SAP Ariba Analyst (Junior/Associate)

Nova Cofoundery; Manila; On-site; PHP 280,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

Nova Cofoundery is seeking a junior SAP Ariba Analyst to support our growing Source-to-Pay practice in the Philippines. This role is ideal for someone with 1–2 years of Ariba exposure and a genuine interest in data who wants to deepen their procurement technology skills.

You will work with global stakeholders, provide day-to-day Ariba support, build dashboards in Power BI, and help drive data quality initiatives while gaining hands-on experience with SAP ECC integrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS/Business or related field.
• Fluent in English with strong written and spoken skills.
• 1–2 years SAP Ariba hands-on experience.
• Strong Excel skills and ability to handle large datasets.
• Power BI experience and data visualization skills.
• Experience in shared services or BPO supporting global clients.

Responsibilities

• Provide day-to-day support for SAP Ariba modules (Sourcing / Buying & Invoicing / Ariba Network) resolving user and supplier queries within SLAs.
• Perform basic configuration and maintenance tasks - approval flows, templates, master data, user access and roles.
• Support supplier onboarding and enablement on the Ariba Network, including troubleshooting registration and transaction issues.
• Investigate and resolve integration errors between SAP Ariba and SAP ECC, escalating complex issues to senior team members.
• Assist with testing for system upgrades, quarterly SAP releases and new module/functionality rollouts.
• Maintain process documentation, user guides and knowledge base articles, and support end-user training.
• Extract, clean and consolidate data from SAP Ariba, SAP ECC and other sources for analysis and reporting.
• Analyse procurement data — spend, savings, supplier performance, cycle times, contract compliance, system adoption — to spot trends, anomalies and improvement opportunities.
• Prepare recurring and ad hoc analysis for Procurement, Finance and IT stakeholders.
• Gather reporting requirements from the business and work with the reporting team to ensure dashboards answer the right questions.
• Support data quality initiatives — identify root causes of master data issues and help drive them to resolution.

Skills

SAP Ariba

Power BI

Excel

Data analysis

English proficiency

Procure-to-Pay

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

Power BI

Power Query

DAX

Job description

We are looking for a junior SAP Ariba Analyst to support our growing Source-to-Pay practice and provide services to our clients. This is an excellent opportunity for someone with 1–2 years of Ariba exposure and a genuine interest in data who wants to deepen their expertise in procurement technology.

Working hours ~15:00 - 00:00 (mid-shift)

This opportunity is open only to candidates based in the Philippines

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide day-to-day support for SAP Ariba modules ([Sourcing / Buying & Invoicing / Ariba Network]), resolving user and supplier queries within agreed SLAs

• Perform basic configuration and maintenance tasks - approval flows, templates, master data, user access and roles

• Support supplier onboarding and enablement on the Ariba Network, including troubleshooting registration and transaction issues

• Investigate and resolve integration errors between SAP Ariba and SAP ECC, escalating complex issues to senior team members

• Assist with testing for system upgrades, quarterly SAP releases and new module/functionality rollouts

• Maintain process documentation, user guides and knowledge base articles, and support end-user training

• Extract, clean and consolidate data from SAP Ariba, SAP ECC and other sources for analysis and reporting

• Analyse procurement data — spend, savings, supplier performance, cycle times, contract compliance, system adoption — to spot trends, anomalies and improvement opportunities

• Prepare recurring and ad hoc analysis for Procurement, Finance and IT stakeholders

• Gather reporting requirements from the business and work with the reporting team to make sure dashboards answer the right questions

• Support data quality initiatives — identify root causes of master data issues and help drive them to resolution

Required Skills & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering - mandatory

• Fluent in English (verbal and written) - you'll be working directly with global stakeholders and suppliers - mandatory

• 1–2 years of hands-on experience with SAP Ariba (support, configuration, implementation or operations) - mandatory

• Hands-on Power BI experience and a strong understanding of how dashboards work — you can navigate, interrogate and sense-check a report, understand the data model behind it, and recognise when a figure looks wrong. Familiarity with Power Query and DAX

• Strong Excel skills (pivot tables, lookups, large datasets) and confidence working with messy data

• Working understanding of Source-to-Pay or Procure-to-Pay processes

• Ability to present data clearly to non-technical stakeholders — visual choices, narrative, and the "so what"

• Analytical, detail-oriented, and able to manage multiple requests without dropping any of them

• Experience in a shared services, GBS or BPO environment supporting global clients