Opportunity brief
We are looking for a junior SAP Ariba Analyst to support our growing Source-to-Pay practice and provide services to our clients. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with 1–2 years of Ariba exposure and a genuine interest in data who wants to deepen their expertise in procurement technology. Working hours ~15:00 - 00:00 (mid-shift) This opportunity is open only to candidates based in the Philippines
Key Responsibilities:
- Provide day-to-day support for SAP Ariba modules ([Sourcing / Buying & Invoicing / Ariba Network]), resolving user and supplier queries within agreed SLAs
- Perform basic configuration and maintenance tasks - approval flows, templates, master data, user access and roles
- Support supplier onboarding and enablement on the Ariba Network, including troubleshooting registration and transaction issues
- Investigate and resolve integration errors between SAP Ariba and SAP ECC, escalating complex issues to senior team members
- Assist with testing for system upgrades, quarterly SAP releases and new module/functionality rollouts
- Maintain process documentation, user guides and knowledge base articles, and support end-user training
- Extract, clean and consolidate data from SAP Ariba, SAP ECC and other sources for analysis and reporting
- Analyse procurement data — spend, savings, supplier performance, cycle times, contract compliance, system adoption — to spot trends, anomalies and improvement opportunities
- Prepare recurring and ad hoc analysis for Procurement, Finance and IT stakeholders
- Gather reporting requirements from the business and work with the reporting team to make sure dashboards answer the right questions
- Support data quality initiatives — identify root causes of master data issues and help drive them to resolution
Requirements
Required Skills & Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering - mandatory
- Fluent in English (verbal and written) - you'll be working directly with global stakeholders and suppliers - mandatory
- 1–2 years of hands-on experience with SAP Ariba (support, configuration, implementation or operations) - mandatory
- Hands-on Power BI experience and a strong understanding of how dashboards work — you can navigate, interrogate and sense-check a report, understand the data model behind it, and recognise when a figure looks wrong. Familiarity with Power Query and DAX
- Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, large datasets) and confidence working with messy data
- Working understanding of Source-to-Pay or Procure-to-Pay processes
- Ability to present data clearly to non-technical stakeholders — visual choices, narrative, and the "so what"
- Analytical, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple requests without dropping any of them
- Experience in a shared services, GBS or BPO environment supporting global clients
Highlights
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