Ariba Guided Buying Analyst

What you'll do:

1. Co - ordinating with Ariba Project team to understand expectation on Ariba Adoption
2. Responsible to co -ordinate with Site/Supplier & IT Support team like Oracle R12, SAP ECC support, Tax team, & GFSS or any cross functional team to resolve the customer queries.
3. Hands on Experience with Legacy system spend report & Supplier Insights is an added advantage.
4. Act as a Subject matter expert for Ariba compliance process.
5. Willing to support Ariba functional activities.
6. Strong problem solving/analytical skills. Flexibility, adaptability, and ability to deal with ambiguous situations.
7. Work with commodity managers on tactical buying/strategic opportunities, Will be driving indirect activities on Ariba Guided Buying and driving compliance check process.
9. Establish & maintain a strong supplier relationship which can be leveraged for guided buying.
10. Monthly/weekly dashboard on non-compliance reporting
11. Work collaboratively and be able to communicate effectively globally.
12. Ensure projects meet their financial & operational goals (KPIs) cost out, cost avoidance, productivity gain and on time & accurate deliveries.
13. Establish robust capability monitoring mechanism for all the critical processes within compliance & governance.
14. Drive customer engagement and satisfaction by meeting customer expectations and needs, meeting customer focused KPIs, /SLAs.
15. Any Other support required on Ariba projects as required by Line management & Projects team.

Qualifications:

Masters with 5-6 years / Bachelors with 6-8 years of experience in SCM processes , Master data management on Ariba ,Understanding of backend ERP systems (SAP/ORACLE) Ariba Backend system (B&I) and Guided Buying platform for P2P. Experience in UAT and collaborating with multiple teams to resolve issues

Skills:

1. Good knowledge SAP ECC & Oracle 12 Reporting.
2. Extensive Ariba reporting knowledge - Spend reports
3. Microsoft Excel / Macros / Power BI Dash boards
4. Ariba Backend system (B&I) , P2P Guided Buying platform
5. Exposure to Continuous Improvement / Lean Six Sigma would be preferred/PR to Po knowledge/Spend Analysis/project management/Analytical skills/Data Analytics.
6. Excellent business communication & presentation skills/ customer relationship management to work with Global, regional & local management teams across the global.
7. Decision Making/Problem Solving/Collaborative skills