SUMMARY

• Ariba certified, over 13 years of expertise with strong functional experience in the areas of SAP ARIBA, SRM and MM and integration with SAP and technical side of ABAP and Workflows.
• Over 6 years of SAP ARIBA upstream and downstream - on demand implementation and enhancements with SAP as backend.
• Certified in ARIBA Supply Chain Collaboration
• Lead single/multiple teams as part of implementations.
• 3+years of experience on SAP SRM/MM integrations/implementation/support.
• 9+ years of techno functional experience on SAP ABAP, Workflows with MM, SRM, FI.
• Working knowledge of SAP WM, IM.
• Corporate trained on SAP ARIBA, HANA, BI, APO, Workflows.
• Key Ariba implementations involved in:
• Ariba Sourcing and contract management
• Ariba Procure-to-Pay
• Ariba Procure-to-Order
• Ariba Invoicing Pro
• Ariba Spend Visibility
• Ariba Supplier enablement implement and Supplier performance management.
• Ariba Mobile Application Implementation/MDM through Microsoft Intunes.
• Working experience in domains of Retail, Communications - Hi-tech, Pharma.
• Worked with industry leaders like LUCENT, SONY, Confidential, PFIZER, Merck, Confidential, Confidential, Proctor & Gamble, Confidential .
• Experience with requirements gathering workshops, designing, developing, customizing and implementing of Ariba upstream and downstream components with SAP/Legacy systems as backend.
• Expertise in integration between ARIBA, SAP and legacy systems.
• Expertise in knowledge documents, KTs and guidelines for customer as well as for support groups.
• Onsite and Offshore Experience with roles of Project Lead, application consultant and business analyst.
• Submitted approach documents, proof of concepts, business solutions in the area of Procurement.
• Proactive, performance-driven professional with 9 plus years of progressive expertise in leadership and problem solving in areas of Procurement operations.
• Expertise communications, interpersonal and managerial skills, team player with positive attitude and self-motivated to work independently and in team and with different teams as well.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• SAP ARIBA, SRM, MM, ABAP, Workflows.
• SAP ARIBA, HANA, SRM, BI, APO, ABAP, Workflows.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Environment: SAP ARIBA, SAP ECC

Responsibilities:

• Suggesting best practices and preparation of design documents and test plans.
• Implementation of Ariba Sourcing and contracts, Guided Buying, PCards and Integration with SAP, Alstom using CIG and ITK.
• Implementation of approval workflows for contracts, zero-dollar Orders, PCard charges.
• Implementation of CIG, ITK and integration of Master data, Orders, Invoices, Charge files. In house Implementation of integration of Ariba SCC with S/4.
• End to end testing of PCards, Invoice reconciliation, Contracts to Invoice and Cutover activities.
• Preparation of guideline documents for business.

Confidential

Environment: SAP ARIBA, ECC 6.0.

Responsibilities:

• Implementation of Ariba Sourcing based on existing process of CRAF/DOA and suggesting best practices, prototypes, business requirements workshops, Design documents and test plans/executions.
• Data estimations, feasibility, transformations and supplier enablement using wave methodology.
• Implementation of master data exports for users, user groups, Commodity codes, UOM mappings, purchasing groups, Purchasing organizations, plants, company codes, account groups, cost centers, G/L, Internal orders, WBS, Payment terms, Suppliers, Supplier remittances, Supplier locations.
• Implementation of Logistics and services in Ariba sourcing by customizing standard functionalities to enable complex procurement process using types and subtypes of procurement process.
• Implementation of user, roles, permissions, user groups, approval rules in the process of DOA approvals, spend commit consumption alerts and updates into ECC and email functionalities.
• Assisting and working with ECC teams in the implementation of below and end to end testing:
• Implementation of connectivity of different ECC systems with Ariba.
• Implementation and enhancements of adopters for seamless transmission of contracts, spend commit updates.
• Screen customizations in contracts, PO, PR and background updates/validations.
• Coordinating with technical teams for customizations in space of integration and reporting (Monitoring tools and reports).
• End to end testing of different phases - CT, AT, UAT and managing defects in HP ALM and coordinating with teams and scrum meetings for defect resolutions.
• Managing Performance test team and reports to leadership.
• Own process of implementing Mobile application according to DOW standards, coordination with Microsoft team, DOW Mobile expert team and Ariba team.
• Own process of SSO for Mobile application as well as Ariba.
• Own process of master data and historical data into Ariba.
• Preparation of knowledge documents, cookbooks and KTs to business, support teams.

