S4/HANA Procurement Business SME

Terumo BCT, Inc.•Denver, CO

14d•$100,800 - $125,900

About The Position

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is seeking an experienced Procurement professional to serve as the S/4HANA Ariba Business Subject Matter Expert for its global SAP S/4HANA implementation. The role will help shape the future-state global Procure-to-Pay process, with a strong focus on SAP Ariba and its integration with SAP S/4HANA. The SME represents global functional and site Procurement teams in designing, testing, deploying, and adopting procurement capabilities. The role translates business requirements into standardized global processes and helps ensure solutions support operational, sourcing, compliance, and strategic objectives. It requires strong knowledge of sourcing and procurement processes, hands-on experience with SAP Ariba, and an understanding of integration points involving SAP S/4HANA, master data, finance, receiving, inventory, and supporting business processes. Working with Procurement stakeholders, Global Supply Chain, Finance, Master Data, IT, and system integration partners, the SME serves as a bridge between business and implementation teams. The position helps ensure future-state processes are standardized, scalable, and practical for users across global business units and sites. The role also supports testing, deployment, change management, post-go-live adoption, and continuous improvement. The position requires a full allocation of time for a minimum of two years to support the transformation project.

Requirements

Minimum 8 years of experience in procurement, ideally across both Direct and Indirect Procurement.
Experience with SAP Ariba in a business, functional, implementation, product-owner, or subject matter expert capacity.
Strong understanding of procurement processes and their relationship to SAP S/4HANA or other enterprise ERP platforms.
Demonstrated ability to translate Procurement business requirements into standardized processes and system requirements.
Demonstrated experience working with, influencing, and/or leading global teams.
Experience working cross-functionally within project teams or business process improvement initiatives.
Strong written and verbal communication skills for collaboration across organizational levels.
Demonstrated experience in business transformation, systems implementation, or process optimization.
Ability to operate in a dynamic, project-driven environment with competing priorities.
Willingness to commit a full allocation of time for a minimum of 2 years to support the transformation project.
Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.

Nice To Haves

Experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry.

Responsibilities

Serve as the Procurement Business SME for SAP Ariba, representing Global Supply Chain and Procurement during design and implementation of future-state Source-to-Pay and Procure-to-Pay processes.
Define and validate business requirements and future-state processes across SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA, including process and system handoffs.
Provide knowledge of current Procurement processes, business requirements, operational challenges, and pain points to guide future-state solution design.
Collaborate with business stakeholders, IT teams, SAP functional experts, and system integrators to align the Ariba solution with global Procurement standards and business objectives.
Ensure effective integration between SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA, including dependencies involving supplier and material master data, purchasing, receiving, invoice processing, finance, reporting, and transactional data.
Develop and validate end-to-end test scenarios spanning SAP Ariba and SAP S/4HANA and confirm successful handoffs between Procurement and downstream functions.
Participate in user acceptance testing, data validation, and cutover planning to support successful deployment.
Contribute to change management, training, communication, and user-readiness strategies.
Liaise between Global Supply Chain and ERP project teams to troubleshoot issues, escalate risks, and support resolution activities.
Provide project updates on Procurement and Ariba activities, risks, dependencies, decisions, testing progress, and deployment readiness.
Support post-go-live process adoption, system utilization, and continuous improvement across business units.