Experience: 8–12 Years
Domains: SAP Ariba (Buying/Guided Buying), S/4HANA, SAP Integration Suite/CPI, Process Orchestration
Preferred: Prior experience as Scrum Master in GSK or similar pharma/life‑sciences SAP/ERP programs
Role Summary:
Experienced Scrum Master who can lead Agile delivery for Ariba Buying channels (GB, Catalog, Spot Buy), orchestrate source‑to‑pay workflows, and manage integrations with S/4HANA. This role bridges product ownership, engineering, and business to deliver resilient, compliant, and scalable procurement capabilities in a regulated (GxP-aware) pharma environment.
Key Responsibilities:
Scrum/Agile Leadership: Facilitate Scrum events, enforce Agile practices, shield teams, remove impediments; drive velocity and predictable increments.
Buying Channel Orchestration: Design and optimize channeling rules, approvals, categories, catalogs, Spot Buy, and guided buying policies; harmonize across business units and countries.
Integration Ownership: Oversee Ariba–S/4HANA integration (POs, GR/IR, invoicing, tax, supplier master, accounting) via CPI/Cloud Connector/APIs/IDocs; coordinate cutovers and transport strategy.
Process & Compliance: Ensure SoX/GxP/Privacy alignment; define controls, audit trails, and segregation of duties; support regression and UAT.
Stakeholder Management: Partner with Procurement, Finance, Tax, IT Security, Master Data, Supplier Enablement, and External SIs; run governance and report on OKRs/RAID.
Run & Stabilization: Lead incident/problem management, hypercare, release planning, and continuous improvement with measurable outcomes (cycle time, touchless rates).
Value Realization: Champion guided buying adoption, catalog compliance, no‑touch invoices, and cost savings; track benefits and user experience metrics.
Required Skills:
Scrum Mastery: 3+ years as Scrum Master in SAP programs; strong backlog management, metrics (velocity/burndown), and scaled Agile exposure (SAFe/Kanban).
Ariba Expertise: Hands‑on with Buying/Guided Buying, Catalogs, Spot Buy, Approval workflows, Supplier enablement, and Buying Channel policies.
S/4HANA Integration: Solid understanding of MM, FI (tax, posting), BP/vendor master, sourcing-to-pay flows; experience with
CPI/Integration Suite, IDoc/API patterns.
Orchestration & Controls: Channel strategy design, exception handling, compliance controls, and sandbox-to-prod promotion discipline.
Regulated Enterprise Experience: Worked in GSK or comparable global pharma/life‑sciences or other highly regulated environments.
Nice to Have:
Exposure to Fieldglass, Ariba SLP/SIPM/Contracts, or Ariba Network operations
Experience with Concur/Workday touchpoints for supplier/worker data
Knowledge of AI/automation use cases (catalog enrichment, anomaly detection in invoices, guided policy tips)
Certifications: CSM/PSM, SAFe, Ariba, SAP Integration Suite/CPI
Key Competencies:
Outcome‑oriented servant leadership; crisp facilitation and conflict resolution
Strong process thinking across Source‑to‑Pay & Procure‑to‑Pay
Excellent communication with business and technical stakeholders
Data‑driven mindset (KPIs: adoption, touchless rate, cycle time, first‑pass match, defect leakage)