Data Analytics & Reporting Lead

Infosys Portland · Pune, India

About Infosys Portland

Infosys Portland is a specialist procurement and supply chain professional services firm, operating across strategy, operating model design, managed services and digital enablement. We combine deep advisory expertise with practical delivery, working with complex organisations globally to solve high impact commercial and supply chain challenges.

As part of the Infosys group, we combine the independence and depth of a specialist consultancy with the scale, capability and investment of a global organisation — our consultants are trusted advisors with specialist depth.

The Role

Base Location – Pune

Employment Type – Full Time

In this role, you will work as an Ariba Technical Consultant focuses on the back-end system architecture, specializing in system integration, data architecture, and custom developments to connect SAP Ariba with back-end systems (like Oracle, SAP ECC or S/4HANA) and third-party systems.

Your Key Responsibilities:

• Required - Core Systems Capability: Navigate and operate core systems such as SAP Ariba (Source to Contract), ServiceNow and Chrome River (expense management)
• Required - Daily Systems Administration Support: Provide query and configuration support to resolve stakeholder Jira queries, including Level 4 support, escalating to SAP and reporting in ServiceNow where queries cannot be resolved
• Required - Monthly System Administration Support: Conduct monthly system administration tasks as required
• Required - Data Management: Manage master data (suppliers, users, accounting data, materials) and transactional data replication between Ariba and the ERP.
• Required - Technical Documentation: Translate functional requirements into technical specifications for development teams.
• Desirable - System Integration: Design and configure integrations between SAP Ariba and back-end ERP systems using SAP Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG), middleware (SAP CPI), or APIs.

Required Technical Skills (in order of priority)

1. Required - Ariba Tools: Proficiency with SAP Ariba;
2. Required - ERP Knowledge: Strong foundation in back-end ERP data structures
3. Desired - Integration Platforms: Expertise in SAP CIG, CPI/PI/PO, market leading and web services (SOAP/REST).
4. Desired - Other tools: Exposure to ServiceNow and Chromeriver

What we are looking for

• Strong technical aptitude and an inquisitive nature to learn/understand how client is currently using SAP Ariba
• Confidence to own and support Ariba system issues/Change Requests when assigned
• Support lights on as required (System Config/End user queries)
• Continuous improvement mindset