Senior SAP Ariba Solution Architect

Role: Senior SAP Ariba Solution Architect

Role Summary

We are looking for a Senior SAP Ariba Solution Architect to support a large-scale Supply Chain and Procurement Digital Modernisation program. The consultant will lead SAP Ariba work from assessment through solution design, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, and stabilization, covering sourcing, contracts, procurement, supplier management, and invoicing.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of SAP Procurement/Supply Chain experience, with strong SAP Ariba implementation experience.
• Expertise in Ariba Sourcing, Contracts, Buying & Invoicing, SAP Business Network, invoice automation, and SAP S/4HANA integration.
• Experience completing fit-to-standard evaluation and process design using Signavio.
• Strong stakeholder management, workshop facilitation, presentation, cross-functional coordination, and problem-solving skills, including the ability to explain design trade-offs to business and technical audiences.
• Preferred: SAP Ariba certification and experience in large-scale enterprise transformation programs.

Responsibilities

1. Lead SAP Ariba activities across current-state assessment, requirements gathering, fit-to-standard workshops, future-state design, configuration, testing, deployment, and post-go-live support.
2. Design end-to-end Source-to-Pay processes covering strategic sourcing, RFx, supplier evaluation, contract management, operational procurement, invoicing, supplier collaboration, and SAP S/4HANA integration.
3. Design and configure Ariba Sourcing, Ariba Contracts, Buying & Invoicing, Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP), and SAP Business Network to meet business requirements.
4. Design invoice automation to reduce manual processing, improve invoice intake and validation, streamline workflows, and increase straight-through processing.
5. Design end-to-end invoice processes, including PO and non-PO invoices, PO/GR matching, reconciliation, duplicate checks, credit memos, approval workflows, tolerances, exception handling, and posting to SAP S/4HANA.
6. Define integration requirements between SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA for suppliers, purchase orders, goods receipts, service entry sheets, invoices, contracts, accounting information, master data, and invoice status updates.
7. Work with SAP MM and FICO teams on end-to-end procurement and Accounts Payable integration, including G/L accounts, cost centers, WBS elements, internal orders, tax codes, GR/IR, account assignments, invoice tolerances, payment blocks, and financial postings.
8. Lead Ariba functional solution design, including configuration, approval workflows, interfaces, functional specifications, reporting and data requirements, and alignment with SAP standards and best practices.
9. Lead and support functional testing, SIT, UAT, defect resolution, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and production stabilization, while driving improvements in invoice processing efficiency, automation, exception management, and operational reporting.