SAP Ariba Business Process Consultant (English + Russian/Italian) Job

Job description

Requisition ID: 121742
Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services
Expected Travel: 0 - 80%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time

 

COMPANY DESCRIPTION

 

As market leader in enterprise application software, SAP helps companies of all sizes and industries innovate through simplification. From the back office to the boardroom, warehouse to storefront, on premise to cloud, desktop to mobile device – SAP empowers people and organizations to work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively to stay ahead of the competition. SAP applications and services enable customers to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and grow sustainably.

 

Title: SAP Ariba Business Process Consultant

Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services
Expected Travel: 60 - 80%
Career Status: Professional
Employment Type: Regular Full Time

About Us

Do you want to work for the leader in Cloud Procurement solutions?

Join SAP Ariba , the Cloud Procurement solutions suite of SAP, and contribute to our journey to change the way companies make business together. We are changing the nature of business by transforming business connections into smart cloud-based collaboration. We do this by delivering an unsurpassed experience to our customers, buyer and sellers, and we are looking for a team member to help take customer experience on the Ariba solutions to the next level.

We can offer a very dynamic work environment that is on a growing path and where we are able to offer career opportunities that leverage the individual talents of our people. Our philosophy is that our organization is successful when our people are happy and feel empowered.

Job Overview

As a member of the SAP Ariba Consulting organization, the Business Process Consultant is involved in transforming businesses through the implementation and use of the leading Cloud procurement solutions of SAP Ariba. He/she applies a strong understanding of business and procurement processes, as well as solid solution expertise, to deliver high quality projects and support our customers in the successful adoption of our solutions.

Core to the Business Process Consultant skill-set are strong analytical and problem solving capabilities, good communication and presentation skills, an ability to deal with changing environments and to operate independently, in order to provide the client with world-class service on a consistent basis. The Business Process consultant does have a proven track record of delivering high quality results in a professional environment. High energy and motivation combined with an appetite for learning.

The Business Process Consultant is responsible for achieving sound, high quality deliverables on time and within budget. He/she can work on various aspects of the implementation process including requirements gathering, business process design and solution testing, client relationship building, issue tracking and reporting.

 

 

Duties and Responsibilities

Business Process Consulting

·  Assist customers through the lifecycle of an SAP Ariba implementation.
·  Support the blueprinting process, gathering customer requirements and expectations
·  Support the design process with customers leveraging Ariba best practices as appropriate.
·  Assist customers in the development of processes and procedures which leverage Ariba solution functionality being deployed.
·  Influence the opinions and decisions of clients leveraging proves best practices
·  Execute system testing and provide guidance on user acceptance testing
·  Develop positive relationships with the customer team.
·  Use knowledge of customer’s business and industry to assess findings and shape solutions.
·  Speak to a variety of customers from different departments, at different levels and in large or small groups (e.g. customer project manager, technical team).
·  Make independent judgments within own area of competence.
·  Provide progress information and escalate project issues to the project manager to help ensure deliverables are on time and within budget.
·  Successfully execute tasks and activities at all project phases and build an exemplary track record in providing customer satisfaction.

 

Competencies

SAP Ariba Solution Expertise

·  Quickly learn new Ariba solutions in order to present them credibly and confidently to customers
·  Apply a broad knowledge of the Ariba solutions to solve customer problems and challenges.
·  Gather solution and industry knowledge by leveraging the appropriate resources internally and externally.
·  Contribute to continuous knowledge tracking and development.
·  Synthesizes learning’s into a logical story using quantitative/qualitative data and/or sound reasoning.
·  Be eager to continuously increase knowledge and skills through formal training programs and on-the-job learning

 

Written and verbal communication

·  Express thoughts, expectations and ideas effectively and concisely, both in verbal and written communications
·  Employ communication effectively to influence team members, leaders and customers

 

Teamwork

·  Proactively collaborate with teammates to anticipate and respond to issues that could impact solution delivery
·  Execute with minimal guidance and show strong initiative.
·  Display proactive communication
·  Adapt style to changing circumstances.
·  Provide coaching and guidance to internal or client team members.

 

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS

·  Bachelor’s degree in business/computer sciences or Master’s degree in any science
·  A minimum of three (3) years of experience in IT- or procurement-consulting
·  Knowledge of procurement operations and/or e-procurement tools
·  Demonstrated ability to facilitate workshops with strong facilitation and presentation skills
·  Demonstrated ability to pro-actively identify project risks and issues and to solve them applying strong analytical and problem solving skills
·  Ability to travel in Europe 80%.
·  Fluent in English and Russian or Italian

 

QUALIFICATIONS THAT ARE A PLUS

·  Master’s degree in business or computer sciences
·  Work experience using project management methods (e.g. PMI)
·  Demonstrated ability to successfully work with multi-functional teams
·  Experience with SAP Ariba solutions
·  Experience with SAP solutions (e.g. SAP SRM, ECC/MM, other)
·  Knowledge of other languages

 

SAP'S DIVERSITY COMMITMENT

 

To harness the power of innovation, SAP invests in the development of its diverse employees. We aspire to leverage the qualities and appreciate the unique competencies that each person brings to the company.

 

SAP is committed to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity and to providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations team (Americas: ************@*******.** or ************@*******.** , APJ: ************@*******.** , EMEA: ************@*******.** ). Requests for reasonable accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

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