Specialist, Procurement Excellence Jobs

Posting Date

Posting Number: 62497

Work Location Type: Hybrid

Job Code: 406

Location: Mississauga

Reports to: Manager Procurement Excellence

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This role, reporting directly to the Manager - Procurement Excellence. In this role, the Business Application Support specialist will be responsible for helping to drive the technical support and training for business application (Ariba/S4 Hana), which will include transformation of 1) systems implementation and process automation, 2) system data analytics and security compliance reporting, 3) internal and external application and process governance, 4) Technical support and training. In addition, this position will play a key role in technical support for supplier enablement, supplier performance projects, and compliance projects in Ariba.

Responsibilities

• Support the integration of regional and global sites into SAP Ariba, and closely track the integration with the SAP S/4 Hana system.
• Develop and implement maintenance procedures, monitor systems health, gather system statistics, and troubleshoot reported errors and logs
• Manage “Train the trainer” program coordinate through change agents.
• Develop and maintain user training tools for both internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate all system modifications along with the IT team to ensure data integrity.
• Develop, analyze, prioritize, and organize requirement specifications, data mapping, diagrams, and flowcharts for testers
• Conduct periodical trainings summits to the internal and external stake holders.
• Define and coordinate the execution of testing procedures, and develop test cases to serve the overall quality assurance process
• Review quarterly Ariba improvements and implement functionality that improves the user experience.
• Develop and generate security, other system compliance reports for analyses based on business risk assessment requirements.
• Identify improvement opportunities, and develop, implement and service the Ariba system to ensure it aligns with business objectives.
• Monitor technical issues, manage priority status, and actively work to resolve them.
• Support and administer the SAP Ariba system and all business needs relating to procurement systems, determine system capacity, test, and configure the system. Analyze its logic and resolve functional problems in timely manner.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in administration, information systems management or business intelligence, or equivalent experience
• Ability to engage the business and build consensus through the development of cross functional relationships and the employment of sound judgement and common sense.
• Experience managing projects, change, and client relationships in a highly dynamic environment using tools like MS Project, JIRA or Service Now
• A team player that will quickly earn and maintain the personal and professional respect of internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to set priorities and carry out tasks in a fast-moving environment
• Minimum of three years’ practical experience as an information system administrator
• Strong data analysis and processing skills, proficiency with Office productivity tools (PowerPoint, Excel, and Word), as well as the MS SharePoint
• Experience with SAP Ariba or other procurement solution; knowledge of SAP is an asset
• Solid critical thinking skills and curiosity around technology solutions
• Self-starter with good teamwork skills
• Solid understanding of procurement processes
• Strong drive to learn and maintain efficient operational processes
• Geared towards action, committed to continuous improvement, meticulous and dedicated to quality.

POSTING DETAILS

Location: 530 - Corporate

Working Conditions: Office Environment

Posting Number: 62497

Reports to: Manager Procurement Excellence

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