Principal Consultant (GLO05198)

Global Delivery

Bengaluru

About Us

Zycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises for two decades. Zycus has been consistently recognized by Gartner, Forrester, and other analysts for its Source to Pay integrated suite. Zycus powers its S2P software with the revolutionary Merlin AI Suite. Merlin AI takes over the tactical tasks and empowers procurement and AP officers to focus on strategic projects; offers data-driven actionable insights for quicker and smarter decisions, and its conversational AI offers a B2C type user-experience to the end-users.

Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.

Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore

We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer:

Zycus is committed to providing equal opportunities in employment and creating an inclusive work environment. We do not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected characteristic. All hiring decisions will be based solely on qualifications, skills, and experience relevant to the job requirements.

Job Description

Zycus is looking for Principle Implementation Consultant having domain expertise in S2P/ CLM/ Procure2pay/ Source2pay/procurement / Source to Pay /Procure to Pay space Or any other Cloud Procurement suites such as SAP Ariba, Coupa, Ivalua, GEP SMART, HANA . The ideal candidate will possess strong consulting skills and a deep understanding of both upstream and downstream procurement processes, with expertise in configuration and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

Role & Responsibilities:

End to end implementation of cloud procurement projects including design, configuration, testing, post go-live support, reporting, training
Helping customers to focus on their goals by driving the implementation towards a successful, on-time implementation.
Coordinate with onsite engagement team and client team to gather requirements, develop workplan, determine expectations and finalize deliverables
Support pre-sales activities, which includes: responding to RFPs; attending client orals
Ensure quality project delivery of engagements led by self and those that are executed by direct reportees
Responsible for S2P production support and enhancement activities and a liaison with business process owners to validate requirements for changes to processes and recommend best practices across S2P process.
A functional subject matter expert of the Source to Pay process; including supplier on-boarding, purchase requisitioning, sourcing, and contracts, and payables.
Identify issue pattern and work with product management and engineering team for system resolution
Customer advocate within the Zycus for issue resolution / functionality & feature prioritization
Collaborate with other functional and technical teams on business needs, information, applications, and long term plans while helping to ensure integration with strategic plans.
Manage business process mapping, process re-engineering and gap analysis. Recommend opportunities for streamlining, consolidating and optimizing processes.
Recommending road maps to close performance gaps and developing high level implementation plans

Job Requirement

10-14 years consulting experience in Source to Pay and/Procure to Pay solutions required and experience in systems applications consulting, either internally or via an IT organization or externally with a consulting firm or software provider.
5+ years of experience implementing Cloud Procurement suites such as Ariba OR Coupa OR Ivalua OR GEP SMART OR Jagger OR SAP HANA or any other similar product suite.
Deep understanding of Procurement related processes including Source-to-Pay (both upstream and downstream), Contract Lifecycle Management, Supplier Management, Category Management, Spend Analysis etc.
Hands on experience in configuring, testing and implementing Source to Pay and/Procure to Pay solutions required
Proven ability to facilitate knowledge transfer and translate complex technical issues into compelling business benefits.
Strong customer facing skills, ability to influence and motivate internal/externals teams and vendor partners.
Exceptional client management skills and be able to work with customers to execute an implementation plan that works towards a rapid, successful Go-live.
Experience in configuring and delivering software demonstrations are mandatory.
Demonstrated experience in successful delivery of software solutions inclusive of Management of Change (MOC) and business mapping.

Education & Background

Bachelor Degree

MBA in Supply Chain from a Tier 1 B-School - Nice to Have

Five Reasons Why You Should Join Zycus

Industry Recognized Leader: Zycus is recognized by Gartner (world’s leading market research analyst) as a Leader in Procurement Software Suites. Zycus is also recognized as a Customer First Organization by Gartner. Zycus's Procure to Pay Suite Scores 4.5 out of 5 ratings in Gartner Peer Insights for Procure-to-Pay Suites.
Pioneer in Cognitive Procurement: Zycus is a pioneer in Cognitive Procurement software and has been a trusted partner of choice for large global enterprises
Fast Growing: Growing Region at the rate of 30% Y-o-Y
Global Enterprise Customers: Work with Large Enterprise Customers globally to drive Complex Global Implementation on the value framework of Zycus
AI Product Suite: Steer next gen cognitive product suite offering

About Us

Zycus helps enterprises drive real savings, reduce risks, and boost compliance, and its seamless, intuitive, and easy-to-use user interface ensures high adoption and value across the organization.

Start your #CognitiveProcurement journey with us, as you are #MeantforMore