07/05/2025 updated
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SAP Ariba Expert
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
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BSc in ComputingUser Experience (UX)BenchmarkingCost ReductionCycle Time VariationEnterprise Resource PlanningPurchasing ProcessVenta al por MenorSupply Chain ManagementService DeliveryStrategic SourcingAdministrative OperationsProcurementContract PerformanceSAP AribaLogistics Operations
ACCOMPLISHMENT AS A PROCUREMENT SUPPLY CHAIN (S2P) PROJECT & SERVICE DELIVERY MANAGER
For bp:
Facilitated and empowered bp Source-to-Pay users on a global scale with an effective user procurement experience (UX) via SAP Ariba rollout globally with an optimized Source-to-Pay performance and ease of use.
Enabled staffs, functions and specialists to procure easy, fast and in self-service mode while still buying from the preferred suppliers at agreed and preferential prices and conditions.
Built-in intelligence of SAP Ariba allowed users to make the right decisions while cycle time reduced considerably from Purchase Requsition to Purchase Order state as Ariba enabled “guided buying” enabled users to use the correct suppliers, contracts, catalogues, e-forms and policies for spending.
Maximized automated purchase orders (Auto-PO) that enabled buyers, categories and procurement operations to free resources for strategic sourcing instead for low/medium value purchase and pre/post order administration while honoring agreements/contracts with suppliers and being able to monitor supplier/contract performance. This resulted in ensuring quality and compliance of goods and services procured and spend data generated analyzed in order to increase spend under management and gaining of category insights.
Simplified previously complex supplier management setup and environment and achieved an efficient way to manage and use qualified and preferred suppliers across procurement processes.
Decentralization from centralized procurement model where centralized procurement teams could not scale up to meet the needs of the functional department as Ariba system allowed functional buyers support with specialized requirements.
Increase savings by millions of dollars by
For bp:
Facilitated and empowered bp Source-to-Pay users on a global scale with an effective user procurement experience (UX) via SAP Ariba rollout globally with an optimized Source-to-Pay performance and ease of use.
Enabled staffs, functions and specialists to procure easy, fast and in self-service mode while still buying from the preferred suppliers at agreed and preferential prices and conditions.
Built-in intelligence of SAP Ariba allowed users to make the right decisions while cycle time reduced considerably from Purchase Requsition to Purchase Order state as Ariba enabled “guided buying” enabled users to use the correct suppliers, contracts, catalogues, e-forms and policies for spending.
Maximized automated purchase orders (Auto-PO) that enabled buyers, categories and procurement operations to free resources for strategic sourcing instead for low/medium value purchase and pre/post order administration while honoring agreements/contracts with suppliers and being able to monitor supplier/contract performance. This resulted in ensuring quality and compliance of goods and services procured and spend data generated analyzed in order to increase spend under management and gaining of category insights.
Simplified previously complex supplier management setup and environment and achieved an efficient way to manage and use qualified and preferred suppliers across procurement processes.
Decentralization from centralized procurement model where centralized procurement teams could not scale up to meet the needs of the functional department as Ariba system allowed functional buyers support with specialized requirements.
Increase savings by millions of dollars by
- Limiting rogue spending
- Leveraging on negotiated content & contract
- Improved contract compliance
- Maximized user consumption coverage
- Uncovered cost reduction opportunities through improved spend visibility
- Seamless integration with bp ERP system
- Approval management and purchasing increased visibility and control
- Saves budget, cost, resources, time and effort instead to support operational efficiencies
- Hard Cost Savings achieved through greater price reductions, discounts, refunds, benchmarking, consolidation of demand, price-pushback, no auto-renewals, no duplications, control over rogue spends and reduction of business waste.
SAP Ariba Global Service Deliveries Country - Business Specific Projects timelines
ANZ Delta Project R4
Date:Sept 2017
For:Downstream ANZ
Switzerland R5
Date: Oct 2018
For: Downstream Switzerland
Upstream Central Functions
Date: Aug 2019
For:Upstream Central Functions
Indirect Procurement Corporate & Functions
Date: Oct 2019
For: IP Corporate & Functions
France R6
Date: Feb 2020
For: Downstream | France Fuels & Air BP
UK R7
Date: Dec 2021
For: Downstream | UK Fuels & Air BP
South Africa R9
Date: Ongoing
Deployment of Service - Ariba
Date: Upcoming Roadmap
For: Rest of the world where relevant
SAP Ariba Country - Business Categories Specific Projects timelines
Pc-As-A-Service Deployment – Dell and Computacenter as preferred suppliers
Date: 2020 – Present [Ongoing]
For: Europe – completed (UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland)
APAC – completed (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, India)
Americas – completed (USA, Canada)
Amazon Business Services (Marketplace Punchout Catalogue Level 1 & 2)
Date: 2022 – 2023
For: Europe – completed (Spain, Germany, France, UK)
Americas – completed (USA)
Auto – Po via Ariba Customized Requisition Form
Date: 2021 – 2023
For: Property Services (JLL) - completed
Tax Services (KPMG, E&Y, PWC) - completed
Technology Services (Infosys, DXC, Entserve) - completed
Permanent Recruitment (19 preferred suppliers) – completed
(UK, US, India)
RFQ Quick Quote via Ariba Customized Request Form
Date:2019 – Present [Ongoing]
For: Castrol China – Retail Assets Services & Logistics Services
Pc-As-A-Service Deployment – Dell and Computacenter as preferred suppliers
Date: Upcoming Roadmap
For: Rest of the world where relevant
Experience
Professional experience10+ years
Freelancer since2025
Languages
EnglishFluent
Project history
Ariba Features Managed & Deployed:
Internal Ariba Catalogues – Internally managed / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
External Catalogues – hosted at Ariba Network / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
Punchout Catalogue Level 1 – hosted at Supplier’s platform (involves integration activities and end-to-end testing to ensure connectivity) / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
Punchout Catalogue Level 2 (Spot Buy) – hosted at Supplier’s platform but products made visible at Ariba Guided Buying (involves integration activities and end-to-end testing to ensure connectivity + spot buy configurations and accesses) / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
Ariba Customized Requisition Form (Triage type, Compliance type, Q&A type and Auto PO formula embedded requisition type)
Ariba Customized Request Form – RFQ Quick Quote / achieves zero touch (touchless) minus sourcing oversight.
