Job Description

Experienced Consultant – Business Analyst (Procurement, SAP, Supply Chain Transformation)

Location: Remote with occasional onsite meetings (as required by project) Duration: 6–12 months with potential extension

Client is seeking a seasoned Business Analyst to support enterprise-level transformation initiatives in procurement and supply chain management. The ideal candidate will possess deep domain knowledge in procurement processes, experience with SAP systems (especially S/4HANA), and a strong track record in business process analysis and design. This consultant will play a key role in capturing business requirements, aligning stakeholders, and translating business needs into actionable system and process improvements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Business Analysis & Requirements Gathering:
  • Work with stakeholders across procurement, supply chain, and IT to elicit, analyze, and document business requirements.
  • Translate complex business needs into functional specifications for SAP and related systems.
• SAP Procurement & Supply Chain Support:
  • Act as a liaison between functional teams and SAP technical teams to ensure solution alignment.
  • Support configurations and enhancements across SAP procurement modules (e.g., MM, Ariba, S/4HANA).
  • Analyze and validate data across procurement and supply chain domains (e.g., materials, vendors, BOMs).
• Business Process Mapping & Design:
  • Document current-state processes and identify opportunities for standardization and optimization.
  • Collaborate in the design of future-state process models aligned with global transformation goals.
  • Ensure business processes are scalable, compliant, and automation ready.
• Project Support & Testing:
  • Participate in solution workshops, sprint planning, and user story development.
  • Support testing activities, including scenario definition, user acceptance testing (UAT), and defect triage.
  • Coordinate with offshore/onshore teams to ensure timely delivery of milestones.
• Change Management & Training Enablement:
  • Contribute to change impact assessments and stakeholder readiness activities.
  • Develop user documentation, training materials, and support onboarding for new processes or systems.

Required Qualifications:

• 7+ years of business analysis experience in procurement or supply chain environments
• Strong working knowledge of SAP procurement systems (MM, Ariba, S/4HANA) and integration with supply chain functions
• Demonstrated experience with business process modeling and requirements management
• Skilled in tools such as Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, JIRA, Confluence, or equivalent
• Experience supporting enterprise transformation programs or ERP implementations
• Excellent interpersonal and written communication skills; ability to work across functions and geographies

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in the consumer health, life sciences, or pharmaceutical industry
• Familiarity with Master Data Management (MDM) and Bill of Materials (BOM) processes
• Exposure to Agile methodologies and cross-functional project delivery
• Formal certification such as CBAP, PMP, Agile/Scrum, or Lean Six Sigma

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