Package Consultant-SAP Ariba

Your role and responsibilities
As a Package Consultant at IBM, get ready to tackle numerous mission-critical company directives. Our team takes on the challenge of designing, developing and re-engineering highly complex application components and integrating software packages using various tools. You will use a mix of consultative skills, business knowledge, and technical expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into our clients' business environment and achieve business results. IBM ISA Consulting is seeking skilled consultants with SAP expertise specifically in SAP Ariba for both upstream and downstream. In this role, you will be required to provide functional/technical expertise in SAP.

You will have to lead IBM as well as client team members in completion of tasks towards achievement of goals.

All positions are based in India and business consulting positions will require 100% traveling on project sites within India.

1.  Primary
Skills:

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Certified candidates with depth knowledge in the following Ariba functionalities/modules are preferred highly preferred

Sourcing

Guided Sourcing

Contracts Management

Supplier Lifecycle and Performance Management

Supplier Risk Management

Templates Configurations, other administration functionalities in Ariba

2.  Secondary
Skills:

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Certified candidates with depth knowledge in the following Ariba functionalities/modules are preferred highly preferred

Ariba Commerce Automation

Ariba Buying and Invoicing

Ariba Guided Buying

Network configurations, other administration functionalities in Ariba

Required education Bachelor's Degree Preferred education Bachelor's Degree Required technical and professional expertise

Lead IBM and client project team though out the implementation in preparation, designing the process, building the system, testing and migration activities till Go live

Understand clients procurement process and requirements

Conduct and drive workshop session with clients for process design fixing, requirements review, system demonstrations

Provide expertise in designing the process in conjunction with IBM/Ariba Design Authority

Drive continuous improvement of process definition

Document To be process flows as per the design and configuration details and prepare Function specifications document

Analyse FIT/GAP against the clients requirements and system functionalities

Identify possible solutions/ workarounds for gaps by working with SAP team

Prepare test scripts, scenarios, steps, and conduct UAT session with clients

Lead and carryout migration activities for system go live

Provide extensive support for clients post go live through issues and bugs fixes, product enhancements

Liaise between SAP team, Clients, IBM SMEs for implementation, post go live support and future product enhancements

Ability to work with and collaborate with all internal IBM team and external Clients teams, SAP Teams toward developing a best practice processes, quality, and efficiencies for the program. Preferred technical and professional experience Familiarity with Cloud Computing PlatformsIncluding IBM Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP. Knowledge of Agile methodologiesHands on experience with project management methodologies like Agile.