Zycus - Implementation Consultant - Source To Pay/Procure To Pay

Roles and Responsibilities :

- End to end implementation of cloud procurement projects including design, configuration, testing, post go-live support, reporting, training

- Helping customers to focus on their goals by driving the implementation towards a successful, on-time implementation.

- Coordinate with onsite engagement team and client team to gather requirements, develop workplan, determine expectations and finalize deliverables

- Support pre-sales activities, which includes: responding to RFPs; attending client orals

- Ensure quality project delivery of engagements led by self and those that are executed by direct reportees

- Responsible for S2P production support and enhancement activities and a liaison with business process owners to validate requirements for changes to processes and recommend best practices across S2P process.

- A functional subject matter expert of the Source to Pay process; including supplier on-boarding, purchase requisitioning, sourcing, and contracts, and payables.

- Identify issue pattern and work with product management and engineering team for system resolution

- Customer advocate within the Zycus for issue resolution / functionality & feature prioritization

- Support pre-sales activities, which includes: responding to RFPs; attending and presenting demos.

- Collaborate with other functional and technical teams on business needs, information, applications, and long term plans while helping to ensure integration with strategic plans.

- Manage business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis. Recommend opportunities for streamlining, consolidating and optimizing processes.

- Recommending road maps to close performance gaps and developing high level implementation plans

Requirement :

- 5-7 years- consulting experience in Source to Pay and/Procure to Pay solutions required and experience in systems applications consulting, either internally or via an IT organization or externally with a consulting firm or software provider.

- 5+ years of experience implementing Cloud Procurement suites such as Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, GEP SMART or any other similar product suite.

- Hands on experience in configuring, testing and implementing Source to Pay and/Procure to Pay solutions required

- Proven ability to facilitate knowledge transfer and translate complex technical issues into compelling business benefits.

- Strong customer facing skills, ability to influence and motivate internal/externals teams and vendor partners.

- Exceptional client management skills and be able to work with customers to execute an implementation plan that works towards a rapid, successful Go-live.

- Experience in configuring and delivering software demonstrations are mandatory.

- Deep understanding of Procurement related processes including Source-to-Pay (both upstream and downstream), Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Management, Category Management, Spend Analysis etc.

- Demonstrated experience in successful delivery of software solutions inclusive of Management of Change (MOC) and business mapping.