SAP Ariba Technical Consultant (ABAP / Integration)
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Description
Our client, a leading healthcare company, seeks a senior SAP Ariba Technical Consultant with strong SAP ABAP development expertise and hands-on experience in SAP Ariba integrations to support a global Source-to-Pay transformation. This is a development-focused, techno-functional role involving the design, development, and maintenance of custom ABAP solutions and integrations connecting SAP Ariba with SAP S/4HANA and ECC across multiple regions.
The role will involve working closely with procurement, finance, IT, and integration teams to deliver reliable solutions, support business processes, and maintain system performance within a regulated healthcare environment.
This is a contractual role for 6 months (with a high possibility of extension/conversion). The selected candidate will be required to support CET/EST business hours.
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The Role:
ABAP Development & S/4HANA
- Design, develop, test, and maintain custom ABAP objects (RICEFW), including reports, interfaces, conversions, enhancements, forms, and workflows.
- Develop enhancements using BAdIs, user exits, customer exits, and the Enhancement Framework, particularly across MM, FI, and Ariba integration components.
- Develop and support IDocs, custom extensions, BAPIs, RFCs, function modules, and web services for procurement and master data integrations.
- Work with modern ABAP technologies, including Object-Oriented ABAP, ABAP 7.4/7.5+, CDS Views, AMDP, Table Functions, and OData services.
- Develop and support SAP Fiori applications and extensions, including List Reports, UI annotations, and UI5 where applicable.
- Develop and maintain Adobe Forms, SmartForms, and SAP Scripts for purchasing and invoice-related processes.
- Perform debugging, performance tuning, SQL tracing, code optimization, and S/4HANA custom code remediation.
- Support SAP standard enhancements and corrections, including OSS Note implementation where required.
SAP Ariba & Enterprise Integration
- Design, develop, and support integrations between SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA/ECC using SAP Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG), SAP BTP Integration Suite (CPI), and/or SAP PI/PO.
- Develop and troubleshoot integrations involving purchase requisitions, purchase orders, goods receipts, service entry sheets, invoices, supplier data, and procurement catalogs.
- Support master data and enterprise integrations covering vendors/suppliers, users, materials/catalogs, cost centers, internal orders, GL data, organizational structures, and approval hierarchies.
- Work with integration technologies including IDocs, BAPIs, Proxies, SOAP/REST web services, APIs, and cXML.
- Configure and troubleshoot Ariba CIG components, including SOAMANAGER, ARBCIG configuration tables, variants, realm/partition settings, and related connectivity.
- Support integration with enterprise applications such as Workday and SAP GTS, and coordinate with identity management teams for user provisioning and access-related issues.
- Support Ariba configurations and enhancements involving approval workflows, Delegation of Authority (DOA), procurement policies, catalogs, and purchase order layouts.
Delivery, Support & Compliance
- Understand business requirements and translate them into technical solutions, covering development, testing, integration, and deployment.
- Monitor inbound and outbound interfaces, troubleshoot integration failures, and support issue resolution using tools such as SRT_MONI, WE02/WE05, and relevant SAP monitoring utilities.
- Provide L2/L3 production support, perform root cause analysis, and implement permanent fixes for application and integration issues.
- Participate in unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT, cutover, and hypercare activities.
- Support global rollouts and new healthcare facility/clinic onboarding, including plant, company code, and purchasing organization-related requirements.
- Coordinate with SAP Basis, Workday, GTS, and identity management teams for connectivity, certificates, access, and integration issues.
- Prepare technical documentation, follow development standards, and participate in code reviews and change management processes.
- Ensure solutions comply with applicable SOX, GxP, computer system validation, and data privacy requirements.
Requirements
- 8+ years of SAP ABAP development experience, with hands-on experience in SAP Ariba-integrated environments.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA and/or ECC development, preferably with exposure to Ariba CIG integrations.
- Strong ABAP expertise, including Object-Oriented ABAP, enhancements, BAdIs, user exits, function modules, RFCs, and BAPIs.
- Hands-on experience with IDocs, interfaces, web services, and integration troubleshooting.
- Working knowledge of SAP Ariba Buying, Ariba Network, and procurement processes such as P2P/S2P.
- Experience with SAP CIG and exposure to SAP BTP Integration Suite (CPI) and/or SAP PI/PO.
- Knowledge of modern ABAP technologies, including CDS Views, AMDP, OData, and new ABAP syntax.
- Understanding of SAP MM–FI integration and procurement master data.
- Experience with debugging, performance tuning, interface monitoring, and production support.
- Ability to work with global stakeholders and cross-functional technical teams across time zones.
- Experience in healthcare, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or another regulated industry is preferred.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to work independently in a global delivery environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP ABAP and/or SAP Ariba certifications.
- Experience with Ariba integrations involving Workday, SAP GTS, identity management, or other enterprise applications.
- Exposure to SAP Fiori/UI5, SAP Scripts, Adobe Forms, SmartForms, and Fiori List Report applications.
- Familiarity with SAP SOAMANAGER, Proxies, SRT_MONI, OSS Notes, and ARBCIG configuration.
- Exposure to SAP Solution Manager, Jira, Rev-Trac, GitHub, or similar development and change management tools.
- Experience with SAP RAP, SAP BTP ABAP Environment, CAP, or side-by-side extensions.
- Experience with CDS Table Functions, Virtual Data Models (VDM), and UI annotations.
- Exposure to SAP GRC, computer system validation (CSV), or GAMP 5.
- Experience supporting multi-country rollouts, e-invoicing, and procurement localization requirement