Suraj Bagal
Pune
Summary
A Mechanical engineer & qualified IT specialist with up to 6 years of experience as SAP Ariba Consultant & Global Supply Chain (Procurement) Specialist who is skilled in areas of Ariba Buying & invoicing, Ariba Guided Buying, SNAP Buying, Ariba Digital Supplier Network, Ariba Sourcing & has delivered (Implemented) quality solutions to leading organizations across IT, logistics, and procurement domain. Additionally, as a procurement specialist expertise in Procurement Process, Inventory management, Vendor Management, WH and logistics operations, Demand management. Dedicated Consultant bringing dynamic skills in client oversight, issue resolution and presentation. Successful juggling multiple tasks and projects. Excellent business knowledge within industry.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Ariba Consultant
Infrabeat Technologies
Pune
06.2022 - Current
- SAP Ariba consultant working on multiple projects. Successfully Implemented Ariba downstream solutions to leading organizations across IT, Logistics, and procurement.
- Implementation & Requirement Management: Implemented Ariba Buying & Invoicing, Ariba Guided Buying and Ariba SNAP buying with great adoption. Working together with SAP to deliver solutions for daily issues for worldwide clients. Excellent knowledge of the client's needs and provision of the appropriate solution with clear disclosure about any additional charges. Organized client meetings to provide project updates.
- Solution Design: Demonstration of the solution (product), collecting of requirements, preparation of the AS IS & TO BE documents, functional specification document, functional design document, and the signoff process for the Business Blueprint. Product configuration, integration testing, UAT.
- Ariba buying & invoicing: Requisition- Configuring requisition fields, including the addition of customized FMD fields at the header and line levels. Integrate ERP-initiated requisitions and requisition upload. Writing editability and visibility conditions for requisition fields. Well aware of limitations of fields.
- RTBC & Parameters: Enabling self-controlled (ICM) & SAP-managed parameters as needed by the customer. Setting up budget checks (RTBC and file-based).
- User & supplier Manager: Create common users, as well as assign roles to users. Creating a partition supplier and mapping the purchasing organization to supplier.
- Master Data : Integration of master data (Org data, Supplier data,Purchasing data, and Accounting data). Custom field integration (Material & Service Master, HSN/SAC Code, and Storage Location). Mapping of the master data with the CEME file and the relation entry file. Developing and updating Enumerations.
- Managed gateway for Spend & Network: Field mapping and the preservation of
standard document types. Checking and pushing the unsuccessful documents. Verifying all documents that have gone through the CIG. Exporting audit logs for particular event. - Email Notification & Commodity Code Manager: Setting up default email notifications for approvable as well as managing commodity codes as per requirement.
- Catalog Manager: Static catalog configuration & maintenance. Integration of Punchout catalog & supplier maintained catalog. Managing catalog views & kits.
- Approval Flow: Configuring an approval flow based on a lookup table and
establishing conditions in a node. Adding editable rules. Configuration of the invoice approval flow. - Guided Buying: Tiles and Forms configuration, Configuration of RFQ form. Adding links to the tile. Tactical Sourcing configuration, End point configuration.
- Incident support with configuration for the buyer network and supplier networks. Solved over 300 cases for clients all around the world.
- System Optimization: Product Go- Live and post Go-Live support. Provided consultation and training support to clients regarding Ariba's operations.
Business Analyst
Genpact
Pune
10.2021 - 06.2022
- Technical Expertise & Solution Design: Provided technical guidance and assistance with regard to best practices for utilizing various features within SAP Ariba. Designed and configured Ariba platform to meet client requirements, ensuring seamless integration with existing systems (S4) & processes. Developed customizations and configurations for SAP Ariba including setting up business rules, workflows etc.
- Implementation Management: Managed the end-to-end implementation of Ariba tool, including system configuration, data migration, testing, quality assurance & training. Identified gaps between current state & desired future state operations.
- System Optimization: Continuously monitored Ariba platform to improve efficiency, enhance user experience, manage interfaces to different departments and cross-functional IT. Conducted training sessions for end users on how to use the new features in SAP Ariba.
- Stakeholder Management: Built and maintained strong relationship with key stakeholders, including business users, IT teams, procurement, and accounting departments, to ensure successful project delivery.
- Support: Delivered timely support by tracking issues and communicating resolutions to end users. Identified needs of customers promptly and efficiently.
Global Procurement Specialist
Flex
Pune
10.2018 - 10.2021
- Procurement: As buyer, I was responsible for the procurement, warehouse, logistics, and inventory operations of a medical factory located in Mexico. Timely issuance of POs to Vendors, follow-up for order confirmation and co ordination for on-Time payment to suppliers.
- Demand : Monitor and Prioritize suppliers’ response to meet the target objectives (pull in, push out, cancellation, Quality issues). Considered optimum order quantities and stocking levels when ordering inventory. Co-ordinate Internal Business Partner (requestors) and Supplier for Purchase order changes. Prepared, coordinated and communicated price quotes, terms of sale, delivery dates and service obligations to customers and contractors.
- Budget, GR, AP & RTV: Aligned with the pre-defined budget to make an effective purchase process & avoid excess inventory. Handling Goods receipt, accounts payable & receivable issues & communication update from the supplier Verified receipt of items by comparing items ordered to items received. As well as RTV process when needed.
- Shortage/excess management: co-ordinate & follow through on urgent receive, past dues management & receiving challenge resolution. On-time completion of Purchase Order Report & Shortage Report for review.
- Sourcing & Negotiation: Managed the process of sourcing new suppliers to ensure the quality materials and best payment terms. Researched potential products, vendors and services to compare price and quality. Managing Purchase Orders & negotiated contracts with nearly 100 suppliers to obtain optimum pricing, terms, and deliveries.
- Vendor Management: Identified opportunities for cost savings through improved supplier relationships. Managed day-to-day operational activities related to vendors and suppliers.
Education
B.Tech / B.E -
Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering
Pune01.2018
Skills
- Ariba Buying and Invoicing
- Ariba Catalog management
- Ariba Guided Buying
- Ariba Contract Management
- Ariba Sourcing
- Ariba Integration
- SAP MM Module
- Buyer Activities
- Global Supply Chain Management
- Global Procurement
- Supplier Management
- Project Procurement
- Requirements Gathering
- Project Management
- Project Implementation
Languages
Marathi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Proficient (C2)
C2
Timeline
Senior Ariba Consultant
Infrabeat Technologies
06.2022 - Current
Business Analyst
Genpact
10.2021 - 06.2022
Global Procurement Specialist
Flex
10.2018 - 10.2021
B.Tech / B.E -
Jaywantrao Sawant College of Engineering
Projects
- Mahindra & Mahindra : Implemented integrated solutions of Ariba Buying with S4.
- Nerolac Paints: Implementation of Ariba Buying, Catalogues and Snap Buying.
- SK Life Science: Reimplemented the Buying and Invoicing solution which was partially implemented by other partner company.
- AMS Support: AMS support for all critical customers for SAP Ariba. Customers like, Aldi, Ford, HCL, Wipro, NUS etc.
- Westlake : Procurement and Technical Support for Ariba.
- Procurement - Being a part of Flex, I was supporting Mexico based medica plant on its Procurement (Sourcing), Warehouse, Logistics and Inventory operations.
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