SUMMARY

• Having 7+ years of experience in implementing, customizing, and supporting Ariba solutions including Ariba On Premise, On Demand and Web Services Concepts (SaaS).
• Experienced in Ariba Buyer, Invoicing, Contracts Pro, SLP and Souring.
• Experienced in migration activities of Ariba Buyer 8.2.2 to 9R1.
• Good functional knowledge of Fieldglass including Job Posting, Work Order, Invoices, Independent Contractors, etc.
• Working knowledge of Ariba Upstream and Downstream modules and integrating them with SAP ERP, SAP Fieldglass, JDE and Oracle.
• Worked extensively in customizing the business process by writing the Approval Ruleset using Java script.
• Worked in integrating the e - Procurement solution with the ERP systems like SAP.
• Experienced in using middleware for pulling Ariba data from and to ERP systems.
• Proficient in GAP Analysis and Root cause analysis.
• Proficient in Data Model and Object Modeling concepts.
• Experience in Cloud Computing, hosted solutions of Ariba.
• Experienced in large scale Ariba implementations, migrations, development, production support and performance tuning.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Office productivity: Microsoft Project, Word, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint

Operating System: Windows 7 Enterprise, UNIX, Linux, Mac

Enterprise Applications: Ariba On-Premise, Ariba Cloud, Fieldglass, Java Script

Middleware: Cloud Integration (CI 9), CIG

ERP: SAP, JDE

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Involved in implementing Ariba On-Demand Upstream and Downstream solution and integrating it with SAP.
• Participated in Requirements gathering for Ariba On-Demand (cloud) modules - P2O, Contracts and SLP.
• Involved in designing the functional specification document for P2O and Contracts Pro including custom changes and Enhancements.
• Designed the functional specification document for reverse integration for the SAP requisitions to flow to Ariba.
• Have extensive knowledge in designing and configuring business rules.
• Involved in creating and updating the templates for the Ariba Contracts solution rollouts.
• Involved in creating and updating templates for Ariba Supplier management and lifecycle module (SLP).
• Involved in enabling CIG for Upstream modules and CI9 for the downstream modules.
• Worked on the ‘Real time budget check’ functionality in P2O.
• Involved in enabling ‘Total landed Cost’ feature in P2O.
• Designed and updated approval flow for Requisitions and Contract terms.
• Involved in Vendor On-boarding and worked with vendors to build the catalog.
• Involved in loading the catalog into Ariba and configure with the system.
• Involved in gathering the requirements for Guided Buying.
• Worked on configuring custom layout for Purchase Order.
• Worked on the data loading and configuration aspects of the various deployments.
• Responsible to raise and track the defects in HPQC.
• Worked with SAP team to resolve the defects.
• Worked with ERP and SAP PI team to resolve integration related issues.
• Worked with Ariba in resolving the service requests.
• Involved in designing the functional, technical and test documents for the enhancements to the tool and bug fixes.
• Involved in testing and loading master data load from SAP to Ariba.
• Involved in testing master data and transaction data for P2O.
• Worked with security team to load users into Ariba and assign them the roles as per the business requirements.
• Worked with the Rev Trac to manage the code migration activities.
• Designed test scenarios for Ariba Contracts Pro, P2O modules and SLP module.
• Developed test scenarios and test cases for UAT and Training documents.
• Involved in Unit testing, System testing, Integration testing and UAT.
• Lead the Integration Testing, User acceptance testing and hands-on training activities for P2O and Contracts Pro.
• Conducted Webinars to train the users.
• Involved in the roll out activities of Ariba (On - demand) modules.
• Involved in the post go live support activities for Buyer and Contracts module.
• Involved in generating Analytical report for user visibility.
• Follow testing processes established for project team. HPALM - Application lifecycle management.
• Raise and track the defects in HPALM - HP Application Lifecycle Management

Confidential - Houston, TX

Ariba Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Designed business functionalities and customizations in Ariba 9r1 On - Premise downstream modules.
• Involved in Integrating Fieldglass with Ariba as part of CLM Program.
• Interacted with Business Users for gathering requirements for the new Enhancements.
• Responsible to co-ordinate the Enhancement Request submitted through ERF - Enhancement request Forms.
• Responsible to lead daily standup meetings as Single Point of Contact.
• Ensure the flow of Service Orders and Invoices(P2P) from Vendor management System (Fieldglass) to Client.
• Developed Technical Specifications for the Enhancements to the Invoice(P2P) Interface between Fieldglass and Ariba.
• Updated Functional Specifications for Service Order and Invoice extracts from Ariba.
• Performed data extractions for SAP and JDE based transactions.
• Updated Functional Specifications document for the Master Data (Accounting and Suppliers) interfaces.
• Updated Integration Mapping Specifications document for Service Order and Invoices(P2P) to SAP/JDE.
• Coded the Enhancements as per the Technical Specs for Supplier ID/Contract Id interface.
• Designed new scheduled task to Import and Export data.
• Developed relationships with clients and identified future opportunities; handled aggressive deadlines and balance multiple responsibilities while maintaining system integrity.
• Involved in the periodic code migration activities.
• Involved in generating analytical reports on a periodic basis for the user visibility.
• Performed End to End testing of master data and transaction data between SAP/JDE and Ariba.
• Ensure the flow of the transactions from Fieldglass/CLM to Ariba and vice versa after every database refresh.
• Worked with SAP ERP team and SAP PI team to resolve integration issues between ERP, Ariba and Fieldglass.
• Co-ordinate the Defect fixes activities.
• Created Test case documents and executed them with the Fieldglass testing team for the new Enhancements.
• Work with business unit operating company administrators to identify and resolve issues that arose from design gaps and Assist in the system testing and UAT of enhancement requests and defect fixes.
• Designed the test cases and performed functional testing, regression testing, system testing and UAT for Enhancements
• Responsible to conduct periodic functional and technical checks.

Environment: Ariba Buyer 9r1, Ariba On-Demand (Cloud), Fieldglass, Java, AML, WebLogic 10.1, Unix, Oracle 10g, Share Point, Visio, SAP, JDE, HP Quality Center (QC)/ALM, Microsoft Suite.

Confidential - Greensboro, NC

Ariba Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Actively involved in various phases of the Ariba Buyer rollout.
• Involved in Design of the customizations to the Buyer(P2O) and Invoicing (P2P) module and documented the HLD,
• Involved in enhancements to the existing approvables in the system, like requisition, contracts, etc.
• Understand the functional requirement customers, define clearly and find a workable and acceptable resolution.
• Make business understand the features and benefits of Ariba Propose possible solutions to business and freeze To – Be process.
• Assist in functional design by validating user interface fields and workflow.
• Assist in developing functional test scripts Performing all acceptance testing.
• Performed system testing and assisted in the UAT of the changes to the Ariba functionality.
• Assist Technical teams in performing basic system configurations like Data, Catalog and Contract Loads.
• Work with QA teams to ensure application meets business requirements
• Customized invoicing module in Buyer by adding fields to UI and validating them.
• Developed test cases for the Buyer and Invoicing module enhancements.
• Work with key stakeholders to ensure UAT meets planned objectives
• Tested the RFx customizations in the Ariba Sourcing module.
• Liaise between project team and the business/corporate support units
• Involved in production support of the Ariba Buyer and Invoicing modules.

Environment: Ariba Buyer 9r1, Java, AML (Ariba Markup Language), WebLogic 10.1, Linux, Apache Web Server, Oracle 10g, SAP.