Confidential

Environment: SAP ARIBA, ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Implementation and enhancements of Ariba P2P and suggesting best practices, prototypes, business requirements workshops, Design documents and test plans/executions.
• Data estimations, feasibility, transformations and supplier enablement using wave methodology.
• Implementation of master data exports for users, user groups, Commodity codes, UOM mappings, purchasing groups, Purchasing organizations, plants, company codes, account groups, cost centers, G/L, Internal orders, WBS, Payment terms, Suppliers, Supplier remittances, Supplier locations.
• Implementation of Indirect procurement and service orders in Ariba Procure to Pay by customizing standard functionalities to enable complex procurement process using Scheduling agreements, deliveries, receipts and invoice.
• Implementation of user, roles, permissions, user groups, approval rules in the process of Orders, ASN, GR, Invoice reconciliations and email functionalities.
• Configurations for Invoice tolerances and approvals.
• Assisting and working with ECC teams in the implementation of below and end to end testing:
• Implementation of connectivity of different ECC systems with Ariba.
• Implementation and enhancements of adopters for seamless transmission of Scheduling agreements, Direct/Indirect POs, Storeroom POs, GRs, ASNs, Invoice, Invoice remittances and job setups for inbound transactions.
• Customizations related to visibility of terms of procurement, vendor/supplier address, and payment terms based on the user groups/ship to locations.
• Coordinating with technical teams for customizations in space of integration and reporting (Monitoring tools and reports).
• End to end testing of SA/PO, ASN, GR, Invoice, Invoice remittances in Ariba as well as ECC for different regions based on region specific customizations.
• Preparation of knowledge documents, cookbooks and KTs to business, support teams.

Confidential

Environment: SAP ARIBA, R/3 4.7c, ECC 6.0, SRM

Responsibilities:

• Requirements gathering to understand existing sourcing, ordering, catalog management, master data, approvals in SRM and SAP.
• Requirement, blueprints and implementation of Ariba sourcing, P2O, P2P and suggesting best practices, prototypes, business requirements workshops, Design documents and test plans.
• Feasibility and transformations for material master, vendor master, employee master, Finance data and integrations of SAP ARIBA with MM, FI, HR space of R/3.
• Design documents for approval hierarchy using SAP R/3-HR based on cost centers/company codes/employee level/approval limits for different type of procurements and adopting the data into SAP ARIBA for the approval management process using custom approval rules in the process of Contracts, Orders, Receipts and Invoice reconciliations.
• Configurations of user groups, roles, permissions, product categories, approval rules for User profiles, Catalog updates.
• Implementation of Ariba contracts with sync to ECC and authoring process for contracts.
• Implementation of E-Signature for contracts and Orders.
• Coordinating with technical team for customizations in space of approval matrix, integration and reporting (pending orders, scorecards, confirmations and other).
• Enablement of punch outs, special carts and catalog management of suppliers.
• Implementation of Indirect procurement and service orders in Ariba P2P by customizing standard functionalities to enable complex procurement process in Confidential .
• Implementation of catalogues from contracts, order customizations, receipt type setups and invoice tolerances in Ariba.
• Implementation of Invoice with contracts/POs and without contracts/POs.
• Implementation of BPOs and invoicing, and approval rules, budgeting.
• Feasibility, transformations and supplier enablement using wave methodology.
• Integration of Ariba with SAP using ITK, installations, Interface developments, job setups, SAP enhancements for new Ariba procurement process. Integration of contracts, orders, receipts and invoices.
• Integration of documents to PLM.
• Implementation of material mapping from Bugs eye to internal punchouts.
• Coordinating with ECC team for customizations in SAP R/3 to handle Ariba orders, receipts, and invoices.
• Customizations in fixing user profile wipeouts and delegation wipeouts.
• Preparation of knowledge documents, user trainings and KTs to business, support teams.
• 24/7 Support after go-live on end to end procurement process in SAP Ariba and R/3.
• Proposals for direct connect to have endless integration of master data between Ariba and other systems.
• Enhancements for extending business for new company codes, plants, purchasing departments in Ariba.
• Proposals PI connectivity, seamless transmission of transactional data between SAP ARIBA and SAP ECC.
• ARIBA admin for user maintenance, roles, suppliers, catalogs, approval rules, load and maintain master data, and interfaces.
• Corporate training and knowledgeable on Extended HANA, HANA on ABAP, and HANA on BI.

