Principal – SAP Ariba - Business Consulting

Principal – Business Consulting (SAP Ariba)

Infosys Consulting is seeking Ariba Transformation consultants looking for long-term growth and career enhancing opportunities leveraging SAP to solve our customer’s most challenging issues. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of SAP project experience from project prepare phase through deploy and run phases. The candidate should have strong business and SAP background and be experienced in interfacing with client executives, indirect & direct procurement; S/4HANA, Ariba, Coupa and P2P supply chain collaboration, business and IT client members in consultative project engagements.
We are seeking consultants experienced in one or more of the following process areas:

• Indirect & direct procurement using SAP S/4HANA, Ariba.
• Inventory Management and warehouse Management
• Intercompany procurement
• Catalog procurement (Coupa, Ariba, GEP)
• Global Logistics & 3rd Party logistics
• Supply chain collaboration
• Service Procurement (SAP S/4 HANA, Field glass)
• Invoice Management using SAP, OpenText, Tungsten etc.

About the Role

As a Principal, you will assist in the leadership and delivery of engagements. You will build on your experience designing and executing transformation programs. You will collaborate and interface with client counterparts daily. You will also be involved in branding, thought leadership and knowledge management efforts with the objective of providing value-adding consulting services that enable our clients to meet the changing needs of the global landscape.

Responsibilities include:

Project Execution

• Collaborate with client counterparts to define long-term vision, goals and strategies
• Contribute to the design and development of client future processes and organizations with corresponding transformation roadmaps
• Conduct requirements workshops with a team of global IT professional & subject matter experts, translating those requirements into actionable project initiatives w/associated metrics
• Involvement in planning and executing SAP Ariba Implementation / Rollout / Upgrade / Development / Support activities in Ariba Upstream or Downstream modules.
• Solution targeted processes, leveraging best practices
• Configure / design SAP functionality and processes
• Solution and document functional specifications
• Define, execute and support testing of the solution
• Perform knowledge transfer to client and supporting organizations throughout all phases of the project
• Support management of project execution from start-to-finish in order to deliver according to plan (scope, quality and time)
• Coach and develop team members to deliver quality results and promote professional development

People Development

• • Mentor and coach team members through formal, performance evaluation methods and informal, individual feedback opportunities
  • Collaborate and share knowledge

Practice Development

• Create/contribute S4HANA practice artifacts
• Contribute to practice growth through recruitment, training and retention
• Provide insight and thought leadership to develop innovative assets, including differentiated points of view and methodologies

Basic Qualifications:

• 7-9 years’ experience in SAP Ariba modules with 2-3 full cycle implementation experience of mid to high complexity.
• Sound understanding of Source to Pay process and be able to provide an optimum solution utilizing processes available in SAP Ariba
• Team Lead experience, having led team of SAP Ariba consultants
• Ability to configure SAP Ariba Upstream or Downstream conforming to the Client's standards & requirements and integrate it with SAP Materials Management module or other non-SAP ERP systems.
• Secondary skill include: Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway and Ariba Network Integration.
• Experience with of Package Implementation Methodology and key deliverables
• Customer-facing project experience
• Solid written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills
• Ability and willingness to travel 80%, typically Monday – Thursday
• Undergraduate degree or foreign equivalent; or three years of relevant work experience in lieu of every year of education
• Candidates authorized to work for any employer in the United States without employer-based visa sponsorship are welcome to apply. Infosys is unable to provide immigration sponsorship for this role at this time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• At least three (3) SAP ARIBA and S/4 HANA customer engagement
• A foundation in consulting, versus industry
• Ability to influence at the leadership level
• Ability to simplify difficult situations, models and issues to create executable actions
• Strong personal and professional values; entrepreneurial spirit
• Strong written, verbal and interpersonal communication skills
• Willingness to travel up to 100%, depending on client requirements
• Ability and willingness to work as part of a cross-cultural team including flexibility to support multiple time zones when necessary
• MBA or other applicable post-graduate degree
Preference for candidates to live within 2 hours drive time of these Infosys hub offices: Atlanta, GA; Boston, MA; Chicago, IL; Dallas, TX; Houston, TX; Bridgewater, NJ; New York City, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA

Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Infosys employee you are also eligible for the following benefits:

• • • Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
    • Long-term/Short-term Disability
    • Health and Dependent Care Reimbursement Accounts
    • Insurance (Accident, Critical Illness , Hospital Indemnity, Legal)
    • 401(k) plan and contributions dependent on salary level
    • Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off

About Us
Infosys Consulting is the global management and technology consulting practice of Infosys, a global leader in technology services and consulting. We combine the power of time-tested methodologies, people-driven innovation and disruptive technology to enable leaders of the world’s top brands pursue a path of smart transformation. Together with our clients, internal and external partners, we co-create and execute pragmatic strategies and solutions that transform organizations and define the future of business. Our dynamically growing consultancy offers our consultants:

• Ability to design and implement end-to-end solutions at scale
• A flat organization structure with direct access to our senior-most leaders
• An entrepreneurial environment full of bright, highly motivated consultants
• Opportunities for motivated consultants to impact local communities
• The ability to design your career and drive your professional learning and development
• A truly global culture

Infosys is a global leader in next-generation digital services and consulting. We enable clients in more than 50 countries to navigate their digital transformation. With over four decades of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we expertly steer our clients through their digital journey. We do it by enabling the enterprise with an AI-powered core that helps prioritize the execution of change. We also empower the business with agile digital at scale to deliver unprecedented levels of performance and customer delight. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Infosys provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race; color; sex; gender identity; sexual orientation; religious practices and observances; national origin; pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions; status as a protected veteran or spouse/family member of a protected veteran; or disability.