Senior SAP Ariba Consultant

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Your role and responsibilities

As a Package Consultant specializing in SAP Ariba, you will be responsible for implementing and configuring SAP Ariba solutions for clients. Your expertise will enable you to analyse business processes, identify areas for improvement, and develop solutions to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance procurement and supply chain management.

Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Design and Configure Solutions: Work closely with clients to understand their procurement and supply chain management needs and design, configure, and deploy Ariba solutions to meet their requirements.
• Analyze Business Processes: Identify areas for improvement and develop solutions to increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance procurement and supply chain management.
• Implement Ariba Solutions: Implement and configure SAP Ariba solutions for clients, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems.
• Collaborate with Clients: Work closely with clients to understand their needs and deliver tailored solutions that meet their procurement and supply chain management requirements.
• Develop Solutions: Develop solutions that increase efficiency, reduce costs, and enhance procurement and supply chain management, leveraging your expertise in SAP Ariba.

Required education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

Consulting Skills

• Adept at navigating complex stakeholder landscapes and bringing diverse perspectives to a shared conclusion.
• Skilled facilitator who structures and leads high-stakes workshops and executive steering sessions with authority.
• Cultivates psychologically safe, inclusive team environments where collaboration drives performance.
• Calm and decisive in ambiguous or difficult situations, translating pressure into productive outcomes.
• Articulates compelling, client-specific value propositions that resonate at the executive level.
• Applies emotional intelligence to build rapport, manage dynamics, and strengthen engagement health.
• Develops long-term, trust-based client partnerships that extend beyond individual project cycles.
• Models a culture of continuous growth by delivering and seeking candid, forward-focused feedback.
• Operates at a strategic level — connecting individual work streams to broader enterprise goals.
• Demonstrates commercial acumen in recognising unmet client needs and shaping high-value opportunities.

Preferred technical and professional experience

Technical Skills

• 5 to 10 years of deep, hands‑on experience across all SAP Ariba modules:
  Sourcing, Contract Management, SLP, and Buying & Invoicing.
• Proven track record of leading full‑lifecycle SAP Ariba implementations in complex enterprise environments.
• Strong knowledge of SAP S/4
  
  HANA Sourcing & Procurement and Ariba‑S/4
  
  HANA integration patterns.
• Familiarity with procurement data models, cXML, and API‑based integration approaches is highly regarded.

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