SAP Ariba Upstream & Downstream Consultant

Job Description

We are looking for an experienced SAP Ariba Upstream & Downstream Consultant with strong hands-on expertise across SAP Ariba Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management, Procure-to-Pay (P2P), and Ariba Buying & Invoicing (B&I).

The candidate should have experience in SAP Ariba implementation, configuration, integration, testing, deployment, and production support, with the ability to work with business stakeholders and understand end-to-end Source-to-Pay processes.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead or participate in SAP Ariba implementation, rollout, enhancement and support projects.
• Configure and support Ariba Strategic Sourcing processes.
• Configure Ariba Supplier Management including supplier onboarding, registration, qualification and lifecycle processes.
• Implement and support Ariba Buying & Invoicing (B&I).
• Handle end-to-end Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes.
• Configure procurement processes including requisitions, purchase orders, receipts and invoices.
• Configure sourcing events such as RFI, RFP, RFQ and auctions.
• Manage supplier registration, qualification, segmentation and supplier lifecycle activities.
• Configure approval workflows, policies, questionnaires, forms and business rules.
• Work on integration between SAP Ariba and SAP ERP/S/4HANA.
• Support master-data integration including suppliers, users, materials/catalogs and accounting information.
• Work with SAP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration / CIG for Ariba integrations where applicable.
• Troubleshoot integration, transaction and workflow issues.
• Conduct requirement gathering and prepare functional specifications.
• Perform configuration, unit testing, SIT, UAT and regression testing.
• Support data migration, cutover, go-live and hypercare activities.
• Work closely with procurement, sourcing, finance, supplier management and business stakeholders.
• Provide production support and root-cause analysis for Ariba issues.