SAP Ariba Consultant

SUMMARY:
The Role:

 

We are looking for an experienced SAP Ariba Consultant for a 12-month fixed term contract for Pretoria.

 

Purpose of the role:

The SAP Ariba Consultant will work independently, in addition to supporting the Lead SAP Ariba functional consultant with the overall solution, defining and val...

POSITION INFO:
The Role:

 

We are looking for an experienced SAP Ariba Consultant for a 12-month fixed term contract for Pretoria.

 

Purpose of the role:

The SAP Ariba Consultant will work independently, in addition to supporting the Lead SAP Ariba functional consultant with the overall solution, defining and validating requirements, completing impact assessments and functional designs, and supporting various testing phases.

 

The consultant will be in close contact relationship with business super users, process owners and technical teams, to provide advice on application configuration supporting relevant process requirements.

 

Minimum educational level:                                                      

• NQF level 6 or higher qualification in the Information Technology (IT) field essential

 

We require the following work experience:

• Minimum of 3 yearsâ?? implementation and support experience with Procurement or Supply Chain
• Minimum of 3 yearsâ?? experience with business and functional requirements analysis
• Minimum of being part of 1 complete implementation cycle of Ariba or another leading Source to Pay platform
• Ability to communicate effectively with business and technical resources across all levels of a clientâ??s organization
• Ability to work with large geographically distributed teams with diverse competencies, skills, and abilities
• Ability to work under pressure
• SAP Ariba Certification will be an added advantage
• Operational work experience within Sourcing, Procurement, or Supply Chain team
• Experience implementing systems using any of the Agile methodologies
• Experience with solution cost models and the sales process
• Candidate must be a team player and demonstrate good interpersonal-, communication-, problem solving- and project coordination skills
• The successful candidate must have strong customer service attitude, ability to multi-task, high attention to detail proficiency level and ensure adherence to firm IT standards and change management procedures
• High level of MS Office proficiency and willing and able to travel for up to 2 to 3 days at a time (international)

 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand specific business needs of the business customer
• Act as the application functional consultant by providing expertise in the business process supported by the application(s)
• Work collaboratively with the customer to develop Business Requirements
• Provide detailed definition on how the applications will support business requirements
• Conduct impact analyses of business requirements on the system
• Analyze, determine, and document system requirements
• Ensure the software supports business requirements
• Promote customer satisfaction and build strong customer relationships
• Coordinate the design and development of work estimates
• Organize and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive
• Communicate accurate status of project deliverables, risk and issues
• Support test planning and participate within test execution and reviews as required
• Support creation and review production technical cutover deliverables as required
• Systematic testing and evaluation of the effectiveness of the organizationâ??s information technology general

 

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