Consultant – SAP Practice (Ariba Implementations) - Freelancing
(2024-04)
Lead E2E Ariba Implementations Projects as an Ariba functional Lead in Health and Banking industries.
- Conducted E2E design workshops for entire Ariba upstream and helped customer in mapping As-is and To-Be process
- Played a primary role in consulting business process strategic decision for Ariba and providing apt alternatives for current product gaps
- Worked on SAP S4 (MM) side configuration to integrate ARIBA SLP and ARIBA Sourcing
- Actively Involved in project planning and participated in Functional Integration discussions including integration business process design and data mapping
- Prepared Functional Requirement Documents, Business Process Designs, UAT Scripts, Implementation Kit, Go-Live documents, Defect Tracker, Product/Process Gaps, Process Proposals etc.
- Lead Customer Status Update meetings and served as a central point for all S2P related queries
- Successfully conducted multiple Ariba trainings session for customer as well as internal team
- Involved in Ariba Recruitments as panelist which serves as an addition to team building capacity
Consultant – SAP Practice (Ariba Implementations) - Wipro - Bangalore
(2023-12 - 2024-04)
Lead E2E Ariba Implementations Projects as an Ariba functional Lead in Telecom Industry.
- Conducted E2E design workshops for entire Ariba upstream and helped customer in mapping As-is and To-Be process
- Played a primary role in consulting business process strategic decision for Ariba and providing apt alternatives for current product gaps
- Worked on SAP S4 (MM) side configuration to integrate ARIBA SLP and ARIBA Sourcing
- Actively Involved in project planning and participated in Functional Integration discussions including integration business process design and data mapping
- Prepared Functional Requirement Documents, Business Process Designs, UAT Scripts, Implementation Kit, Go-Live documents, Defect Tracker, Product/Process Gaps, Process Proposals etc.
- Lead Customer Status Update meetings and served as a central point for all S2P related queries
- Successfully conducted multiple Ariba trainings session for customer as well as internal Deloitte team
- Involved in Ariba Recruitments as panelist which serves as an addition to Deloitte's Ariba team building capacity
- Involved in Ariba Value propositions and RFP's bidding from the technical side
- Involved in system integration testing and functional testing of all modules
- Expertise in Ariba Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, P2P modules
- Playing a vital role during quarterly releases. Conducted regression testing to ensure new features haven't broken any current processes. Also built test scripts for new features testing
- Received multiple nomination and spot, applause awards for various project level activities
Consultant – SAP Practice (Ariba Implementations) - Deloitte - Bangalore
(2021-04 - 2023-12)
Lead E2E Ariba Implementations Projects as an Ariba functional Lead in Consumer and Industrial Products and Life Science industries.
- Conducted E2E design workshops for entire Ariba upstream and helped customer in mapping As-is and To-Be process
- Played a primary role in consulting business process strategic decision for Ariba and providing apt alternatives for current product gaps
- Identified process and product limitations and designed an alternative approach to bridge the gaps with contingency plan and risk mitigation strategies
- Actively Involved in project planning and participated in Functional Integration discussions including integration business process design and data mapping
- Prepared Functional Requirement Documents, Business Process Designs, UAT Scripts, Implementation Kit, Go-Live documents, Defect Tracker, Product/Process Gaps, Process Proposals etc.
- Lead Customer Status Update meetings and served as a central point for all S2P related queries
- Successfully conducted multiple Ariba trainings session for customer as well as internal Deloitte team
- Involved in Ariba Recruitments as panelist which serves as an addition to Deloitte's Ariba team building capacity
- Involved in Ariba Value propositions and RFP's bidding from the technical side
- Involved in system integration testing and functional testing of all modules
- Expertise in Ariba Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management, Supplier Management, P2P modules
- Playing a vital role during quarterly releases. Conducted regression testing to ensure new features haven't broken any current processes. Also built test scripts for new features testing
- Received multiple nomination and spot, applause awards for various project level activities
Project Manager – Upstream Implementations - PwC India - Bangalore
(2019-05 - 2021-04)
Supported On-Demand Strategic Sourcing/Contracts/Supplier Lifecycle and Management for customers with the design and deployment of their SAP Ariba Strategic solutions in Information Technology and Software industry.
- As functional experts, helped and lead customer in the design, build, testing and deployment of their software solution and associated business processes while providing project planning and management services
- Assisted in Deployment responsibilities throughout the various phases of Ariba's upstream solution deployment
- Assisted with all aspects of a deployment including process configuration, documenting current and future process flows and business rule configuration, user interface configuration, external system integration (if required), user and supplier set-up, training, and project management
- Responsible for customer satisfaction during the successful deployment of solutions
- Established credibility as a conduit for solutions expertise with customers and is seen as an expert by customers (e.g., positive customer feedback)
- Also build Microsoft Project Plan to adhere to timelines and keep up the project pace without deviations
- Also, prepared escalation matrix maintain transparency over activity ownership
- Recognized for multiple service award nominations
- SAP Ariba certified on Ariba Sourcing
Procurement Professional - Accenture Services Private Limited
(2014-01 - 2019-04)
Spearheaded procurement responsibilities for IBM.
- Supplier management: Includes supplier consolidation, Performance Evaluation, Segmentation, and identification of opportunities to maximize leverage
- Contract management: involves creation, negotiation, execution of software license agreements and ensuring compliance with policies
- Client Delight: Reduce procurement lead time for purchase of services. Engage clients and forecast needs
- Performing Source Selection & Bench-Mark analysis to ensure IBM is receiving competitive pricing for the services
- Addressing stakeholder issues and executing sourcing strategies as set out by the respective sourcing councils
- Gathering necessary review and approval for negotiated T & Cs from applicable IBM Management and legal team
- Assuring those transactions are processed within agreed time frame (TAT)
- Managing assigned commodities as well as day to day operational and external client engagement requirements within company procurement groups
- Accountable for promoting process efficiencies while focusing on automated channels
- Administering Supplier Reduction Project, payment term
- Managing end to end projects for improving efficiency and attrition