Supplier Touch Policy and Validation policy / achieves desired procurement controls and compliance.
Buying Channel analysis and facilitation for the categories – 13 types of buying channels / achieves desired category and sourcing strategy, category guidance, sourcing guidance, procurement guidance and buying guidance based on best fit from the 13 options.
Fieldglass Statement of Work and Contingent Worker modules.
SAP Ariba Global Service Deliveries Country - Business Specific Projects timelines
ANZ Delta Project R4
Date:Sept 2017
For:Downstream ANZ
Switzerland R5
Date: Oct 2018
For: Downstream Switzerland
Upstream Central Functions
Date: Aug 2019
For:Upstream Central Functions
Indirect Procurement Corporate & Functions
Date: Oct 2019
For: IP Corporate & Functions
France R6
Date: Feb 2020
For: Downstream | France Fuels & Air BP
UK R7
Date: Dec 2021
For: Downstream | UK Fuels & Air BP
South Africa R9
Date: Ongoing
Deployment of Service - Ariba
Date: Upcoming Roadmap
For: Rest of the world where relevant
SAP Ariba Country - Business Categories Specific Projects timelines
Pc-As-A-Service Deployment – Dell and Computacenter as preferred suppliers
Date: 2020 – Present [Ongoing]
For: Europe – completed (UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland)
APAC – completed (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, India)
Americas – completed (USA, Canada)
Amazon Business Services (Marketplace Punchout Catalogue Level 1 & 2)
Date: 2022 – 2023
For: Europe – completed (Spain, Germany, France, UK)
Americas – completed (USA)
Auto – Po via Ariba Customized Requisition Form
Date: 2021 – 2023
For: Property Services (JLL) - completed
Tax Services (KPMG, E&Y, PWC) - completed
Technology Services (Infosys, DXC, Entserve) - completed
Permanent Recruitment (19 preferred suppliers) – completed
(UK, US, India)
RFQ Quick Quote via Ariba Customized Request Form
Date:2019 – Present [Ongoing]
For: Castrol China – Retail Assets Services & Logistics Services
Pc-As-A-Service Deployment – Dell and Computacenter as preferred suppliers
Date: Upcoming Roadmap
For: Rest of the world where relevant
Internal Ariba Catalogues – Internally managed / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
External Catalogues – hosted at Ariba Network / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
Punchout Catalogue Level 1 – hosted at Supplier’s platform (involves integration activities and end-to-end testing to ensure connectivity) / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
Punchout Catalogue Level 2 (Spot Buy) – hosted at Supplier’s platform but products made visible at Ariba Guided Buying (involves integration activities and end-to-end testing to ensure connectivity + spot buy configurations and accesses) / achieves fast track procurement path minus sourcing and procurement operation intervention – Auto PO
Ariba Customized Requisition Form (Triage type, Compliance type, Q&A type and Auto PO formula embedded requisition type)
Ariba Customized Request Form – RFQ Quick Quote / achieves zero touch (touchless) minus sourcing oversight.
Supplier Touch Policy and Validation policy / achieves desired procurement controls and compliance.
Buying Channel analysis and facilitation for the categories – 13 types of buying channels / achieves desired category and sourcing strategy, category guidance, sourcing guidance, procurement guidance and buying guidance based on best fit from the 13 options.
Fieldglass Statement of Work and Contingent Worker modules.
SAP Ariba Global Service Deliveries Country - Business Specific Projects timelines
ANZ Delta Project R4
Date:Sept 2017
For:Downstream ANZ
Switzerland R5
Date: Oct 2018
For: Downstream Switzerland
Upstream Central Functions
Date: Aug 2019
For:Upstream Central Functions
Indirect Procurement Corporate & Functions
Date: Oct 2019
For: IP Corporate & Functions
France R6
Date: Feb 2020
For: Downstream | France Fuels & Air BP
UK R7
Date: Dec 2021
For: Downstream | UK Fuels & Air BP
South Africa R9
Date: Ongoing
Deployment of Service - Ariba
Date: Upcoming Roadmap
For: Rest of the world where relevant
SAP Ariba Country - Business Categories Specific Projects timelines
Pc-As-A-Service Deployment – Dell and Computacenter as preferred suppliers
Date: 2020 – Present [Ongoing]
For: Europe – completed (UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Switzerland, Poland)
APAC – completed (Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Malaysia, India)
Americas – completed (USA, Canada)
Amazon Business Services (Marketplace Punchout Catalogue Level 1 & 2)
Date: 2022 – 2023
For: Europe – completed (Spain, Germany, France, UK)
Americas – completed (USA)
Auto – Po via Ariba Customized Requisition Form
Date: 2021 – 2023
For: Property Services (JLL) - completed
Tax Services (KPMG, E&Y, PWC) - completed
Technology Services (Infosys, DXC, Entserve) - completed
Permanent Recruitment (19 preferred suppliers) – completed
(UK, US, India)
RFQ Quick Quote via Ariba Customized Request Form
Date:2019 – Present [Ongoing]
For: Castrol China – Retail Assets Services & Logistics Services
Pc-As-A-Service Deployment – Dell and Computacenter as preferred suppliers
Date: Upcoming Roadmap
For: Rest of the world where relevant