Ariba Catalog Enablement Specialist

Overview

Enable, maintain, test, adopt and govern supplier catalogs within SAP Ariba, managing catalog onboarding, PunchOut and CIF / hosted catalog implementations, and related stakeholder coordination.

What you'll do

• Support supplier onboarding and enablement into the SAP Ariba catalog environment, including supplier Ariba Network relationship setup and registration coordination.
• Manage catalog implementation projects across categories and regions for PunchOut and CIF / hosted catalogs.
• Coordinate with suppliers, category managers, procurement operations, AMS, IT, and master-data teams to resolve missing information and enable go-live readiness.
• Maintain implementation trackers, action logs, risks, dependencies, and escalation visibility.
• Manage incoming supplier catalogs, catalog subscriptions, catalog content updates, approver assignment checks, and catalog administration activities.
• Investigate catalog data issues, connectivity defects, price/content mismatches, transaction failures, and catalog escalations.
• Coordinate corrective actions with suppliers, AMS, master data, Ariba support, and internal business owners.
• Document standard operating procedures, configuration decisions, and lessons learned for repeatable catalog enablement.
• Define and execute catalog test scenarios, UAT plans, transaction validation, supplier connectivity checks, and go-live readiness validation.
• Coordinate test profiles, buyer / requester validation, issue tracking, defect closure, and deployment support.
• Support hypercare during launch and ensure operational handover to support teams after stabilization.
• Ensure catalog changes align with procurement channels, preferred supplier strategy, and business controls.
• Drive catalog utilization, preferred supplier adoption, and spend reallocation toward approved catalog suppliers.
• Track and report catalog adoption KPIs, productivity metrics, supplier performance, catalog utilization, and spend analytics.
• Support contract expiration tracking, supplier contract alignment, and coordination with category managers.
• Create user training materials, quick reference guides, supplier communications, and adoption campaigns.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, IT, or related discipline; equivalent practical experience may be considered.
• 4+ years of experience in procurement operations, SAP Ariba catalog enablement, supplier enablement, P2P, eProcurement, or catalog administration.
• Practical understanding of SAP Ariba catalog processes, PunchOut, CIF / hosted catalogs, supplier onboarding, UAT, and catalog troubleshooting.
• Experience coordinating suppliers, category managers, procurement operations, AMS, IT, and master-data stakeholders.
• Strong Excel / reporting, issue-resolution, stakeholder management, documentation, and project-tracking skills.

Nice to have

• Experience in a global procurement CoE or shared-services model supporting multi-region catalog deployment.
• Knowledge of supplier master data, contract data, Ariba Network, Guided Buying, buying channels, and preferred supplier governance.
• Exposure to catalog analytics, spend leakage reduction, compliance monitoring, and adoption dashboards.
• Lean Six Sigma, SAP Ariba certification, project management, or Agile exposure.
• Ability to translate catalog gaps into process fixes, training interventions, and adoption improvement plans.

Details

• Location: Raheja Mindspace, Cyberabad, Madhapur, Hyderabad, Telangana, India.