The SAP Integration SME will:
- SAP Landscape & Requirements Analysis
- Review the current SAP ECC and Ariba (SLP, Buying, Sourcing) landscape for SCP processes:
- Material Master, Supplier Master, Purchase Requisitions, Purchase Orders, RFQ/Sourcing, Service Entry Sheets, Goods Receipt/GRN, Inventory, Payments, OSDD/NCR/Bid Exceptions, NASL.
- Validate which SAP modules and components are in scope (MM, SD, SRM/Ariba, workflow objects, etc.).
- API / Integration Design
- Identify and recommend appropriate SAP integration mechanisms for each dataset:
- ECC: OData services, BAPIs/RFCs, IDoc/ODP, CDS/views or table extracts.
- Ariba: SLP/Buying/Sourcing APIs and events/webhooks.
- Define the data contracts and fields to be exposed from SAP/Ariba to the Azure data platform for the above datasets.
- Ensure proposed integration patterns meet SAP and client standards for performance, security, and change management.
- Support Azure Data Platform Integration
- Work with the Azure data engineering team (ADF, ADLS, Databricks, APIs) to:
- Clarify field meanings, relationships and keys for PR/PO/RFQ/SES/GRN/Inventory/Payments/NASL.
- Validate that SAP-side extraction and Azure-side models remain consistent with SAP business processes.
- Advise on incremental/CDC strategies from SAP ECC/Ariba where applicable (change documents, ODP, timestamp-based deltas, etc.).
- Security, Roles and Authorizations
- Map relevant SAP roles/authorization objects to Azure RBAC concepts so that:
- Procurement, Logistics, Inventory, PR users and Enterprise users see correct data subsets.
- Ensure that document- and field-level access requirements (especially commercial vs non-commercial views) are correctly interpreted from SAP/Ariba and can be enforced in the integration layer.
- Workshops, Validation and Handover
- Participate in workshops with SAP/Ariba and business stakeholders to:
- Confirm integration scope and datasets.
- Validate that the exposed APIs support the chatbot use cases.
- Review and sign off on SAP-related integration design documents.
- Provide knowledge transfer to the project team as needed.
2. Required Skills & Experience
- Core SAP ECC Experience
- 7+ years in SAP ECC with strong exposure to Supply Chain & Procurement processes (MM and related modules).
- Hands-on experience with one or more of: BAPI/RFC, IDoc, OData services, CDS/views, ODP/SLT or similar integration technologies.
- Solid understanding of PR/PO/GRN/SES/Inventory/Payment flows and underlying SAP objects.
- Ariba Experience
- Practical experience with SAP Ariba SLP, Buying and Sourcing from an integration/API perspective.
- Familiarity with Ariba data models for Supplier Master, RFQ/Sourcing projects, catalogue PRs, and NASL (or comparable supplier approval lists).
- Integration & Architecture
- Proven track record in defining SAP integration patterns for data platforms, reporting, or analytics.
- Ability to design robust, performant extraction strategies acceptable to SAP Basis and security teams.
- Experience working with non-SAP integration teams (e.g. Azure / data engineering) is a strong advantage.
- Security & Authorizations
- Good understanding of SAP authorizations/roles and how they map to dataset-level and field-level access.
- Ability to translate business RBAC requirements into SAP-side and integration-side controls.
- Soft Skills
- Strong communication skills to interface with both business (SCP stakeholders) and technical teams (SAP Basis, data engineers, architects).
- Comfortable leading/participating in workshops, documenting integration requirements, and validating designs.
