Job Description:

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As a Senior Ariba Engineer, you are designing and maintaining the Ariba solution for BP colleagues and external users.

You will operate in a dynamic and commercially focussed environment, with the resources of one of the world's largest Digital organisations and leading Digital and IT vendors working with you. You will be part of growing and strengthening our technical talent base - experts coming together to tackle BP and the world's problems.

Key Accountabilities

• Leading full lifecycle implementations of SAP Ariba solutions, including requirements gathering, system configuration, testing, training, and launch support.
• Analysing business processes related to procurement, contingent workforce management, and supplier management to identify areas for improvement and develop optimized solutions within Ariba.
• Designing and configuring Ariba solutions to meet specific business needs, including integrations with other SAP and non-SAP systems.
• Leading or performing customizations and extensions to Ariba, often involving working with ABAP developers or using Ariba's own development tools.
• Ensuring flawless integration between Ariba and other systems, such as SAP ERP (S/4HANA), other procurement or ERP solutions, and third-party applications.
• Leading design, development, testing and deployment of Ariba template solution.
• Working with users and business analysts to understand requirements.
• Supporting and maintaining your software. We believe in DevOps - you build it, you run it!
• Senior Engineer is accountable to the IT&S Product Manager and the respective service delivery. This includes responsibility for:
  • Ensuring the solution:
    • Adheres to target architecture as defined by the Bill of IT (Target Architecture), target process design, information model, etc
    • Meets all relevant Group, Segment and Business IT&S Standards
    • Remains consistent with and is appropriate for the business requirements
    • Lead and communicate efficiently with our Business Users, Solution Architects, Development Teams, Product Owners, Product Managers and 3rd party vendors in different time zones across BP
    • Working with other bp and non-bp teams to ensure required project deliverables, such as Data Privacy and Digital Security
• This role requires a broad understanding of the Oil & Gas Business, combined with a pragmatic and delivery focused attitude, deep technical expertise, flexibility and a willingness to be involved in projects on a 'hands on' basis.

Desirable Experience and Capability

• Years of experience: 8 to 10 years, with a minimum of 4 to 6 years of proven experience in SAP Ariba implementations.

Required Criteria

• SAP Systems Design
• SAP Technical Specialism
• SAP Systems Integration
• Comprehensive understanding and experience in Source-to-Pay Processes (Sourcing, Procurement, Category Management, Accounts Payable, etc), and its relationship to complementing processes
• Deep seated functional knowledge, hands-on design and delivery experience using these Products/modules in sophisticated architecture landscape
• SAP Ariba - SLP, AN, B&I, S2C, ICS
• SAP Cloud Integration Gateway
• SAP ECC - MM and its integration points to Finance, PM, IS-OIL, Tax
• Good understanding in Technical Integration and delivery of complex solutions through
• SAP Cloud Integration Gateway (CIG)
• API
• SAP ABAP language
• Deep understanding of the software development lifecycle, including design, security, design patterns for extensible and reliable code, automated unit and functional testing, CI/CD and telemetry
• Demonstrated understanding of modern technologies like Cloud native, containers, serverless
• Adopt a culture of change and agility, evolving and adapting continuously
• A great team-mate and leader, looking beyond your own area and organisational boundaries to consider the bigger picture and perspective of others.
• Use insight and good judgement to enable commercially sound, efficient and pragmatic decisions and solutions and to respond to situations as they arise.
• Good interpersonal skills including the ability to relate complex topics in simple and accessible language.
• Experience in planning, designing, and delivering sophisticated solutions across multiple products and organizational units.

Skills and/or experience in:

• SAP Ariba (SLP, B&I, S2C, SBN, Catalogs)
• SAP MDG, VIM and OpenText
• SAP S/4 HANA
• SAP Central Procurement
• Azure and/or AWS

Key Behaviours

• Empathetic: Cares about our people, our community and our planet
• Curious: Seeks to explore and excel
• Creative: Imagines the extraordinary
• Inclusive: Brings out the best in each other

What we offer:

It's crucial to us that the differences we see in the world around us are reflected in our workplace. Who you are is what counts, not where you're from or how you live your life. At bp, we support our people to learn and grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity. We are committed to fostering an inclusive environment in which everyone is respected and treated fairly. There are many aspects of our employees' lives that are relevant, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits include:

• Generous salary package including an annual bonus program and individual performance-based incentives.
• Additional EPF contributions totaling 15%.
• Excellent work-life balance & flexible working arrangements!
• Collaborative environment that celebrates achievements, diversity, and culture
• Ongoing career development and progression opportunities in a global organization
• 16 weeks paid parental leave (4 weeks partner leave)

Travel Requirement
No travel is expected with this role

Relocation Assistance:
This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type:
This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills:
Agility core practices, Agility core practices, Analytics, API and platform design, Business Analysis, Cloud Platforms, Coaching, Communication, Configuration management and release, Continuous deployment and release, Data Structures and Algorithms (Inactive), Digital Project Management, Documentation and knowledge sharing, Facilitation, Information Security, iOS and Android development, Mentoring, Metrics definition and instrumentation, NoSql data modelling, Relational Data Modelling, Risk Management, Scripting, Service operations and resiliency, Software Design and Development, Source control and code management {+ 4 more}

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp's recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.