Job Title: SAP Ariba Procurement Functional Lead

Role: Lead Functional Consultant SAP Ariba

Experience Required: 8 10 Years (Minimum 5+ years in SAP Ariba)

Notice Period: Immediate to 15 Days (Preferred)

Location: Bangalore (Preferred) / Pune

Work Mode: Hybrid - 3 days a week from office

Employment Type: Full Time, Permanent

Industry / Functional Area: IT Services & Consulting / Enterprise Applications (ERP)

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced SAP Ariba Procurement Functional Lead (810 years) to lead the functional design, configuration, and support of global procurement processes across SAP Ariba and enterprise ERP landscapes. The role requires deep hands-on expertise in SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing (B&I;), Guided Buying, approval workflows, buying channels, catalog/non-catalog purchasing, and seamless integration with SAP S/4HANA / ECC.

Key Responsibilities

- Requirement Gathering & Fit-to-Standard: Drive business workshops, translate functional requirements into scalable procurement solutions, and lead fit-to-standard assessments.
- Functional Design & Configuration: Configure and maintain procurement workflows, approval matrices, purchasing policies, forms, buying channels, and user permissions.
- P2P Lifecycle Governance: Own end-to-end Requisition-to-Order and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) design, ensuring master data consistency (supplier, catalog, accounting) across enterprise systems.
- Integration Coordination: Define functional specifications and integration touchpoints across SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing, Guided Buying, SAP S/4HANA/ECC, SAP MM, and SAP BTP Integration Suite / CPI / CIG.
- Testing & Release Management: Lead System Integration Testing (SIT),



User Acceptance Testing (UAT), defect triage, cutover activities, and post-go-live hypercare.
- Documentation & Governance: Maintain functional specification documents (FSD), process flow diagrams, standard operating procedures, and configuration workbooks.

Required Skills & Experience

- Overall Experience: 8–10 years in enterprise procurement systems or SAP functional consulting, with 5+ years of dedicated SAP Ariba experience.
- Project Lifecycle: Proven experience having delivered at least one full end-to-end implementation or global rollout of SAP Ariba.
- Module Expertise: Robust hands-on functional proficiency in SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing (B&I;) and Guided Buying.
- Domain Knowledge: Deep understanding of Procure-to-Pay (P2P), catalog and non-catalog purchasing, purchase orders, goods receipts, and invoice processing.
- Integration Understanding: Clear functional knowledge of Ariba integration with SAP S/4HANA or SAP ECC (via CIG / SAP Integration Suite), including field mapping, interface error resolution, and troubleshooting downstream SAP MM processes.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Excellent communication skills to interface with cross-functional teams, technical integration leads, and key business stakeholders.

Preferred / Good to Have

- Official SAP Ariba Certification.
- Experience with multi-country global rollouts and regional localization rules.
- Working exposure to SAP BTP Integration Suite / Cloud Integration (CPI) / API-driven integration flows.
- Exposure to SAP MM configuration and downstream finance touchpoints.

Education

- UG: Any Graduate (B.Tech / B.E. / BCA / B.Sc / Any Degree)
- PG: Any Postgraduate / Post Graduation Not Required

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