Senior SAP Ariba Category Management Lead

Job Summary

We are looking for a Senior SAP Ariba Category Management Lead to lead the Category Management workstream for an SAP Ariba implementation. Location: India - Remote. The consultant will work closely with business and procurement stakeholders to drive discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the SAP Ariba Category Management workstream independently.
• Conduct discovery sessions and gather business and procurement requirements.
• Facilitate client workshops with procurement and business stakeholders.
• Translate business requirements into scalable SAP Ariba solutions.
• Lead Category Management solution design and configuration.
• Develop and support category strategies and planning processes.
• Define and maintain category profiles and taxonomy.
• Support initiative creation and opportunity identification.
• Analyze spend and category data to support procurement strategies.
• Coordinate testing, UAT, deployment, and go-live activities.
• Work closely with functional and technical teams across the S2P landscape.
• Provide subject-matter expertise and guidance to client stakeholders.

Required Skills Experience

• Strong hands-on SAP Ariba Category Management implementation experience.
• Proven experience independently leading an SAP Ariba Category Management workstream.
• Strong understanding of category strategy and planning.
• Experience with category profiles, taxonomy, initiatives, and opportunity identification.
• Strong knowledge of spend and category analysis.
• Strong strategic sourcing and procurement knowledge.
• Experience in requirements gathering and solution design.
• Hands-on SAP Ariba configuration experience.
• Strong experience with workshop facilitation and stakeholder management.
• Experience with testing, UAT, deployment, and go-live.
• Excellent client-facing communication and presentation skills.

Preferred / Desirable Skills

• SAP Ariba Sourcing.
• SAP Ariba Contracts.
• SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle Performance (SLP).
• Broader Source-to-Pay (S2P) process knowledge.
• Experience working with global procurement organizations.
• Strong understanding of procurement transformation initiatives.