Our Ontario based client is seeking an experienced SAP ARIBA Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP) Functional Lead to join their team on a full time permanent basis. The ideal candidate should have 5+ years of SAP Procurement, Materials Management (MM), or Source-to-Pay experience in SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA, including requisitions, purchase orders, service procurement, inventory management, goods receipt processing, vendor master/business partner management, release strategies, reporting, and Fiori applications Along with a minimum of 3+ years of hands-on SAP Ariba experience is required, including extensive expertise in SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP). This is a hybrid role that requires working on-site 2 days per week.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, configuration, and support of Ariba SLP processes, including supplier registration, onboarding, qualification, disqualification, segmentation, performance management, workflow lifecycle, reporting, and governance.
- Partner with key stakeholders on projects and business initiatives to maximize the effectiveness of end-to-end procurement processes (mainly on procure-to-pay, along with order-to-cash and record-to-report)
- Ensure the overall operational health, controls, and roadmap of the SAP Procurement landscape.
- Responsible for enhancing, supporting, and developing all aspects of SAP Ariba SLP with a strong focus on SAP ECC and S/4HANA P2P capabilities.
- Gather, analyze, prioritize, and document business requirements through workshops and collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.
- Analyze complex business processes and recommend SAP Ariba SLP solutions aligned with requirements.
- Build strong understanding of business processes and act as liaison for SAP Ariba SLP production support.
- Serve as the hands-on functional expert during unit testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing, and QA coordination.
- Coordinate with SAP Functional Analysts, Leads, QA, technical teams, vendors, and internal IT teams to ensure seamless integration and delivery.
- Support S/4HANA procurement integration architecture, including SAP BTP services, CPI, APIs, and integration across SAP and non-SAP applications.
- Provide end-user training, job aids, release communications, and adoption support for SAP ECC, S/4HANA Procurement, Fiori, and Ariba SLP processes.
- Follow SAP best practices and ITSM processes while supporting changes, expedited transports, releases, regression testing, and cutover activities.
- Work independently, mentor junior resources, support audits when required, and operate according to internal, external, and legal standards.
- SAP Ariba or Procurement certifications are preferred.
