SAP Ariba Functional Lead Consultant

About the position

SAP Ariba Functional Lead Consultant

Purpose:

• The SAP Ariba Functional Lead is accountable for the end-to-end functional ownership, delivery quality, and business outcomes of the SAP Ariba platform across Implats.
• This includes leadership of functional resources (internal and external), alignment with procurement and supply chain stakeholders, and ensuring solutions are stable, compliant, and fit-for-purpose within a mining operating environment.
• Experience in architecture design, process definition, functional design, and implementation thereof within the purchase to pay process with a sound knowledge of the mining value chain.
  

Qualifications and Requirements:

• NQF level 6 or higher qualification in the Information Technology (IT) field.
• SAP Ariba (upstream and downstream) certification - mandatory.
• SAP S/4 HANA Sourcing & Procurement / Business Process Integration certification will be advantageous.
• Architectural and solution design and Implementation experience including full life cycle ASAP methodology, business requirement collection, business process analysis, gap analysis, realization, final preparation, training, go-live, support.
• 10 years’ experience in SAP Ariba, with at least five years’ experience in full cycle design and implementations for SAP Ariba core modules which are Supplier Lifecycle & Performance, Strategic Sourcing, Commerce Automation and Cloud Integration Gateway.
• 5 years’ experience working with integration into SAP ECC 6.0 or S/4 HANA Materials Management and other downstream SAP modules.
• Knowledge of IT Service Management principles, frameworks (ITIL) and Web technologies: HTML 5.
• Team player and demonstrate good interpersonal, communication, problem solving and project coordination skills.
• Strong leadership and analytical skills with high attention to detail proficiency levels.
• High level of MS Office proficiency including Excel and Pivot Tables in order to analyse data.
• Strong executive presence and ability to interact at that level.
• Experience with interacting with third party resources, including offshore teams.
• Proven leadership in managing, governing, and providing oversight of internal teams, 3rd party integrators, consultants, and vendors through various initiatives.

Desired Skills:

• SAP Ariba Functional Lead Consultant
• SAP Ariba Functional Lead Consultant
• SAP Ariba Functional Lead Consultant