Senior SAP Ariba Advisory Consultant Resume

SUMMARY

Solution Architect and Senior SAP Ariba Advisory Consultant with 12 years of experience guiding Fortune 500 clients through Sourcing and Procurement transformations utilizing world - class technology.
Expert in implementing and integrating SAP Ariba products to both SAP and Non-SAP ERP systems. Significant engagements with clients in Financial Services, Consumer Goods, Aerospace, Hospitality, Pharmaceutical, Healthcare, and Education sectors have helped develop a robust Supply Chain Management background.
Advised clients on best practices and demonstrated success in project management, relationship building, systems integration, metrics design, and budgeting, with a focus on streamlining core business processes and delivering efficient and cost-saving solutions.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Procure-to-Pay (P2P), Sourcing, Contracts, Spend Visibility, Ariba Invoice Pro, Ariba Procurement Content (APC), Supplier Lifecycle and Performance Management (SLP), Cloud Integration-Gateway (CI-G), Integration Toolkit (ITK), Direct Connect, Web Services Integration, Ariba Network, Ariba Catalogs, Supplier Enablement, Light Account
S/4 Hana, ECC 6.0, ECC 5.0, Master Data Management (MDM), Master Data Governance (MDG), Materials Management (MM), Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM), Human Capital Management (HCM), Supply Network Collaboration (SNC), Financial Accounting (FI), Product Costing (CO)
Amazon Business, IBM Maximo, Workday, PeopleSoft, Open Text, JDE, QAD, Oracle, SUN, Siebel, Visio, Excel, Access, SQL, Visual Basic, Office, Project, Crystal Reports, Photoshop, Lightroom, Avid Video Editor, Final Cut Pro, iMovie

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Senior SAP Ariba Advisory Consultant

Responsibilities:

Slashed 60,000 manual invoice handoffs across Federal Reserve System (FRS) through execution of Ariba Supplier Enablement program, which included direct external vendor communication and guidance.
Enabled over 100 suppliers to transact electronic invoices over the Ariba Network via Light Account.
Drove more efficient operations for five full-time FRS employees in central AP operations in Dallas.
Influenced AVP and SVP of Financial Operations and Shared Services (FOSS) at FRBNY to build stronger relationship with National Procurement Office (NPO) in Richmond, VA.
Audited NPO Ariba P2P design in order to provide insight for system improvements and enhancements.
Developed Vendor On-Boarding Playbook to drive efficient Supplier Enablement model within FOSS.

Confidential

Senior Ariba Project Manager (SME)

Responsibilities:

Led Amazon Business Pilot Program to drive synergies in effort to consolidate 1,500 tail spend suppliers.
Developed Ariba Catalogs rollout strategy with P2P Global Process Owner and Chief Procurement Officer.
Performed Ariba P2P technical configurations to drive improved analysis of $2.5B in procurement spend.
Provided Ariba subject matter expertise and direction to Procurement, IT, and P2P Leadership.
Executed supplier integration strategies with SAP Ariba leadership to progress overall program initiatives.

Confidential

Senior Principal Ariba Consultant

Responsibilities:

Architected design and collected functional and technical requirements for Ariba P2P implementation.
Managed team of ten employees and consultants in both technical and functional lead roles on project.
Consulted THS project sponsor, key stakeholders, and Ariba team to drive successful project management.
Integrated Ariba via Federated Process Control (FPC) methodology with SAP, JDE, and QAD ERP systems.
Spearheaded Workday user integration to Ariba P2P system to alleviate workload on System Administrators.
Advised client on JDE/QAD ERP P2P development after acquisition of Conagra Private Brands in 2016.

Confidential

Ariba Practice Leader

Responsibilities:

Consulted with Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas on Ariba P2P to Lawson implementation and integration.
Directed Ariba clients on implementation best practices and provided expertise on utilizing Ariba for growth.
Drove revenue production and monitored client satisfaction as Practice Leader for boutique consulting firm.
Led calls with clients to determine their project issues and architected solutions for successful integrations.