IBM

Senior Managing Consultant- SAP Ariba

Posted On

Oct. 25, 2024

Location

Mumbai, Maharashtra

Experience Level

Professional

Job Type

Permanent

Apply By

Nov. 22, 2024

Job Description

Introduction
As a Senior Managing Consultant- SAP Ariba 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.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Senior Managing Consultant- SAP Ariba 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 Global Business Service Domestic 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.
You will lead the sales engagements for SAP Ariba in terms of Identifying and qualifying and closing potential opportunities in the India domestic market.

Primary Skills: -
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

Secondary Skills: -
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 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 client’s 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’
Analyze 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 Expertise

Highly motivated professional (MBA – Finance / SCM)
Candidate should have excellent communication skills, as these are client facing roles

About Business Unit

IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.

Your Life @ IBM

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Being an IBMer means you’ll be able to learn and develop yourself and your career, you’ll be encouraged to be courageous and experiment everyday, all whilst having continuous trust and support in an environment where everyone can thrive whatever their personal or professional background.

Our IBMers are growth minded, always staying curious, open to feedback and learning new information and skills to constantly transform themselves and our company. They are trusted to provide on-going feedback to help other IBMers grow, as well as collaborate with colleagues keeping in mind a team focused approach to include different perspectives to drive exceptional outcomes for our customers. The courage our IBMers have to make critical decisions everyday is essential to IBM becoming the catalyst for progress, always embracing challenges with resources they have to hand, a can-do attitude and always striving for an outcome focused approach within everything that they do.

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About IBM

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Restlessly reinventing since 1911, we are not only one of the largest corporate organizations in the world, we’re also one of the biggest technology and consulting employers, with many of the Fortune 50 companies relying on the IBM Cloud to run their business.

At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it’s time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

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