Solution Architect

Overview

Hitachi Energy is seeking an experienced SAP Ariba and Fieldglass Solution Architect to support and drive global digital procurement and external workforce management initiatives.

What you'll do

• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, HR, Finance, and IT stakeholders to understand business requirements and priorities.
• Lead workshops, requirement gathering sessions, and process design discussions to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Translate business needs into user stories, functional specifications, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Analyze existing business processes and recommend harmonization, automation, and continuous improvement opportunities.
• Support business case development and provide solution recommendations aligned with organizational goals.
• Support and enhance SAP Ariba solutions including Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Lifecycle & Performance (SLP), Contracts, Risk, Guided Buying, and Business Network.
• Collaborate with global business teams to optimize sourcing, supplier onboarding, qualification, procurement, and contract management processes.
• Support global contingent workforce and services procurement processes using SAP Fieldglass.
• Drive improvements across contingent workforce management, statement of work (SOW), supplier management, work orders, onboarding, and offboarding processes.
• Lead business analysis activities for global implementation and enhancement projects.
• Work closely with Solution Architects, Developers, AMS teams, and implementation partners to deliver business solutions.
• Support integration initiatives between SAP Ariba, SAP Fieldglass, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Business Network, Microsoft platforms, and third-party applications.
• Define business requirements for workflows, interfaces, approvals, reporting, and analytics solutions.
• Participate in digital transformation and AI-enabled initiatives that improve business efficiency and user experience.
• Develop test strategies, test cases, and acceptance criteria while coordinating SIT and UAT activities with business stakeholders.
• Support deployment, go-live, hypercare, and change management activities.
• Prepare training materials and facilitate knowledge transfer sessions to ensure successful adoption of solutions.
• Support incident, problem, and change management activities within the application landscape.
• Ensure solutions comply with governance, audit, security, and compliance requirements.
• Maintain accurate application and process documentation and identify opportunities for ongoing optimization and operational excellence.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 15+ years of professional experience in Business Analysis, SAP Procurement Solutions, or Enterprise Application Management.
• Strong hands-on experience with SAP Ariba modules including Strategic Sourcing, SLP, Contracts, Risk, Guided Buying, and Business Network.
• Solid experience with SAP Fieldglass and external workforce management processes.
• Proven expertise in procurement, sourcing, supplier management, contingent workforce management, and services procurement processes.
• Experience working with SAP S/4HANA integrations and enterprise application ecosystems.
• Strong knowledge of business process modeling, requirements gathering, testing methodologies, and solution design.
• Experience working in Agile and Waterfall project delivery environments.
• Excellent stakeholder management, communication, facilitation, and analytical skills.
• Experience supporting global transformation programs and cross-functional international teams.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, challenge assumptions, and drive continuous improvement initiatives in a global environment.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of digital transformation, automation, AI-enabled solutions, and procurement technologies.
• SAP Ariba and/or SAP Fieldglass certifications.

Details

• Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India.
• Employment type: Full time.
• Not remote.