Senior Consultant, SAP Ariba

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in India.

📋 Description

• Facilitate the gathering of requirements and conduct process workshops focused on supplier management.

• Develop and set up SAP Ariba SLP processes, encompassing supplier requests, registration, qualification, preferred supplier designation, and disqualification.

• Configure supplier questionnaires, project templates, approval workflows, and lifecycle processes.

• Record business requirements, functional specifications, and configuration decisions.

• Oversee functional testing, assist with user acceptance testing, and create training materials.

• Harmonize supplier onboarding and qualification processes in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Ensure supplier data quality, governance, and continual maintenance.

• Diagnose SLP issues and suggest enhancements for process and configuration.

• Promote adoption through user training, documentation, and knowledge sharing.

• Partner with technical teams for supplier data integration with SAP ECC, SAP S/4HANA, and related applications.

• Aid in data mapping, validation, and resolving supplier integration issues.

• Collaborate with procurement, finance, and supplier enablement teams to synchronize business processes.

• Provide consistent functional application support for SAP Ariba SLP, including incident resolution, service requests, and configuration adjustments.

• Investigate persistent issues, conduct root cause analysis, and coordinate solutions with technical teams and SAP support.

• Assist with release testing and regression testing, maintain support documentation, and inform business users of issue status.

• Manage assigned deliverables, estimations, risks, and dependencies.

• Support data migration, cutover, post-go-live activities, and ongoing enhancements.

• Offer progress updates and recommendations to clients and project leadership.

• Mentor junior consultants and contribute to the establishment of delivery standards.

⛳️ Requirements

• Strong hands-on functional and configuration skills in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP).

• Experience with the supplier process in backend systems (SAP ECC-SAP S/4HANA).

• Proven experience in implementing and supporting supplier registration, qualification, onboarding, and lifecycle management processes.

• Proficient in configuring supplier questionnaires, templates, approval workflows, and qualification criteria.

• Experience with Integration using Cloud Integration Gateway/Managed Gateway.

• Familiarity with supplier master data, governance, and integration requirements.

• Skill in translating supplier management requirements into effective SLP solution designs.

• Experience in providing ongoing SAP Ariba SLP application support, which includes incident management, troubleshooting, and service request handling.

• Background in delivering SAP Ariba SLP implementations and enhancements, covering requirements gathering, configuration, testing, and deployment.

• Ability to document functional requirements and work collaboratively with technical teams on integrations and extensions.

• Experience with data validation, defect resolution, user training, and post-go-live support.

• Understanding of procurement processes and how supplier lifecycle management supports source-to-pay activities.

• Experience in managing complex or multi-country supplier onboarding and qualification processes.

• Proficiency in SLP integration with SAP ECC or SAP S/4HANA.

• Knowledge in supplier data migration, cleansing, and governance.

• Direct experience working with procurement and supplier management stakeholders.

• Familiarity with SAP Integration Suite, managed gateway for spend management, and SAP Business Network.

• Experience with SAP Ariba Sourcing, SAP Ariba Spend Analysis, SAP Business Network, SAP MM, SAP FI/AP, SAP Ariba Buying, SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, SAP Ariba Invoice Management, or SAP Ariba Catalog is advantageous.

• Relevant SAP Ariba certification is a plus.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Effective communication skills and stakeholder management.

• Capability to connect supplier management requirements with system capabilities.

• A collaborative approach towards client delivery, mentoring, and continuous improvement.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline.

• Over 7 years of relevant SAP experience, including hands-on SAP Ariba SLP implementations and ongoing application support.

• Experience in SAP transformation programs and client-facing delivery.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible work-from-home arrangement.

• Comprehensive medical benefits package.

• Gratuity, PF, EPS, Bonuses, and NPS.

• Shift allowances.

• On-call allowance.

• Health and wellness allowances.

• Learning and development allowances.

• No-questions-asked certification policy.

• Certification bounty bonus.