Role: SAP Ariba Consultant – Sourcing & Procurement
Location: Washington, DC / Wilmington, DE / New Jersey, NJ (5 days onsite)
Contract
Job Summary:
Seeking an experienced SAP Ariba Consultant with strong expertise in Sourcing, Procurement, Contracts, Supplier Management, Buying, Invoicing, Ariba Network, Guided Buying, Guided Sourcing, SLP, and CIG. The consultant will work with business, procurement, suppliers, and technical teams to support, troubleshoot, and enhance Source-to-Pay (S2P) and Procure-to-Pay (P2P) processes.
Responsibilities
- Support SAP Ariba solution areas across sourcing, contracts, supplier management, buying, invoicing, Ariba Network, Guided Buying, Guided Sourcing, SLP, and CIG.
- Analyze production issues, identify root causes, and coordinate resolution across business, technical, supplier, and integration teams.
- Work with procurement stakeholders to understand business needs and convert them into clear functional requirements.
- Support configuration, testing, defect management, user acceptance testing, cutover, and post-go-live stabilization.
- Troubleshoot integration issues between SAP Ariba, SAP ECC, Ariba Network, and related procurement platforms.
- Partner with suppliers and internal teams to resolve onboarding, transaction, catalog, PO, invoice, and network-related issues.
- Support process improvements across source-to-contract and procure-to-pay functions.
- Create clear documentation, including process flows, functional specifications, test scripts, issue analysis, and solution recommendations.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams including procurement, finance, IT, integration, supplier enablement, and change management.
- Bring a consulting mindset to problem-solving, stakeholder communication, and delivery execution.
Required qualifications
- Strong experience with SAP Ariba in the areas of sourcing, contracts, buying, invoicing, supplier lifecycle management, supplier performance, Ariba Network, Guided Buying, Guided Sourcing, and CIG.
- Good understanding of source-to-pay and procure-to-pay business processes.
- Experience analyzing system, process, integration, and transaction issues.
- Ability to perform root cause analysis and drive issues to closure.
- Experience working with business stakeholders, technical teams, and suppliers.
- Understanding of integration touchpoints between SAP Ariba and SAP ECC.
- Strong communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work independently while collaborating effectively across teams.
Additional qualifications
- Exposure to SAP procurement processes.
- Exposure to Icertis Contract Intelligence or other enterprise contract lifecycle management platforms.
- Experience with supplier enablement, catalog management, invoice automation, or Ariba Network transaction flows.
- Experience in consulting, large-scale transformation programs, or enterprise procurement support environments.
- Familiarity with testing cycles, release management, incident management, and continuous improvement practices.
