Introduction
As a Package Consultant at IBM, get ready to tackle numerous mission-critical company directives. Our team takes on the challenge of designing, developing, and re-engineering highly complex application components and integrating software packages using various tools. You will use a mix of consultative skills, business knowledge, and technical expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into our clients' business environment and achieve business results.

Your Role and Responsibilities
As a Package Consultant at IBM, get ready to tackle numerous mission-critical company directives. Our team takes on the challenge of designing, developing and re-engineering highly complex application components and integrating software packages using various tools. You will use a mix of consultative skills, business knowledge, and technical expertise to effectively integrate packaged technology into our clients' business environment and achieve business results.
IBM Global Business Service Domestic is seeking skilled consultants with SAP expertise specifically in SAP Ariba for both upstream and downstream. In this role, you will be required to provide functional/technical expertise in SAP.

• You will have to lead IBM as well as client team members in completion of tasks towards achievement of goals.
• All positions are based in India and business consulting positions will require 100% traveling on project sites within India.

Primary Skills:-
Certified candidates with depth knowledge in the following Ariba functionalities/modules are preferred highly preferred

• Sourcing
• Guided Sourcing
• Contracts Management
• Supplier Lifecycle and Performance Management
• Supplier Risk Management
• Templates Configurations, other administration functionalities in Ariba

Secondary Skills:-
Certified candidates with depth knowledge in the following Ariba functionalities/modules are preferred highly preferred

• Ariba Commerce Automation
• Ariba Buying and Invoicing
• Ariba Guided Buying
• Network configurations, other administration functionalities in Ariba

Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• Lead IBM and client project team though out the implementation in preparation, designing the process, building the system, testing and migration activities till Go live
• Understand client’s procurement process and requirements
• Conduct and drive workshop session with clients for process design fixing, requirements review, system demonstrations
• Provide expertise in designing the process in conjunction with IBM/Ariba Design Authority
• Drive continuous improvement of process definition
• Document To be process flows as per the design and configuration details and prepare ‘Function specifications document’
• Analyze FIT/GAP against the clients’ requirements and system functionalities
• Identify possible solutions/ workarounds for gaps by working with SAP team
• Prepare test scripts, scenarios, steps, and conduct UAT session with clients
• Lead and carryout migration activities for system go live
• Provide extensive support for clients’ post go live through issues and bugs fixes, product enhancements
• Liaise between SAP team, Clients, IBM SMEs for implementation, post go live support and future product enhancements
• Ability to work with and collaborate with all internal IBM team and external Clients’ teams, SAP Teams toward developing a best practice processes, quality, and efficiencies for the program.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise

• Highly motivated professional (MBA – Finance / SCM)
• Candidate should have excellent communication skills, as these are client facing roles

About Business Unit IBM Consulting is IBM’s consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation. With deep expertise in many industries, we offer strategy, experience, technology, and operations services to many of the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Our people are focused on accelerating our clients’ businesses through the power of collaboration. We believe in the power of technology responsibly used to help people, partners and the planet.
This job requires you to be fully COVID-19 vaccinated prior to your start date and proof of vaccination status will be required before your start date. During the Onboarding process you will be asked to confirm your vaccination status, in case you are unable to get vaccinated for any reason, you can let us know at that stage. Please let us know if you are unable to be vaccinated due to medical or religious reasons. IBM will consider such requests on a case by case basis subject to submission of required proof by the candidate before a stipulated date.
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