Sap Ariba Functional Consultant (Chennai)

Sap Ariba Functional Consultant (Chennai)

Company: Tekskills

Job Location: Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Employment Type: Full-time

Experience Required: 5 - 8 years

Job Role

SAP Ariba Functional Consultant

Job Location: Bangalore

Work Mode: (WFO/Hybrid)

Experience: 5-8 Years

Primary Modules

Ariba Buying & Invoicing (P2P), Guided Buying.

Proficiency in SAP CIG / Managed Gateway, mapping Ariba fields to SAP S4 fields (IDOCs, BAPIs).

Management of CIF/cXML catalogs, PunchOut catalogs, and validation rules

Building custom analytical reports and dashboards within the Ariba solution.

Key Responsibilities

Module Configuration: Lead the implementation and support of Ariba Buying and Invoicing (P2P), Guided Buying, Catalog Management, and Ariba Network integration.

Business Process Mapping: Conduct workshops to gather requirements and translate \"As-Is\" manual processes into \"To-Be\" automated workflows.

Guided Buying: Design user-friendly interfaces and \"landing pages\" to ensure high user adoption and compliant purchasing.

Approval Workflow Design: Build complex, multi-level approval rules using the Ariba Approval Engine (CSV and Excel-based lookups).

Integration Support: Collaborate with technical teams to ensure smooth data flow via CIG (Cloud Integration Gateway) or SAP Integration Suite for Master Data and Transactional Data.

Testing & Training: Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), create functional specifications, and provide end-user training.

Qualifications

Experience: Typically, 37 years of SAP Ariba experience, with at least 2 full-cycle Downstream implementations.

SAP Knowledge: Solid understanding of the MM (Materials Management) module, specifically Purchase Orders, Goods Receipts, and Invoice Verification.

Soft Skills: Ability to explain complex technical configurations to non-technical stakeholders with clarity (and perhaps a bit of patience).

Certification: Ideally certified in SAP Certified Application Associate SAP Ariba Procurement .