AI Procurement Domain SME (Remote, US)

Req ID: 393369 NTT DATA strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now. We are currently seeking a AI Procurement Domain SME (Remote, US) to join our team in Plano, Texas (US-TX), United States (US). Key Responsibilities Presales & Solutioning Engage CPOs and leaders across strategic sourcing, category management, supplier management, procurement operations, finance, legal, and supply chain to understand transformation priorities. Lead discovery and value workshops; translate business needs into AI Native solutions with clear outcomes, value hypotheses, scope, and ROI. Develop solution narratives, business cases, POVs, proposals, demo storylines, KPI frameworks, and executive presentations. Demonstrate how GenAI and Agentic AI can improve spend visibility, savings realization, sourcing cycle time, supplier performance, compliance, user experience, and procurement productivity. Assess process maturity, data readiness, technology landscape, controls, and implementation feasibility to guide opportunity qualification and solution scope. Delivery & Value Realization Serve as the lead procurement domain SME during client engagements, from diagnostic and design through deployment and adoption. Define business requirements, process designs, category and sourcing rules, approval logic, exception handling, controls, and success criteria. Validate AI agents, workflows, domain models, ontologies and automation designs against real-world procurement operations and policy requirements. Partner with procurement, finance, IT, legal, risk, and business stakeholders to drive adoption, change management, and measurable outcomes. Establish KPI baselines and track realized value against the approved business case, including hard savings, cost avoidance, compliance, cycle time, and productivity. Product & Practice Leadership Convert client insights into reusable use cases, accelerators, playbooks, demo assets, process models, and product requirements. Support the roadmap for ]procurement AI capabilities across intake-to-procure, source-to-contract, procure-to-pay, and supplier management. Train sales, solution architects, product, and delivery teams on procurement processes, value drivers, buyer personas, and positioning. Monitor market trends, competitor offerings, procurement platforms, regulatory expectations, and emerging AI-native procurement solutions. Required Qualifications 12+ years of procurement consulting, operations, transformation, technology-enabled change, or relevant industry experience. Deep expertise in at least three areas: Strategic Sourcing; Category Management; Spend Analytics; Supplier Relationship and Performance Management; Contract Lifecycle Management; Procurement Operations / P2P; Tail Spend; Supplier Risk; Procurement Analytics and Value Tracking. Strong understanding of manufacturing and products industries, including Industrial, Chemicals, Materials, CPG, High Tech, or Automotive sectors. Experience with enterprise procurement and ERP platforms such as SAP, SAP Ariba, Coupa, Oracle, Ivalua, Jaggaer, GEP, Zycus, or related solutions. Strong understanding of how AI, GenAI, and Agentic AI can be applied to procurement decisions, knowledge work, and operational workflows. Experience building outcome-based business cases and tracking savings, compliance, cash, productivity, and realized value. Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders, facilitate strategy workshops, and communicate with both business and technology teams. Excellent communication, presentation, proposal development, and structured problem-solving skills. Preferred Qualifications Prior experience in presales, solution consulting, product management, procurement advisory, or a procurement leadership role. Experience implementing AI, analytics, automation, e-sourcing, CLM, supplier management,…

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