SAP Ariba Upstream Configuration Lead

Manpower
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Experis® is a global leader in IT professional resourcing, permanent recruitment, project solutions, and managed services. With over 25 years of experience in Switzerland and offices in Zürich, Basel, and Geneva, we connect top IT talent with leading companies. Our mission is to help professionals unlock their potential and thrive in dynamic, future-ready careers.

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Location: Zurich
Start date : ASAP
Duration: 5 months - with possibility of extension

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements and global process designs into robust SAP Ariba configuration
• Configure workflows, approval structures, status models, and qualification logic across Supplier Lifecycle & Performance, Sourcing, and Contracts
• Establish the foundational platform configuration upon which subsequent build activities depend
• Ensure configuration aligns with SAP S/4HANA integration requirements, collaborating closely with the SAP integration team
• Define and implement governance frameworks for supplier onboarding, use case management, and ongoing updates
• Support procurement and business stakeholders throughout the transformation, ensuring understanding, alignment, and adoption of new processes
• Document configuration standards, ensuring a consistent, scalable, and maintainable build
• Act as a subject matter expert on upstream Ariba configuration, supporting both delivery teams and stakeholders

Qualifications

• Deep, hands-on expertise across all three upstream SAP Ariba modules ? Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (preferred), Sourcing, and Contracts ? with proven capability across the full suite rather than a single domain
• Demonstrated experience translating business requirements and process designs into effective system configuration, including workflows, approval logic, and data models
• Strong understanding of SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA integration concepts, including data mapping, integration flows, and orchestration layers
• Proven experience building SAP Ariba solutions from the ground up, rather than operating or maintaining existing configurations
• Solid understanding of supplier, sourcing, and contract data structures and their interaction across systems
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to guide procurement and business teams through transformation and process change
• Experience within large-scale procurement or Source-to-Pay transformation programmes
• Exposure to regulated environments with governance and compliance requirements
• Highly driven and accountable, taking ownership of delivery and proactively advancing the build
• Hands-on and adaptable, thriving in a fast-paced transformation environment
• Curious and solutions-oriented, with the ability to quickly address new configuration challenges
• Collaborative and approachable, focused on delivering impact and supporting stakeholders effectively
• SAP Ariba Certification in at least one upstream module (SLP, Sourcing, or Contracts), with multiple certifications strongly preferred
• SAP Ariba Integration Certification or demonstrable experience with Ariba?S/4HANA integration architecture (advantageous)
• SAP S/4HANA certification (Procurement or integration-related) (advantageous)
• Relevant process or transformation certifications (e.g. Lean Six Sigma, BPMN, or equivalent) (advantageous)
• Fluent English is required

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Due to Swiss work permit restrictions, we can only consider applications from EU citizens or holders of valid working permit in Switzerland.

Branche: Bankwesen und Finanzdienstleistungen

Funktion: Produktion / Operations

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