Principal Ariba Business Architect

Principal Ariba Business Architect

Location: on-site in San Ramon; must go on-site 2-3 days a week

Duration: 6-9 months then CTH; must be a USC/GC

Yrs of exp: 12-15

Qualifications:

• EXCELLENT COMMUNICATION SKILLS and written skills
• Must be a technical consultant with PM experience
• Must have leadership experience; preferably some project management background
• Strong Ariba expertise
• Strong time management skills; prioritizes work efficiently, ability to meet deadlines and determine preventative actions to keep on track
• Ability to work both independently and cross-functionally within a geographically dispersed team
• Present clearly and efficiently in front of a full team to bring everyone onto the same page
• Be able to create an implementation plan and execute it to the team

Responsibilities:

• Lead teams to implement process and system improvements
• Gather business folks and lead team meetings
• Be able to talk about new Ariba features
• Be able to understand the new releases of Ariba each quarter and take those notes to create a roadmap of implementation
• Take the roadmap and bringing it to each team helping them understand the new changes
• Connect with the technical team and help connect the dots between the two teams
• Be able to talk to business users and understand the process and pain points to asses the situation and define an action plan to make changes

Primary Modules: (must have experience in these)

1. Pricing, Buying and Invoice
2. Contract Management
3. Performance Management
4. Supply Chain Collaboration

Nice to have: SCC ( Supply Chain Collaboration) experience in Ariba