supporting internal systems and external partners.
- Build reusable integration and partner-onboarding patterns that improve delivery speed, consistency, transaction traceability and reconciliation.
- Improve observability across the P2P estate through effective logging, monitoring, alerting, runbooks and root-cause remediation.
- Identify and deliver practical automation opportunities across P2P workflows, including intelligent document processing, exception handling and AI-assisted operations.
- Coordinate internal engineers, delivery partners and vendors, setting technical direction and assuring the quality, maintainability and supportability of delivered solutions.
- Partner with Finance, Procurement and Operations stakeholders to prioritise work, explain technical options and risks, and support adoption of delivered capabilities.
- Embed security, privacy, resilience and data-governance requirements into solution design and operational practices.
- Coach developers and technical contributors, progressively building the leadership and architecture capability required to take broader ownership of the Core Systems domain.

Skills and Experience

- 8-10 years of experience in software engineering, enterprise applications or systems integration, including at least 2-3 years operating as a Senior Developer or Technical Lead.
- Strong hands-on capability in full stack custom application design, integration engineering and the support of business-critical systems using Python, react.js, node.js and AWS cloud stack.
- Experience with Camunda, Cleo and Netsuite or similar solutions highly desirable.
- Experience working with ERP, finance, procurement or supply-chain platforms and an understanding of end-to-end Procure-to-Pay processes.
- Experience leading mid-level and junior developers situated on-site and offshore.
- Practical experience with APIs, messaging, ETL, event-driven integration or EDI patterns, including monitoring and production troubleshooting.
- Experience delivering solutions across cloud and SaaS environments using modern software development and release practices.
- Ability to translate business needs into clear solution designs and make sound technical trade-offs within enterprise standards.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with accountability for seeing issues through from diagnosis to sustainable resolution.
- Confidence working directly with business stakeholders, vendors and delivery partners, supported by clear written and verbal communication.
- Ability to lead through influence, coach others and balance hands-on technical work with delivery coordination and stakeholder engagement.
- Tertiary qualification in computer science, software engineering, information systems or a related discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

Key Stakeholders

- Within the team: Chief Data & Technology Officer, Core Systems contributors, Data & AI Engineering, Platforms, Digital Resilience and Business Partnering.
- Within the business: Finance, Procurement and Operations stakeholders who own P2P processes, priorities, controls and adoption.
- Delivery partners and vendors: application, implementation, support and integration partners engaged across the P2P estate.
- External partners: suppliers, logistics providers and other connected organisations involved in partner onboarding and transaction flows.