Buyer Integration Senior Consultant - SAP Ariba Network Integration Job

Job Description

Requisition ID: 231611
Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services
Expected Travel: 0 - 10%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time

COMPANY DESCRIPTION
SAP started in 1972 as a team of five colleagues with a desire to do something new. Together, they changed enterprise software and reinvented how business was done. Today, as a market leader in enterprise application software, we remain true to our roots. That’s why we engineer solutions to fuel innovation, foster equality and spread opportunity for our employees and customers across borders and cultures.

SAP values the entrepreneurial spirit, fostering creativity and building lasting relationships with our employees. We know that a diverse and inclusive workforce keeps us competitive and provides opportunities for all. We believe that together we can transform industries, grow economics, lift up societies and sustain our environment. Because it’s the best-run businesses that make the world run better and improve people’s lives.

Buyer Integration Senior Consultant (BI) is accountable for driving a buyer's integration initiative between the SAP Ariba Network and buyer’s ERP to automate the customers buying processes and drive collaborative commerce.

The BI serves as the SAP Ariba Network expert on integration options and customer requirements, mentor to junior co-workers, and influencer of resources that impact the customer's success. The BI will demonstrate the ability to oversee multiple programs and provide technical support as they grow their knowledgebase of Ariba tools and technology. The BI consults buyers on integrating with the Ariba Network to electronically transact commerce via SAP Ariba solutions.
Project management, excellent verbal and written communication skills plus a strong technical background are required to effectively drive customer projects.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Support the customer in implementation of the technical components of SAP Ariba Network connectivity solutions with customers ERP backends.
• Provide technical guidance for customers and their system integrators around mapping, configuration, adapter setup, BADI knowledge, SAP Notes and navigating Ariba Technical Support.
• Use SAP Ariba technologies and processes including UI Customization cross Ariba Network transactions, Ariba Network configuration, and Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) for Buyers.
• Support Invoice Conversion Services projects
• Support SAP Ariba Payables Solutions.
• Articulate and present SAP Ariba’s Network capabilities and value verbally, in writing, and via presentations to various stakeholders and their support/implementation teams.
• Advise SAP Ariba buyer customers on creative and flexible solutions to speed integration and ultimately transactions to drive their business.
• Analyze customer system landscapes to provide best practices recommendations for system configurations.
• Lead regular scheduled conference calls with customer and their system integrators as part of the integration workstream to ensure project status is tracking as planned.
• Able to manage multiple projects across different programs liaising with key functional areas.
• Coordinate and support testing process with customer from engagement to deployment.
• Lead and influence resources that impact success. Including management of and delegating tasks to resolve issues to other teams/individuals when necessary.
• Provide regular feedback on customer projects assigned to SAP Ariba management for tracking against corporate goals.
• Work as primary technical contact on complex multi-products solution implementations.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Minimum of 4+ years of experience in IT Consulting.
• Ability to work in a multi-functional team environment and influence others that impact success.
• Experience creating and delivering presentations on project related work to team members, management, and customers.
• Flexibility to adjust regular business hours to the needs of global customers.
• Fluent English - Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Comfortable working on large deployment projects with multiple internal and external project teams.
• Familiarity and/or aptitude with SAP technologies including SAP ECC backend systems and including S/4HANA in one or more of the areas
  • MM/SRM
  • IDOC integration, ABAP
  • SAP technical experience with integrations and middleware solutions such as PI/PO and CPI.

PREFFERED JOB SPECIFIC SPECIALIZED KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS

• Able to solve a wide range of issues in practical ways leveraging the SAP Ariba solution set.
• Understanding of the functional processes involved in SAP Ariba OnDemand solutions (Sourcing, Invoice Management / Buying and Invoicing) and the electronic transactions which support them.
• Ability to adapt support style to align with the technical capabilities of the customer.
• Strong knowledge of Procurement and Payable processes.
• Enthusiasm for learning, applying and sharing new technologies.
• Have previously worked on shared services environments.
• Knowledge in other European Languages

WHAT YOU GET FROM US

Success is what you make it. At SAP, we help you make it your own. A career at SAP can open many doors for you. If you’re searching for a company that’s dedicated to your ideas and individual growth, recognizes you for your unique contributions, fills you with a strong sense of purpose, and provides a fun, flexible and inclusive work environment – apply now .

SAP'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT
To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

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