At SAP, we enable you to bring out your best. Our company culture is focused on collaboration and a shared passion to help the world run better. We offer a highly collaborative, caring team environment with a strong focus on learning and development, recognition for your individual contributions, and a variety of benefit options for you to choose from.Summary & Role Information:The Technology Consultant is accountable for driving Buyer's integration initiative with the SAP Ariba Solutions to automate their buying processes and drive collaborative commerce with their vendors. Responsibilities include implementation of the technical components of the SAP Ariba Solution's open interfaces to the customer's business applications. The Technology Consultant serves as an Ariba Network and Ariba On-Demand expert on integration options for the customer requirements and influencer of resources that impact the customer's success. Strong communication skills and a strong technical background are required to effectively drive customer projects.Responsibilities & Tasks:Support the transformation towards the Intelligent Enterprise.Architect, blueprint, design, and realize technical landscape and configuration for cloud-based solutions and lead customers' technical teams to achieve their goals during implementation.Design solution to facilitate cloud integration and perform detailed planning of technical process implementation.Knowledge of relevant SAP procurement solutions like SAP Ariba, SAP SRM, SAP ECC, S/4 HANA, and non-SAP technologies (e.g. databases, software stacks and infrastructure components).Plan and estimate cloud development activities based on the customizations determined from functional specifications.Determine "TO-BE" processes with best fit alternatives and vet these with customer business unit representatives across the globe to secure their alignment.Identify technical process gaps, and provide alternatives to design teams.Support setup and connectivity of integrated system landscapes (On Premise, Cloud and Hybrid), applying state-of-the-art methodologies.Support or maintain project plan for technical work stream.Manage technical performance expectations and serve as a technical advisor to customers throughout engagements.Assess technical issues and develop system solutions for the deployment.Provide support for escalated projects and system optimization, perform issue and status tracking, as well as provide weekly updates and escalate critical issues to Team and Project.Take responsibility from time to time as team lead and support respective line manager(s) in people-development tasks.Functional Experience:Bachelor's degree in information technology, Engineering or related field.Deep experience of work experience required.Robust experience technology consulting.Proven experience with SAP Ariba customer implementations.Experience with designing integrations of SAP Ariba solutions with SAP ECC, SAP SRM.SAP ERP Technical know-how to troubleshoot and debug system integration.Technical planning, implementation and configuration experience.Managerial Experience:Takes responsibility from time to time as a sub-project lead and/or team lead.Act as a coach for colleagues and/or customers and partners.Active contribution to a technology related community.Travel:Position requires up to 10% travel to client locations across Americas (post covid).
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