SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing Cloud Consultant
Description
Ariba B&I TL / Cloud Customer Service Details:
B&I TL, Catalogs:
• Responsible for driving and influencing technical design decisions for various SAP solutions across various functions.
• Responsible for downstream (Buying & Invoicing) modules and related technologies supporting the Source to Pay organizations.
• Work very closely with Functional, Customer Procurement, and IT teams to understand the requirements and design, build SAP Ariba solutions.
• Providing support to business as they migrate new suppliers and business processes to Ariba. This includes configuration, testing of processes and resolving technical issues.
•Build proofs-of-concept (POC) for potential new solutions and technology.
•Create and present technical design including data analysis to business team and seek feedback to influence solution design and approach.
•Hands-on experience in SAP Ariba downstream modules and SAP systems experience are required.
• Experienced in Procure to Pay process in Ariba.
• Ariba Integration experience with cXML, Proxies, IDOCs, Webservices, and using CIG, CPI.
• Proficient in calling Ariba API's using CPI/middleware for reporting.
• Experienced with supplier integration and related issues.
• Highly experienced in catalog administration. Setting up Ariba Punch-out and CIF catalogs.
• Enable procurement of materials/services from supplier-hosted catalogs.
• Assists supplier with catalog setup, testing, and troubleshooting.
• Answers supplier questions related to the requirements.
• Conducts catalog enablement-related trainings for identified suppliers.
• Helps and guides the supplier in the creation of buyer requested catalog projects.
• Exposure to other finance business process areas including Accounts Payable, GL Accounting and Tax is a plus.
• Expert in creation of Service request and Incident tickets with Ariba and working with Ariba support teams.
Skills:
- Minimum 5 years of experience within Ariba B&I and 3 end-to-end implementations
- Excellent presentation, written, and communication skills
- Knowledge of Ariba solutions/services
- Program and customer relationship management experience
- Strong technical and integration skills