Senior SAP Ariba Category Management Lead | Remote India

Senior SAP Ariba Category Management Lead
Job Description
Experience- 7+ Years
Location: India – Remote
Work Hours: 5:30 PM IST – 2:30 AM IST
Allocation: Approximately 50%
Start Date: October 1, 2026
Contract
Job Description:
We are looking for a Senior SAP Ariba Category Management Lead to lead the Category Management workstream for an SAP Ariba implementation. The consultant will work closely with business and procurement stakeholders to drive discovery, requirements gathering, solution design, configuration, testing, and deployment.
Key Responsibilities:
Lead the SAP Ariba Category Management workstream independently.
Conduct discovery sessions and gather business and procurement requirements.
Facilitate client workshops with procurement and business stakeholders.
Translate business requirements into scalable SAP Ariba solutions.
Lead Category Management solution design and configuration.
Develop and support category strategies and planning processes.
Define and maintain category profiles and taxonomy.
Support initiative creation and opportunity identification.
Analyze spend and category data to support procurement strategies.
Coordinate testing, UAT, deployment, and go-live activities.
Work closely with functional and technical teams across the S2P landscape.
Provide subject-matter expertise and guidance to client stakeholders.
Required Skills & Experience:
Strong hands-on SAP Ariba Category Management implementation experience.
Proven experience independently leading an SAP Ariba Category Management workstream.
Strong understanding of category strategy and planning.
Experience with category profiles, taxonomy, initiatives, and opportunity identification.
Strong knowledge of spend and category analysis.
Strong strategic sourcing and procurement knowledge.
Experience in requirements gathering and solution design.
Hands-on SAP Ariba configuration experience.
Strong experience with workshop facilitation and stakeholder management.
Experience with testing, UAT, deployment, and go-live.
Excellent client-facing communication and presentation skills.
Preferred / Desirable Skills:
SAP Ariba Sourcing.
SAP Ariba Contracts.
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP).
Broader Source-to-Pay (S2P) process knowledge.
Experience working with global procurement organizations.
Strong understanding of procurement transformation initiatives.
If interested kindly share your updated CVs to remya-saras@dyneits.com

Work arrangement
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