About the position
In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology. A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio; including Software and Red Hat. Curiosity and a constant quest for knowledge serve as the foundation to success in IBM Consulting. In your role, you'll be encouraged to challenge the norm, investigate ideas outside of your role, and come up with creative solutions resulting in ground breaking impact for a wide network of clients. Our culture of evolution and empathy centers on long-term career growth and development opportunities in an environment that embraces your unique skills and experience.
Responsibilities
- Perform and or lead the design, implementation and deployment of SAP Ariba On-Demand solutions, both Upstream (Sourcing, Contracts, etc.) and Downstream (Procure to Pay, Invoicing, Ariba Procurement Content, etc.)
- Combine Source to Pay process expertise with knowledge of Ariba applications to articulate and present Supply Chain solutions to clients at the client management level
- Help IBM's clients to transform their Supply Chains to world class level using Ariba applications
- Perform and Lead teams in translating client requirements into to/be designs that leverage the best practices embedded within Ariba applications
- Participate / Lead the configuration, testing and deployment of Ariba solutions
- Participate in sales opportunities by conducting opportunity assessments, answering functional questions regarding Ariba's software and providing Ariba focused sales materials
- Act as an ambassador to the IBM Ariba community through knowledge sharing, mentoring and networking
Requirements
- Overall 12 plus years of SAP Consulting experience and as a Package Consultant at IBM
- Lead the technical design and implementation of SAP solutions for simplicity, amplification, and maintainability
- Work from strategy development to solution implementation using your knowledge of SAP and working with the latest technologies
- Partner with a cross-functional global team to ensure customer success in an agile environment
- Ariba Commerce Automation - should have worked on development projects only
Nice-to-haves
- Knowledge and experience in implementation planning, fit analysis, configuration, testing, rollout and post-implementation support of SAP ARIBA
- Experience in working with teams to prioritize work and drive system solutions by clearly articulating business needs around sourcing and procurement activities
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