Consultor(a) SAPAriba

Experience: 812 Years

Domains: SAP Ariba (Buying/Guided Buying) S/4HANA SAP Integration Suite/CPI Process Orchestration

Preferred: Prior experience as Scrum Master in GSK or similar pharma/lifesciences SAP/ERP programs

Role Summary:

Experienced Scrum Master who can lead Agile delivery for Ariba Buying channels (GB Catalog Spot Buy) orchestrate sourcetopay workflows and manage integrations with S/4HANA. This role bridges product ownership engineering and business to deliver resilient compliant and scalable procurement capabilities in a regulated (GxP-aware) pharma environment.

Key Responsibilities:

Scrum/Agile Leadership: Facilitate Scrum events enforce Agile practices shield teams remove impediments; drive velocity and predictable increments.
Buying Channel Orchestration: Design and optimize channeling rules approvals categories catalogs Spot Buy and guided buying policies; harmonize across business units and countries.
Integration Ownership: Oversee AribaS/4HANA integration (POs GR/IR invoicing tax supplier master accounting) via CPI/Cloud Connector/APIs/IDocs; coordinate cutovers and transport strategy.
Process & Compliance: Ensure SoX/GxP/Privacy alignment; define controls audit trails and segregation of duties; support regression and UAT.
Stakeholder Management: Partner with Procurement Finance Tax IT Security Master Data Supplier Enablement and External SIs; run governance and report on OKRs/RAID.
Run & Stabilization: Lead incident/problem management hypercare release planning and continuous improvement with measurable outcomes (cycle time touchless rates).
Value Realization: Champion guided buying adoption catalog compliance notouch invoices and cost savings; track benefits and user experience metrics.

Required Skills:

Scrum Mastery: 3 years as Scrum Master in SAP programs; strong backlog management metrics (velocity/burndown) and scaled Agile exposure (SAFe/Kanban).
Ariba Expertise: Handson with Buying/Guided Buying Catalogs Spot Buy Approval workflows Supplier enablement and Buying Channel policies.
S/4HANA Integration: Solid understanding of MM FI (tax posting) BP/vendor master sourcing-to-pay flows; experience with
CPI/Integration Suite IDoc/API patterns.
Orchestration & Controls: Channel strategy design exception handling compliance controls and sandbox-to-prod promotion discipline.
Regulated Enterprise Experience: Worked in GSK or comparable global pharma/lifesciences or other highly regulated environments.

Nice to Have:

Exposure to Fieldglass Ariba SLP/SIPM/Contracts or Ariba Network operations
Experience with Concur/Workday touchpoints for supplier/worker data
Knowledge of AI/automation use cases (catalog enrichment anomaly detection in invoices guided policy tips)
Certifications: CSM/PSM SAFe Ariba SAP Integration Suite/CPI

Key Competencies:

Outcomeoriented servant leadership; crisp facilitation and conflict resolution
Strong process thinking across SourcetoPay & ProcuretoPay
Excellent communication with business and technical stakeholders
Datadriven mindset (KPIs: adoption touchless rate cycle time firstpass match defect leakage)