CURRICULUM VITAE

VISA VALID

BASAVARAJ.S
SAP ARIBA | Coupa | S4 HANA | Sourcing and Procurement &
Source to Pay/ Supply Chain Management / Spend Vis expert /
Business and Technology Transformation | Solution Architect
E-mail: basavaraj_s143@yahoo.in
Mobile: +91-9535429316

Professional Summary:

Strong 12+ years of experience in Sourcing and Procurement. Got strong knowledge in SAP ARIBA and COUPA
implementation Significant experience in procurement area and applied procurement concepts.

Exploring new technologies like, IVALUA, S4 HANA Sourcing and procurement,

Qualifications
 Master Business Administration [MBA] in Kuvempu University: Year: 2008 to 2010
 B.Com in Kuvempu University: Year: 2005 to 2008

PVH Corp (Oct 2020 – Present)

Role: SAP ARIBA Analyst ( Valid - B1 VISA )

 Managing S4 HANA and ARIBA technical and functional support and escalation on business process,
 Lead for the ARIBA Upgradation project ( CIG add on version ),
 Weekly and Monthly call with business and leaders on ARIBA support and roll out for different regions,
 Critical business requirements and implementing,
 Creating changes request in Service Now portal and get approved in CAB meeting,
 Spend Vis data load and coordinating with SAP ARIBA Spend vis representative for data enrichment,
 Work with ABAP team for critical production issues,
 Day to day SAP ARIBA Procure and Pay issue support and resolution.

Deloitte touche tohmatsu (Apr 19 – Oct 2020)

Role: Senior ARIBA Consultant ( Valid - B1 VISA )
 Drive workshops with client's procurement business teams to understand their current purchasing
configuration in their SAP Ariba systemConfiguration, Prepare Testing Scenarios and Test Scripts, Prepare
Functional Specifications for custom developed functionalities,Setup Supplier template such as – Supplier
request, Supplier qualification, Supplier disqualification, Self-registration,Setup ARIBA Supplier network
and enablement, Supplier legacy data integration into SAP ARIBA via file based with job scheduled run
from S4 HANA,S4 HANA master data configuration with ARIBA,Good understanding of supplier
enablement on Ariba network (standard & enterprise)Supplier life cycle Qualification, preferred supplier
and disqualification template setup.Perform configuration, testing and analysis on SAP Ariba and the SAP
ECC MM module to meet business requirements.Legacy supplier data migration into SAP ARIBA via file
based and auto integration via job scheduled, Supplier template – Supplier Request Project Template,
Supplier Self-Registration Request Template.
Supplier Registration Project Template, Supplier Qualification Project Template, Preferred Supplier
Management Project Template, Supplier Disqualification Project,
  Ariba Network rules and parameters, backend integration with suppliers, punch out and internal catalog
configurations, catalog views and restrictions. ASN Training to supplier – Loading catalogue, order
confirmation, uploading invoice, profile updates, Contract Workspace – Procurement, Sales and internal,
Contract type – Item level, Supplier level, Catalogue level and Commodity level, Contract Term types –
Fixed, Perpetual and Auto renew, ARIBA Buying and Invoice rule setup – Invoice Exception and receipt,

SAP Labs Inida Pvt Ltd., ( Sept 17 – Apr 19)

Role: SAP ARIBA Demo and Pre-sales Consultant

 Perform Guided buying & Procurement Administrative activities include deploying procurement policies,
configuration & changes to templates, interface functionalities,
 Strong SAP Ariba Downstream Module experience (Ariba Buying & Guided Buying)
 Good understanding & Experience of Master data & Transaction Data Integration with different ERP
systems – SAP ECC / S4 HANA systems using CIG/ITK/Webservices,
 Experience in implementing Ariba technologies, specifically Ariba P2P, Invoicing Pro, Spend Analysis, e-
Forms, Ariba Contracting, rules and invoice exception workflows,
 Business process analysis, requirement gathering, process re-engineering and Ariba functional design and
solutioning, Perform and test Ariba configurations to ensure desired results are achieved.
 SAP ARIBA Procure to Pay (Catalogue, Punchout, PCard Charge, approval type workflow, enable data
integration in-bound and out-bound, End point setup and Master data integration ),
 Cloud Integration Gateway ( CIG ) Configuration, Procure to Pay parameter setup on Intelligent
Configuration, Guided buying enable and setup – Tiles creation, catalog carousel, Category carousel and
carousel Forms, Proactively taking care of DBR ( Demo Bill request ) & DPR ( Demo Project Request ) of
L3.

Artech solution private limited ( Dec 16 – May 17)

Role: ARIBA Solution Consultant

 Extensively traveled to client sites for attending BRWs (Business Requirement Workshops), Master Data
Gathering Activity, Conducting UAT Sessions, Training Users and Giving Post Live Support.
 Good understanding & Experience of Master data & Transaction Data Integration with different ERP
systems – SAP ECC / S4 HANA systems using CIG/ITK/Webservices/REST APIs
 Procurement requirements are met in the implemented SAP Solution which will focus SAP Ariba
Downstream (Ariba Buying & Guided Buying) and integrate with S4/HANA
 Legacy open transaction data import into ARIBA Buying and Invoice,Approval workflow and Invoice
tolerance setup, Buying and Invoice setup – Catalogue, Punch-out, ARIBA buyer and supplier,
 Data import and export setup as inbound and outbound,Intelligent Configuration Manager – setup invoice
parameter,End Point Configuration –URL prefix that will be common to all data import/export tasks,
 Integration Manager – Data Definition, Integration configuration and Cloud integration Gateway setup,

GMR Group ( Feb 14– April 16 )

Role: ARIBA specialist

 SAP Ariba Sourcing implementation activities (Requirement gathering, fit-gap analysis, system
configuration & customization, cutover, Go-live, etc.)
 Strategic sourcing suite and Tactical sourcing – Sourcing project and sourcing request ( RFI, RFP and
Auction ),Lead the configuration, testing and deployment of Ariba solutions.
 Templates management – Setting up workflows, Conditions, Field Validations, tasks and event rules setup,
 Cloud Integration Gateway - setup sourcing file inbound and out-bound enable,
 Integration manager – enable/disable the sourcing parameter, Sourcing Master data integration – File,
webservice, S4 HANA – Integration setup and BADI setup connection on Sourcing module,

Capgemini ( Sept 13 – Feb 14 )

Role: Process executive
  Supporting WK process and Preparing inflow and outflow report of P2P,

Pooja Enterprises & Randstad – WIPRO ( Apr 11 – Sept 13 )

Role: Process executive

 Hands on experience on end-to-end procurement on SAP Material Management such as – requisition

creation, purchase order creation, good receipt note, service entry sheet and vendor reconciliation,
 Presenting report to business stake holder on monthly basis,
 Team management, appraisal, timesheet approval,
 Conducting internal cross training to the team.

COMPUTRE KNOWLEDGE

 SAP ARIBA Upstream ( Sourcing, Contract and Supplier ), SAP ARIBA Downstream ( Procure to Pay )
 CIG – Cloud Integration Gateway, CC – Cloud Connector, SAP S4 HANA – BADI Connection
 Microsoft – cxml, .txt, .csv,

STRENGTHS

 Numerous Client appreciation mails in all the assignments for Outstanding Support and maintenance
activities and Participated in Ariba module trainings.
 Kaizen & Six sigma project on PR, PO & GRN/SRN process and Individual contributor award.

PERSONAL DETAILS

Date of Birth: 24-07-1986

Sex: Male
Passport number: Z4362921
Languages Known: English, Hindi, Kannada, Telugu and Tamil.