SAP Ariba Solution Architect

This senior role requires deep expertise across the SAP Ariba Suite, Source-to-Pay (S2P), procurement architecture and enterprise integration. You will own the end-to-end SAP Ariba solution architecture, translating business requirements into scalable solutions and ensuring seamless integration across SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP/CPI and third-party platforms.

Working closely with Procurement, Finance, Business and IT stakeholders, you will provide architecture leadership throughout the programme, ensuring solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, integration and governance standards., * SAP Ariba Solution Architecture

• Own the end-to-end SAP Ariba solution architecture across large-scale procurement transformation initiatives.
• Lead solution design workshops, translating business and procurement requirements into scalable, secure and sustainable SAP Ariba solutions.
• Provide architecture leadership across Ariba Buying, Sourcing, Contracts, Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP) and Guided Buying.
• Integration & Enterprise Architecture
• Design and govern integrations across SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP/CPI and third-party applications.
• Define solution blueprints, architecture diagrams, integration strategies and technical specifications.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, security, cloud and integration governance standards.
• Architecture Governance & Delivery
• Lead architecture reviews, risk assessments and solution assurance, providing technical guidance throughout the delivery life cycle.
• Support future-state procurement architecture, transformation roadmaps and business case development.
• Collaborate with implementation partners, Project Managers, Business Analysts and technical teams to ensure successful delivery.
• Stakeholder Management
• Act as a trusted architecture advisor to senior Procurement, Finance, Business and IT stakeholders.
• Lead solution and architecture workshops, influencing key technology and procurement decisions.
• Ensure alignment between business strategy, procurement processes and the wider enterprise technology landscape.

• 10+ years’ relevant SAP Ariba Solution Architecture experience, with a proven track record delivering large-scale procurement and sourcing transformation programmes.
• Deep expertise across the SAP Ariba Suite, particularly Ariba Buying, Sourcing, Contracts, Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP) and Guided Buying.
• Strong end-to-end understanding of Procurement, Source-to-Pay (S2P), Supply Chain, Vendor/Supplier Management and associated business processes.
• Proven integration expertise across SAP Ariba, SAP S/4HANA, SAP ECC, SAP BTP/CPI and external third-party platforms.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture, cloud technologies, security, integration patterns and governance, with experience producing solution blueprints and architecture artefacts.
• Proven experience leading architecture governance, solution assurance, architecture reviews and risk assessments within complex enterprise environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management and consulting skills, with the ability to influence senior business and technical leaders and facilitate complex solution design workshops.

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