Position Details: SAP Ariba Solution Architect

Responsibilities: 

• Identify and develop opportunities for business process transformation in the areas of strategic sourcing, purchasing transaction automation, A/P automation, working capital improvement, payments, performance analytics and compliance tracking 

o Profile a customer’s current maturity across various procurement and finance functions to identify the opportunity and effort to get to best-in-class

o Develop business cases and enablement plans to support business process transformation

o Drive executive meetings to obtain buy-in to the program through insightful solution options and a clear articulation of Ariba’s domain expertise

• Support the development of new DTO assets through conceptualization, implementation and execution 

o Identify opportunities to refine existing or develop new intellectual property and methodology, frameworks and tools based on past experience, research, and analysis

o Be viewed as a thought leader in industry circles by speaking at industry forums, publishing articles and delivering innovative solutions

o Develop intellectual capital that can be leveraged into marketing and sales materials that will position the firm as a thought leader and generate revenue

o Support innovation around our service delivery model and provide guidance to the service and support organizations on how to execute improvements

o Actively contribute to knowledge capital; responsible for coordinating efforts across specific content areas

• Helps develop and lead training on the Value Advisor frameworks internally

• Familiar with the full spectrum of Ariba’s software and services, as well as key differentiators between Ariba’s and the competition’s offerings

• Ability to influence the opinions and decisions of clients using understanding of client’s current performance level vs. best-in-class maturity

• Proactively communicates with internal and external stakeholders

• Identifies opportunities across all elements of a successful program (e.g. processes, systems, spend, structure, measures and incentives, people and culture)

o Targets, cultivates, and manages high-level client relationships (e.g. C-level, VP, or Director) to build influence and trusted advisor status

Qualifications: 

• The ideal candidate will have experience in one or more of the following functional areas: Supply Chain Management, Sourcing, Procurement, Accounts Payable and Working Capital Management 

• Strategy consulting experience at senior manager or principal level 

• S/4 Procure-to-Pay

• Ariba – Sourcing & Contract Management

• Ideal skills would be a combination of SAP MM/IM/SRM & S/4 P2P and Ariba.

• Operational Procurement

• Sourcing & Contract Management

• Invoice & Payable Management

• Procurement Analytics

• Experience in technology enabled business transformation projects 

• MBA or similar advanced degree 

• 10 years Procurement and Finance experience (Procurement, Sourcing, Supply Chain, Accounts Payable, Working Capital Management) 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

• Strong presentation and organizational skills 

• Strong leadership and people development skills 

• Strong business and financial acumen 

• Excellent listener 

• Ability to work in a team environment and share best practices regularly 

• Adaptable management style to conform to the varied corporate cultures and organizational structures of our customers 

• Strong problem-solving ability 

Good to Have skills:

• Principal Architect level

• S/4 HANA, Coupa

• Stream/Team lead role experience

• Pre-sales & Bid Management experience

• Varied industry experience

• Multiple End-to-end project lifecycle experience

• SAP Activate

• Design Thinking