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Introduction

The Procurement Transformation CoE team supports the procurement sourcing buyer squads in system administration, handsfree / buy channel configuration, including catalogs and complex RFx events. The CoE team is also being involved in new country deployments on Ariba/Buy@IBM and SAP Fieldglass.

The CoE team works closely with Product Owners to identify business needs and solution the procurement requests as needed in areas of function as well as technical support. The team is engaged in consulting with the buyer squads on implementing best practices, reducing workload, and optimizing the available procurement applications for business needs. The team interlocks with Procurement One Place (POP), CIO System Support Level 2, and the supplier enablement team to deliver seamlessly to the clients.

Your role and responsibilities

As an S2P Ariba/Buy@IBM Professional, you will be mainly responsible for buy channel configuration in Buy@IBM, contract compliance (ACC) and Ariba catalog management. You will be working closely with buyers to execute PO updates and failed PO resolutions in Buy@IBM. As part of the role, you will cover IBM’s legacy buying tools (BOnD and GCF) and provide support to Procurement buyers in error resolution, ad hoc change management, and configuration updates, along with catalog creation and maintenance. The knowledge of the legacy buying tools will enable you to participate in the next wave of SAP Ariba/Buy@IBM deployment.


As a team member your primary goal during the very first weeks is to interlock with senior team members and set up learning goals / on-the-job training sessions. The team is allocating tasks in an Agile way: there are team tasks and team goals, this means that the team members align their availability to the business needs and peak periods (e.g month end closure, hypercare periods).

The skills listed below are describing an ideal situation, however there is an initial flexibility the goal is to move into those skills and mindset in more depth within the first 2-3 months.

Required education
High School Diploma/GED
Preferred education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
  • Understanding of IBM procurement business processes
  • Expertise in Microsoft Excel
  • Problems solving skills
  • Good communication skills and client focused mindset
  • Working with massive data vs. accuracy
Preferred technical and professional experience
  • Experience in BOnd, GCF (legacy IBM applications)
  • Experience in SAP S4Hana
  • Experience in utilizing Ariba/Buy@IBM
  • Applying automated handsfree solutions

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