Title: SAP Technical BA- MM/Ariba 

Duration: Full-time

Location: Milwaukee, WI, US, 53204-2941 / Chicago, IL, US, 60631

Overview: 

• Participate in projects to enhance Ariba Supply Chain Collaboration, Ariba Procure-to-Pay, and Spend Analysis, and provide support to businesses for future rollouts to new suppliers and new regions 
• Monitor integration points between SAP ERP and Ariba, troubleshoot and support integration errors, and work with internal IT to resolve issues 
• Analysis of global business processes and procedures 
• Collecting business requirements and translating them into functional specifications  
• SAP MM and Ariba configuration, testing of processes, and troubleshooting of software or business problems  
• Participating in and supporting MM in SAP and Ariba project rollouts and enhancements 
• Working flexible hours in order to provide global support and meet deadlines for projects where there are team members from various time zones 
• Responsible for the Administrator role for the clients Ariba account, including entering service requests to SAP Ariba for change or support requests, some configuration of the rules workbook, and user role assignment.  This will involve coordinating these activities with multiple clients entities and understanding the impact of changes to various Ariba applications. 
• Review Ariba releases of new functionality analyze the applicability to clients business processes, and work with business users to apply or utilize the new functionality. 
• Analyze as-is business processes, document to-be business processes, and complete Business Process Procedure documents as part of the blueprint process 
• Write and execute unit and integration test scripts as well as perform regression testing for any enhancements affecting global objects 
• Create training material related to purchasing business processes and provide training as part of a deployment project 
• Write a functional specification document to provide to a developer for changes to the SAP  
• Complete configuration in SAP and Ariba, test new configuration 
• Perform research online as needed to provide solutions to functional and technical issues in SAP and Ariba 
• Complete analysis of functionality available to meet business requirements or to propose process improvements 
• Communicate with peers on cross-functional activities related to project rollouts and enhancements 
• Perform data mapping exercises and execute data migration programs  
• Work with external consultants to be sure we follow current business processes and to make sure there is documentation of work done by the consultants so we can provide support going forward 

Must Haves:  

• 5+ years of progressive IT experience, including experience with MM and Ariba. 
• Experience with config, testing, and supporting SAP MM, Ariba Supply Chain, Ariba Procure-to-Pay, and Ariba Spend Analysis 
• Ability to interact with business users and translate business processes into technical documentation 
• Ability to interact with SAP support teams (outsourced) to provide technical specifications