Confidential, FL

Environment: SAP ARIBA, R/3 4.7c, ECC 6.0

Responsibilities:

• Requirements workshops, preparation of blueprints and presentations and suggesting best practices and filling gaps.
• Data estimations for master data integrations between Ariba and SAP, configuration of user groups, product categories, approvals and other.
• Implementation of sourcing and hierarchical contracts, setup of catalogues for frequent procurement referring to existing contracts.
• Implementation of contract compliance and setup rules, scales and pricing procedures.
• Implementation of custom order details at header/line item level, setups for receipt types.
• Installations of ITK, scripts, task schedulers and management in ITK.
• Implementation of integration of contracts, orders, receipts, invoices to and from Ariba - SAP R/3.
• Customizations in SAP R/3 to handle Ariba orders, receipts, invoices.
• Supplier onboarding into ARIBA space.
• Enablement of punch outs, and catalog management of punchouts and suppliers.
• Preparation of Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications, test plans, preparation of user guides and demos.
• ARIBA administration for user maintenance, suppliers, interfaces.
• Preparation of knowledge documents, user manuals and KTs to business, support teams.
• 24x7 support handling requests and queries from customers and management while ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Coordinating with technical team, SAP and business in enhancements of resolutions of issues and implementing Ariba.
• Suggestions and approaches for performance optimizations and enhancements.

Confidential, VA

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7c, ECC 6.0, SRM

Responsibilities:

• 24x7 support and resolution of tickets related to indirect/service procurement through SAP SRM and integration with SAP R/3.
• Support in areas of direct material procurement in R/3 including custom process for leaf procurement and its master data.
• Suggest performance improvements in this area to improve/optimize business operations and propose new requirements.
• Support new process/functionality after go live in procurement area.
• Lead team in in working with objects, reviews testing deliverables.
• Preparation of Functional Specifications, Technical Specifications, Estimates and Approach documents for Business Requirement drafts.
• Implementation of SNUS procurement in SRM and R/3 systems and integrations.
• Implementation of UST procurement in SRM and R/3 systems and integrations.
• Got boot camp training for SAP ARIBA and excelled SAP SRM, MM.

Confidential

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7c, SAP BI, SRM 5.0

Responsibilities:

• Customizations of catalogue ordering including new approval process and enhancements to screens and SRM objects.
• Development of new functionalities in R/3 PO, GR process to integrate with SRM, custom transformations in BI extractions of orders, inforecords.
• Interaction with functional consultants for requirements gathering and feasibility study.
• Lead team in in developments, reviews testing deliverables.
• Part of Operations Excellence team for Accenture and other organization activities.

• Interaction with Business consultants for requirements gathering and feasibility study, determining estimations and designing on specifications, developments, testing and delivery.
• Guiding Development team in enhancements and customizations for standard SAP process.
• Part of Operations Excellence team for Accenture.
• Part of Operations Excellence team for Accenture and other organization activities.
• Worked on SAP Workflows.
• Acquired working knowledge of SAP MM got boot camp training on SAP SRM.

Confidential

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7c, SAP SRM 4.0

Responsibilities:

• Preparation of project plan, implementation, reporting.
• Coordinating business in the process of developments, testing and delivery of objects in OMDE process of SD & different areas - workflows, Reports, Exits, Function Modules, IDOCs and Scripts.
• Preparation of Technical Specifications, Functional Specifications, test plans.
• Got boot camp training on SAP MM.
• Primary support for applications and process in DM plus area.
• Understanding Business Requirements, issues, code fix and updating relevant documents.
• Interaction with Onsite team business consultants and users for resolution of issues and clarifications in requirements and delivery process.
• Guiding Development team in enhancements and break fixes.
• Test data creation, Simulation of issues and Testing of configs, developments - break fixes.
• Trained on APO, and MM.

Confidential

Environment: SAP R/3 4.7c

Responsibilities:

• Understanding Business Requirements, research Analysis, break fix for the tickets and approach for solutions enhancements, IDOC issues.
• Test data creation, Simulation of issues and Testing of configs, developments – break fixes.
• Interaction with Onsite team business consultants and users for resolution of issues and clarifications in requirements and delivery process.
• Acquired knowledge of IDOC processing.
• Interaction with Onsite team regarding the requirements understanding, functional specifications, testing and deliveries of ABAP reports, Interfaces, Module Pool and customizing exits.
• Creation of Technical Specifications, test data creation, test plans, deliverables.
• Trained on Workflows.