What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP Ariba Consultant - Senior Associate - 62573451 position at Cognizant?
About Cognizant’s SAP Practice
Cognizant’s SAP practice is part of our Enterprise Platform Services (EPS) unit. In Cognizant’s SAP practice, we help enterprises maximize business value in the digital economy. As part of this practice, you will drive digital acceleration, to prepare our clients for the approaching autonomous business by unlocking the value of digital with industry-specific outcomes. Our extended service portfolio and business solutions help our clients gain competitive leadership, discover new revenue streams and achieve business agility—all with the operational mandates of cost and efficiency.
Cognizant Technology Solutions is currently seeking a skilled SAP Ariba Consultant who will be catering to the North America customers and involves supporting proactive and reactive business opportunities such as managed services and transformation. The individual will be closely working with our onsite sales / delivery teams, and participate in solution discussions, and workshops.
Role: SAP Ariba Consultant!
Job Level: Senior Associate
Location: Boston, MA. Work from home - Hybrid
Duration: Full Time only - Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship, now or at any time in the future.
Role Summary:
We are seeking a Senior Consultant with experience in SAP Ariba Guided Buying, Procurement and Analysis.
Responsibilities:
- Day to Day support activities for SAP Ariba
- Ariba Buying related Issues/request/Fix - Issues occurring due to Access approval flow Purchase Requisition creation- taking corrective action & coordinating with other involved teams.
- Guided Buying Tiles configuration Commodity code update/configuration for GB Preferred Supplier maintenance for GB.
- Master data related issues. Supplier/Cost enter/General ledger/Commodity code etc.
- Monitoring of Master data flowing from SAP or from other system.
- Handling any system Outage planned/unplanned - Testing of Standard functionality or any new functionality added
- Running Ariba Quarterly Release and patch Upgrade
- Periodic Ariba Release (Monthly/Quarterly) - for any changes in Ariba Release related to Ariba buying- needs to be checked and validated.
Role Qualifications:
- 8 years of SAP Ariba experience
- Experience with Ariba Guided Buying and Ariba Buying
- Life Science/ Pharmacy industry background is nice to have
This position is also eligible for Cognizant’s discretionary annual incentive program, based on performance and subject to the terms of Cognizant’s applicable plans.
Benefits: Cognizant offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:
- Medical/Dental/Vision/Life Insurance
- Paid holidays plus Paid Time Off
- 401(k) plan and contributions
- Long-term/Short-term Disability
- Paid Parental Leave
Disclaimer: The salary, other compensation, and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Cognizant reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.
