SAP S/4 P2P Ariba Lead Consultant

SAP S/4 P2P Ariba Lead Consultant

Location: Dallas, TX

Full Time Role

JD

• Business facing role, needs excellent communication (oral and written) with ability to work directly with vendors and dealers in North America
• Should have handled Ariba on Implementation and Rollout projects.
• 4 to 6 years hands on experience with Ariba direct and Indirect procurement, Ariba supplier collaboration, OpenText SCC integration a must
• Experience working with business directly and independently.
• Experience with FIORI Apps, API/CPI integration preferred.
• Independently able to plan and handle activities and manage small projects.
• S4 project implementation experience 
• Understands various scenarios in P2P and Ariba integrations.
• Implement S4 HANA P2P – Ariba best Practices and ability to co-ordinate.
• Provide deep SAP functional expertise in the given process area, as well as demonstrated knowledge of key integration points across SAP modules and technical components.
• Participate in design for and deployment of integrated end-to-end solutions; partner with other IT delivery team member to ensure efficient and effective design, development, and implementation of solutions.
• Participate in end-to-end design workshops, providing knowledge of industry best practices and application of global SAP implementation experience.
• Document fit/gap analysis and design decisions; ensure deviations from out of the box functionality and have sufficient business justification and positive value proposition.
• Complete functional specifications for reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, and/or workflow (RICEFW)
• Interface with 3rd party vendors for technical consulting during solution design, development, and ongoing support.
• Experience in onboarding vendors to Ariba and related processes
• Partner with development (RICEFW) team members to ensure technical design and delivery align to functional specifications and adhere to needed quality.
• Complete system configuration work
• Share knowledge of technology risks and opportunities to improve efficiency and effectiveness within the respective process area.
• Provide regular and accurate status updates and other documentation to management for assigned project, support, and enhancement work.