:Role : Senior Contracts Specialist
Location : Abu DhabiRole Purpose:Specialist P2P/Contracts is a unique techno functional role with good system and process knowledge on Sourcing, Contract Management, and Buying modules

• Must have minimum 5 years of experience in supporting SAP ARIBA P2P solution which includes Contract Management solution ,Sourcing, Supplier Performance and information management.
• Must have good understanding of the procurement process and supplier management, also have working knowledge of sourcing and selection process of supplier.
• Monitoring and reporting Monitors procurement contractual agreements.
• Must possess Strong Analytical skills and should be able to perform RCA's and propose permanent fix for issues related to contract management, Sourcing,P2P.
• Broad knowledge of spend management strategies and/or procurement, sourcing, contract management category management and supplier performance & information management.
• Good experience in generating reports to enable data driven decision.
• Support all stakeholders including suppliers, buyers and business units.

Key Accountabilities of the role

• Responsible to work with buyers, category managers and business units
• Responsible to work with suppliers
• Provide best practices around SAP Ariba
• Responsible to carry out online/onsite training and coaching to end users and technical team
• Comfortable documenting all changes proposed and made in Ariba and updating control documents, plus communicating to all impacted stakeholders.
• Loading trouble shooting catalog files into the SAP Ariba p2p system
• Strong proficiency with transactional purchasing systems catalogs and formats
• Responsible for maintenance of catalogues within the P2P systems with regular system check
• Responsible for preparation and regular update of training manual/FAQ's

Specialist Skills / Technical Knowledge Required for this role:

• Extensive experience in SAP Ariba P2P,Strategic Sourcing, Contract Management
• Good understanding of the entire SAP Ariba suite ( Ariba Buying, SIPM, Sourcing, eInvoicing, Contracts, etc.)
• Must have experience of at least one ERP (SAP/Oracle) specific to Supply chain
• Maintain desired certificates in Ariba.

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