Role- SAP Ariba Lead Consultant
Location- Remote
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We are looking for an experienced SAP Ariba Lead Consultant to lead the design, configuration, and business readiness of our SAP Source-to-Pay (STP) landscape. This is a hands-on leadership role sitting at the intersection of procurement business processes and SAP technology. You will own the end-to-end solution across the SAP Ariba suite and its integration with SAP ERP (S/4HANA or ECC), driving successful adoption from blueprint through hypercare.

Key Responsibilities Solution Design & Delivery

Lead the functional design, configuration, and deployment of the SAP Ariba solution across the Source-to-Pay value chain.
Own the end-to-end process integration between SAP Ariba and SAP ERP (MM and FI-AP), ensuring master data, transactional documents, and financial postings flow correctly across systems.

Ariba Modules Knowledge
Lead delivery across the SAP Ariba and SAP Business Network modules, including:

SAP Ariba Sourcing (RFx, e-auctions, sourcing events and awards)
SAP Ariba Contracts (contract authoring, workspaces, compliance)
SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing and Guided Buying (catalogs, requisitions, PO management)
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP) / Supplier Management (registration, qualification, segmentation, risk)
SAP Ariba Commerce Automation / Invoice-to-Pay (invoice reconciliation, exception handling)
SAP Business Network (formerly Ariba Network) supplier onboarding and enablement
Integration via SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG) / mediated and direct connectivity to SAP ERP

End-to-End Issue Resolution

Act as the lead for complex, cross-functional STP issues, tracing root causes across Ariba, integration middleware, SAP MM, and FI-AP.
Diagnose and resolve issues spanning requisition-to-PO, PO-to-goods-receipt, and invoice-to-payment, including three-way match failures, IDoc/CIG errors, tax and account assignment defects, and workflow breakdowns.

Business Readiness & Adoption

Lead change management activities, stakeholder engagement, and communications to drive user adoption across procurement, finance, and the wider business.
Design and deliver end-user training (materials, sessions, train-the-trainer) tailored to buyer, approver, and supplier audiences..

Controls, Compliance & Post-Go-Live.

Ensure the solution meets SAP GRC / Segregation of Duties (SoD) requirements, working with risk and audit stakeholders to remediate conflicts.
Lead post-go-live hypercare support, stabilising the solution, resolving production incidents, and transitioning to business-as-usual support.

Required Skills & Experience

Proven experience as a Lead / Senior SAP Ariba Consultant delivering full-lifecycle Source-to-Pay implementations.
Deep functional expertise across the procurement lifecycle: Sourcing, Purchasing, Supplier Management, and Invoice-to-Pay.
Strong hands-on knowledge of SAP MM (purchasing, inventory, invoice verification) and SAP FI-AP (accounts payable, vendor master, payment processing).
Demonstrated ability to resolve end-to-end, cross-module issues across Ariba and SAP ERP integrations.
Practical experience with Ariba SAP integration (CIG, IDocs, master and transactional data replication).
Track record delivering change management, user training, UAT, data migration, and cutover on major SAP programmes.
Working knowledge of procurement controls, approval workflows, and SAP GRC / SoD compliance.
Experience providing hypercare and production support post-deployment.
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills

SAP Ariba Lead Consultant

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