SAP Functional Analyst SAP MM & Ariba Profile:

Qualification, Experience & Critical Capabilities

• University degree (Bachelors) in a commercial/ business or technical/IT subject 
• Preferred with Professional Certification or Post graduation (MBA, Six Sigma etc.)
• Working knowledge Materials Management, Sourcing, Contract Management, Spend Analysis, Supply Chain Collaboration 
• Strong knowledge of end-to-end Software Development Life Cycle 

Relevant Experience 

• Total experience of 6 to 10 years as a SAP MM & Ariba Consultant with minimum 1 end to end Implementation of SAP solutions in a global context
• Experience in handling Steady State Support in the forms of Incidence and Small Changes

• Should have experience in SAP Materials Management module and SAP Ariba with exposure to Ariba Catalog, Ariba SLP , Ariba sourcing, Ariba Contract Management , Ariba Spend analysis, Guided Buying, Ariba supply chain collaboration and Integration between MM-FI, MM-PP and MM-SD etc
• Experience in writing Business Requirement Specifications and Functional Specifications for ABAP objects (Reports, Interfaces, Enhancements, Forms, Workflows)

General Experience and Prerequisites  

• Excellent written and verbal communication around issues, managing escalations, opportunities
• Experience in client facing and managing outsourced partners
• A Team player with a collaborative attitude, proactive and ability to work under pressure

Key skills –

• SAP ARIBA Modules: ARIBA Spend Management, ARIBA Strategic Sourcing/RFx Events, ARIBA Contract Management, Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP), ARIBA Guided Buying, Business Network Administration (AN).
• Integration Troubleshoot: Integration support (with IT) of ARIBA P2P/Guided Buying with ECC (Integration Suite, CIG).
• Providing support by delivering small change in the area of ECC and VIM to address country-based requirement.
• Knowledge of  CI9 to ARIBA CIG upgradation, to streamline vendor master process between ARIBA and MDM systems.
• Knowledge of SAP ARIBA Guided Sourcing (A streamline process for ARIBA Sourcing).
• Independent contributor to assess Business Partner harmonization and S4 HANA migration project facilitating designing approach, script preparation and migration strategies for ARIBA Indirect Procurement.
• ARIBA Preferred Care support as DSC (Designated Support Contact) along with exploration of ARIBA quarterly feature releases.