GPO Analyst

What You’ll Do as a Purchase to Pay (P2P) GPO Analyst

• Support the P2P GPO in maintaining and enhancing global P2P processes, governance frameworks, SOPs, process maps, RACIs, and control documentation to ensure standardisation across the organisation.
• Monitor and analyse P2P performance through KPIs, SLAs, and control metrics, identifying trends, process gaps, risks, and opportunities for continuous improvement.
• Coordinate day-to-day P2P governance activities, including stakeholder engagement, action tracking, issue resolution, service reviews, escalations, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Act as a P2P SME for transformation and technology initiatives, supporting process design, testing, implementation, and adoption of systems such as Oracle, SoftCo, ZIP, and other P2P-related tools.
• Drive process optimisation, automation, and control enhancement initiatives by leveraging data-driven insights and partnering with Finance, Procurement, GBS, Technology, and business teams.
• Prepare governance reporting, leadership updates, training materials, and stakeholder communications while supporting change management and capability development across the P2P function.

What You’ll Get

Healthcare, pension, and potential bonus. 27 days of leave plus bank holidays, with the option to buy five more days. Benefits also include Tax Saver Tickets, a fitness centre, and a subsidised cafeteria.

This role is a hybrid opportunity, offering one to two days working from home.

What You’ll Bring

• Experience in Procure-to-Pay, Accounts Payable, Procurement Operations, Finance Operations, Finance Transformation, or Process Governance environments.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end P2P processes, controls, best practices, and process governance, ideally within retail, consumer goods, or shared services.
• Proven analytical skills, including interpreting operational data, identifying trends, performing root-cause analysis, and providing actionable recommendations.
• Strong attention to detail and experience maintaining process documentation, SOPs, governance materials, action trackers, control documentation, and reporting packs.
• Experience working with ERP and finance systems, preferably Oracle ERP, with exposure to procurement, P2P, and financial reporting processes.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills, with a proactive, problem-solving mindset. A finance, accounting, business, or process improvement qualification is advantageous.

About Primark

Primark is a global retail business that grew from its first store in Dublin in 1969 to more than 440 stores in 17 countries, with over 80,000 colleagues.