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SAP Business Processes Consultant - SAP Ariba in Bangalore, India
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Business Process Consultant Procurement , APJ Region
The Customer Business Process Consultant is responsible for assisting our customers with the design and
deployment of their Ariba Cloud solutions. As functional experts, they will help lead the customer in the
build, testing and deployment of their software solution and associated business processes while
providing project planning and management services. While the focus of this posting is the Deployment
Lead/ Functional Lead role, our team is required to have a deep understanding of the functions and
features of the applications.
Duties and Responsibilities
Project Management Duties:
Deployment responsibilities include assisting customers throughout the various phases of SAP
Aribas solution deployment by using SAP Activate methodology from Kick off to Go Live.
To act as a liaison between the customer and various groups within Ariba such as Technical
Support, Sales & Customer Engagement, Engineering, and Product Management teams.
Proactively collaborates with customer and internal project team to anticipate and respond to
issues that could impact solution deployment (e.g., change in scope)
Strong PMO skills with sound communication skills to manage external & Internal stakeholders
Responsible for maintaining the project forecasts Felipe/PTD, Budgets, resource estimations.
Responsible for customer satisfaction (VOC) during the successful deployment of solutions
Functional lead Duties:
Focus on functionally guiding the customer, getting correct customer personnel to answer
requirements questions, and compatible configuration of On demand with Ariba Network(AN)
Functional Leads will assist with all aspects of a deployment including (but not limited to):
requirements gathering, process configuration, documenting process flows, user interface
configuration, user and supplier set-up and testing support, project management support, issue
resolution support.
Understanding the customer solution landscape (AS- IS) and recommend the TO-BE design
solution proposal and case study.
Work closely with the cross functional teams in co ordinating and arriving at holistic design
recommendation for the customer landscape.
People Development
Owns developing and maintaining team operating principles and team templates and work
instructions.
Working across multiple cross functional teams Both internal & external stakeholders.
Owns developing internal team trainings and other related knowledge collateral
(Internal/External)
Acts as a mentor to new team members.
Teamwork
Executes with minimal guidance and shows strong initiative.
Maintains regular communication with team members (e.g., face-to-face, via voicemails, emails)
especially across multiple solution deployments so everyone understands status of project.
Displays proactive communication (i.e., face-to-face meetings and phone calls are more frequent
than emails).
Participates in the creation of solution, customer, and industry knowledge collateral by leveraging
the appropriate resources (internally at Ariba and externally at the client)
As started above, the focus of this posting is the Deployment Lead / Functional Lead role, our
team is required to have a deep understanding of the functions and features of the
applications. In order to do this, we would expect this person to serve as a Functional Lead on a
periodic basis to enhance this understanding of how to deploy the applications
Qualifications andExperience:
5 Years in the Procurement domain or Supply chain Industry.
Experience in SAP Ariba Buyer/ Downstream Modules [P2P, Contracts, Invoicing, Reports etc..] is
preferred.
SAP ERP MM, SRM or S4 Hana (or similar) deployment experience is a plus.
Exposure to SAP ACTIVATE methodology.
Exposure to Project Management methodologies Agile, waterfall, lean, Scrum, Lean..etc
Candidates having experience with Supply chain management or Procurement processes
applications is desired.
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EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:
Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.
Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.
Requisition ID: 396506 | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Professional | Employment Type: Regular Full Time | Additional Locations: #LI-Hybrid.
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