Role description

14774 - SAP Global COUPA Functional Lead-Bengaluru-6 - 8 Years

Job Code

14774

Locations

Bengaluru

Minimum Experience

6

Maximum Experience

8

Mandatory Skills

Coupa, Functional Consultant, Procurement, Invoicing, Supply Chain Management, Spend Management, Payment Processing, SAP S/4Hana

Skill to Evaluate

Coupa, Functional Consultant, Procurement, Invoicing, Supply Chain Management, Spend Management, Payment Processing, SAP S/4Hana

Experience

6 to 8 Years

Location

Bengaluru

Job Description

[Job Title]

SAP Global COUPA Functional Lead

Bangalore

- Hybrid/WFH/In-office

Hybrid

- Education level.

Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

- Experience.

- SAP Global COUPA Functional Lead - 8yrs

SAP Global COUPA Functional Lead - 8 yrs

Coupa Software is a cloud-based platform for Business Spend Management (BSM), designed to help companies manage and optimize their spending, procurement, and supply chain processes. It provides a suite of tools for managing expenses, invoicing, and payments, aiming to improve efficiency, reduce costs, and ensure compliance.

- Procurement: Streamlining the procurement process, from requisition to order, with automation and real-time visibility.
- Invoicing and Payments: Automating invoice processing and payments, improving efficiency and accuracy.
- Expense Management: Tracking and managing employee expenses, ensuring compliance and providing insights into spending.
- Supply Chain Management: Optimizing supply chains, improving visibility, and mitigating risks.
- Sourcing Optimization: Utilizing data-driven insights to optimize sourcing strategies for cost savings and efficiency.

Coupa excels in AI-driven spend analytics, rapid deployment, and streamlined expense/payment management, but offers limited customization. Integration-wise, Coupa supports 35+ ERP systems;

Core Skills for a Coupa Functional Lead:

- Deep Coupa Platform Knowledge:

A thorough understanding of the Coupa platform, its various modules (e.g., procurement, sourcing, invoice management), and their functionalities is crucial.

- Business Process Expertise:

A strong grasp of procurement, finance, and other relevant business processes is essential for translating business requirements into Coupa configurations.

- Configuration and Administration:

Proficiency in configuring and administering the Coupa system, including setting up workflows, approval processes, and user roles, is a key requirement.

- Integration Knowledge:

Understanding how Coupa integrates with other systems, especially ERP systems like SAP or D365, is often necessary for a functional lead.

- Reporting and Analytics:

The ability to leverage Coupa's reporting and analytics tools to identify areas for improvement and optimize processes is important.

- Communication and Collaboration:

Excellent communication, facilitation,



and presentation skills are vital for collaborating with various stakeholders, including business users, IT teams, and vendors.

Programming Knowledge Python(Beneficial):

- Collaborate with stakeholders, including Product, Engineering, and Data Science teams, to support data-driven decision-making.
- Automate and streamline data ingestion, transformation, and analytics processes to enhance efficiency.
- Develop real-time and batch data processing solutions, integrating structured and unstructured data sources.

What will you bring to Coupa:

- Expertise in processing and analyzing large data workloads
- Experience in designing and implementing scalable Data Warehouse solutions to support analytical and reporting needs.
- Experience with API development and design with REST or GraphQL. Experience building and optimizing 'big data' data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.
- Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

- Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.
- Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management.
- Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable 'big data' data stores.
- Strong project management and organizational skills.
- Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

Role overview:

Services department implements, enhances and supports products and services that underpin PlayStation s business operations. COUPA is a strategic solution in this space, and the platform currently comprises SAP S/4HANA, BW, IBP and COUPA. We are looking for an experienced and hands-on Global COUPA Technical/Functional Lead to drive, manage and support the delivery of technical solutions to ensure that the platform continues to meet the needs of SONY globally.

What you will be doing:

- Lead the design and development of new architecture and major functional upgrades released by COUPA for the most advanced capabilities of the COUPA Platform.
- Build solid expertise of the entire COUPA application suite and leverage this knowledge to better design application and data frameworks for SONY.
- Adhere to COUPA iterative development processes to deliver concrete value each release while driving longer-term technical vision.
- Act as the sounding board for architecture standards and patterns,



with a demonstrated passion for advocating their accurate usage and excellent communication skills (written and verbal).
- Participate in defect analysis for maintenance releases to ensure robust functional resolution to customer-facing issues.
- Own the prioritization, management, and reporting of progress against identified Finance initiatives.
- Work closely with the SAP and MuleSoft team to define requirements for E2E flow.
- Validate the approach for delivery of system changes to ensure accurate testing and documentation is completed.
- Contribute to interface design and coordinate and assist with integration testing as required.
- As required, work closely with internal and third-party technical teams to analyse, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues across the SAP platform.

What we are looking for:

we are seeking individuals to join us who are enthusiastic, innovative, and have a collaborative approach.

These values and behaviors are evident throughout your previous experience:

- Proven hands-on experience of COUPA configurations and administration, with a skilled understanding of underlying SAP financial table structures and data elements.
- Working successfully across the full lifecycle of technology-enabled change: from requirements definition through solution design, build, testing to transition to live operation.

Sound understanding of the following areas:

- COUPA and COUPA marketplace products
- SAP S4/HANA
- Analytics and Reporting through SAP/COUPA platforms
- Purchasing and their key integration points with Finance functional areas
- Working effectively with offshore/near shore service providers.
- Collaborating with a diverse range of collaborators and audiences within a matrix organization.
- Skilled at influencing and negotiation, at ease interacting with senior collaborators and open to questioning them with logical arguments.
- Excellent written, verbal, social, and decision-making skills.
- Self-motivated, highly organized, working well under pressure, remaining focused and calm in the face of distractions and changing priorities.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Education Qualificaiton

Computer Graduate

Job Title

SAP Global COUPA Functional Lead

Shift Timings

13:30-22:30 IST

Skills

coupa,invoice processing,procurement,supply chain management,spend analysis,payment processing,

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