Supplier Enablement Co-Lead

One of Argyll Scotts clients based out in Belgium are looking for a Supplier Enablement Co-Lead. The function entails the full end-to-end responsibility to enable the selected suppliers on ARIBA for the specific company entities. This consists of 2 important steps:

Gathering & Cleaning the Vendor Master Data

• Objective is to verify & complete the Master Data in SAP of the vendors that need to be enable in ARIBA
• Manage a team of 2-3 data analysts who will reach out to the business entity and the suppliers to verify & complete the Vendor Master Data
• Activities:
  • Support/lead the data analysts in the different steps of the process
  • Follow-up & report on the results
  • Solve any issues popping up, from supplier or business side

Enabling the suppliers

• Objective is to enable the selected suppliers via the right account on the ARIBA system
• Developing a supplier flight plan for a given entity
  • Provide list of suppliers to be cleansed to VMD team
  • Discuss flight plan with the business
  • Update flight plan based upon feedback from VMD & business
• Support onboarding of Enterprise Accounts:
  • Prepare VUF, organize Supplier Summit, manage supplier escalations,…
• Lead the onboarding for Standard Accounts:
  • Manage/organize communications, trainings, Supplier support desk,…
• Ensure all technical activities on client side (in SAP ERP, in ARIBA P2P, in ARIBA AN) are completed for transacting successfully with suppliers

To be considered for this role:

• Language skills: English is a must. Local languages (Dutch / French) are a plus.
• Have at least 5 years SAP Ariba experience
• Have completed multiple Supplier Enablement / Catalogue Content projects
• Have a certification in Supplier Enablement Catalogue Management.
• Need to have an understanding of vendor master in SAP
• Microsoft excel experience is essential because there's a lot of spreadsheet work
• "Can-do" attitude
• Leadership skills
• Good analytical skills
• Good social & communication skills
• Flexibility, different entities to be enabled in different countries