SAP Ariba Sr. Analyst Resume

SUMMARY

Solid expertise in SAP Ariba buying solution administration, Guided Buying, analytical reporting, supplier enablement, upstream Contracts and downstream Catalog and Procurement modules and processes.
Knowledgeable in upstream Sourcing and Supplier Information Management modules and processes.
Effective at evaluating existing policies, procedures, processes, and technical tools to recognize inefficiencies, determine areas of improvement, and enhance productivity.
Capitalize on cost avoidance, savings, and revenue generation opportunities.
Develop strong business relationships to stimulate, motivate, and promote cohesive efforts between internal and external cross - functional teams to deliver projects on time, within scope, and under budget.
Extremely focused and committed to meeting project timelines and performance goals.
Genuine passion for technological solutions and partnering with organizations to leverage them in order to support and align their processes and operations.
Proactively exploit opportunities to learn new technological features, functionality, and capabilities by seeking out knowledge and self-educating.
High technical acumen with the ability to learn new software quickly and apply knowledge effectively.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

SAP Ariba Sr. Analyst

Responsibilities:

Designed, developed, configured, and deployed Ariba Guided Buying platform Home Page, Landing Pages, validation policies, Requisition, Standalone, and Tactical Sourcing Forms (using JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) and self-service admin User Interface) to promote self-service purchasing, manage, control indirect, rogue spend, and strengthen policy compliance increasing platform adoption by 10 percent and contributing to team’s $2M cost savings initiative.
Mastered the ability to effectively create and interpret Ariba analytical reports to determine organizational indirect spend and order volumes to quickly develop and provide recommendations on executing contract, catalog, and procurement strategies.
Leveraged Ariba expertise to transform Contracts module from a document repository to effectively utilize Ariba Contracts Compliance blanket purchase order capabilities minimizing the amount of time and effort to verify invoice to contract pricing by 50 percent.
Spearheaded the Contract Workspace Procurement clean-up initiative by providing subject matter expertise and knowledge of best practices in capturing data into the contract and pricing terms templates and importing the data into Ariba increasing visibility into organizational Contract general and pricing terms resulting in better quality data, contract compliance, reporting, risks, and costs controls.
Operationalized strategy to set up Level 2 catalogs for major Business Partners so employees could quickly and easily locate contracted items on the Guided Buying platform realizing negotiated rates and enforcing contract compliance.
Reduced manual, low value Buyer tasks by enabling key Suppliers that were on the Ariba network to automatically receive Purchase Orders electronically.
Created instructional guides, trained off-shore resources, and implemented streamlined contract management process to simplify the contract data collection and import process and capture 100 percent of the contracts received ensuring that the contract information and documentation is captured in Ariba.
Successfully planned, scheduled, managed, and completed multiple technical and business projects by leveraging the Project Management framework.
Participated as a key stakeholder in S2P RFP by leveraging Ariba expertise to review questionnaire responses, provide feedback, and make RFP award recommendations.

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