Implementation Consultant

Talismatic; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Job summary

Zycus is seeking an Implementation Consultant with strong domain expertise in P2P/S2P and hands-on configuration experience with cloud procurement suites such as Ariba, Coupa, Zycus, Ivalua, GEPSMART, Jaggaer. The ideal candidate will understand upstream and downstream modules and have experience as a Solution Consultant, Functional Consultant, or Pre-Sales Consultant.

The role covers configuration, implementation delivery, consulting, and engagement with global clients, including AI-driven

Qualifications

• 3–15 years of consulting experience in S2P/P2P solutions with IT organizations, consulting firms, or software providers.
• 5+ years hands-on experience implementing and configuring Cloud Procurement Suites (Ariba, Coupa, Zycus, Ivalua, GEPSMART, Jaggaer, or similar).
• Proven expertise in solution configuration: workflows, approval hierarchies, master data, reporting dashboards, and ERP/financial system integrations.
• Experience in configuring and delivering product demonstrations and managing end-to-end software implementations.
• Strong knowledge of procurement processes (upstream & downstream) including sourcing, contracting, supplier management, requisitioning, invoicing, and payments.
• Domain expertise in CLM, Supplier Management, Category Management, Spend Analysis, and Procurement Digitalization.
• Proven ability to facilitate knowledge transfer and translate complex technical concepts into business benefits.
• Exceptional client engagement and communications skills with ability to influence and motivate cross-functional teams.
• Demonstrated experience in change management (MOC), business process re-engineering, and gap analysis.
• Track record of delivering successful, timely, and high-quality software implementations.

Responsibilities

• Configure procurement modules (Upstream and Downstream) across cloud procurement suites.
• Translate business requirements into functional configurations and maintain configuration documentation.
• Define, configure, and validate workflows, approval hierarchies, master data, reporting dashboards, and ERP/financial integrations.
• Conduct product demonstrations, perform functional testing, and ensure configurational alignment with client needs.
• Provide configuration expertise during enhancements, upgrades, and production support.
• Manage end-to-end implementation projects, including design, testing, training, reporting, and post-go-live support.
• Drive project delivery ensuring successful on-time go-live and customer adoption.
• Coordinate with client teams and onsite/offshore engagement teams to gather requirements, finalize deliverables, and manage work plans.
• Ensure quality delivery of engagements both led by self and executed by reportees.
• Act as a functional SME for S2P processes: supplier onboarding, requisitioning, sourcing, contracting, invoicing, and payables.
• Conduct business process mapping, gap analysis, and recommend best practices for procurement transformation.
• Collaborate with technical and functional teams to ensure alignment with customer objectives and long-term strategy.
• Serve as a customer advocate within Zycus for issue resolution and feature prioritization.
• Support pre-sales activities including RFP responses, client dialogs, and solution demonstrations.
• Manage S2P productions support and enhancement requests, partnering with business owners to validate change requirements.
• Identify recurring issue patterns and work with product management/engineering for systemic resolution.
• Drive AI-led innovation initiatives within Procurement and Source-to-Pay transformation programs.
• Identify opportunities to leverage Generative AI, automation, predictive analytics, and intelligent workflows to improve procurement operations and outcomes.

Skills

Consulting experience

Cloud procurement suites

Solution configuration

Procurement processes

CLM

Supplier Management

Category Management

Spend Analysis

Procurement Digitalization

Knowledge transfer

Client communication

Change management

End-to-end implementations

Tools

Ariba

Coupa

Zycus

Ivalua

GE PS MART

Jaggaer

Job description

ZycusislookingforanImplementationConsultantwithstrongdomainexpertiseinP2P/S2P/Procure-to-Pay/Source-to-Pay/Procurement.TheidealcandidateshouldhavehandsonconfigurationexperiencewithProcurementSoftwaresuchasAriba,Coupa,Zycus,Ivalua,GEPSMART,Jaggaer,etc.,andasolidunderstandingofbothupstreamanddownstreammodules.CandidateswhohaveworkedasSolutionConsultants,FunctionalConsultants,SolutionArchitects,orPreSalesConsultantsarehighlypreferred.PriorconsultingexperienceinimplementingormanagingCloudProcurementSuitesisalsoanaddedadvantage.

Role&Responsibilities:

Configuration&SolutionDesign

• Configureprocurementmodules(UpstreamandDownstream)acrosscloudprocurementsuites.
• Translatebusinessrequirementsintofunctionalconfigurationsandmaintainconfigurationdocumentation.
• Define,configure,andvalidateworkflows,approvalhierarchies,masterdata,reportingdashboards,andERP/financialintegrations.
• Conductproductdemonstrations,performfunctionaltesting,andensureconfigurationalignswithclientneeds.
• Provideconfigurationexpertiseduringenhancements,upgrades,andproductionsupport.

Implementation&Delivery

• Manageend-to-endimplementationprojects,includingdesign,testing,training,reporting,andpost-go-livesupport.
• Driveprojectdeliveryensuringsuccessful,on-timego-liveandcustomeradoption.
• Coordinatewithclientteamsandonsite/offshoreengagementteamstogatherrequirements,finalizedeliverables,andmanageworkplans.
• Ensurequalitydeliveryofengagementsbothledbyselfandexecutedbyreportees.

Consulting&StakeholderEngagement

• ActasafunctionalSMEforSource-to-Payprocesses:supplieronboarding,requisitioning,sourcing,contracting,invoicing,andpayables.
• Conductbusinessprocessmapping,gapanalysis,andrecommendbestpracticesforprocurementtransformation.
• Collaboratewithtechnicalandfunctionalteamstoensurealignmentwithcustomerobjectivesandlong-termstrategy.
• ServeasacustomeradvocatewithinZycusforissueresolutionandfeatureprioritization.

Pre-Sales&Support

• Supportpre-salesactivitiesincludingRFPresponses,clientorals,andsolutiondemonstrations.
• ManageS2Pproductionsupportandenhancementrequests,partneringwithbusinessownerstovalidatechangerequirements.
• Identifyrecurringissuepatternsandworkwithproductmanagement/engineeringforsystemicresolution.

AI-DrivenConsulting&Innovation

• DriveAI-ledinnovationinitiativeswithinProcurementandSource-to-Paytransformationprograms.
• IdentifyopportunitiestoleverageGenerativeAI,automation,predictiveanalytics,andintelligentworkflowstoimproveprocurementoperationsandcustomeroutcomes.
• Partnerwithproduct,engineering,andcustomerteamstodesigninnovativeAI-poweredusecasesacrosssourcing,suppliermanagement,contractmanagement,invoicing,andprocurementanalytics.
• RecommendprocessoptimizationopportunitiesusingAI-enabledinsights,automationframeworks,anddigitaltransformationstrategies.
• ActasastrategicadvisortocustomersonemergingtrendsinAI-drivenprocurementtransformationandintelligententerpriseautomation.
• Contributetobuildingreusableconsultingaccelerators,AI-drivenimplementationframeworks,andbestpracticesforscalablecustomerdelivery.
• Supportinnovationworkshops,executivediscussions,andsolutiondemonstrationsshowcasingZycus’AIcapabilitiesandprocurementinnovationroadmap.

SkillsRequired

• 3–15yearsofconsultingexperienceinS2P/P2PsolutionswithITorganizations,consultingfirms,orsoftwareproviders.
• 5+yearsofhands-onexperienceimplementingandconfiguringCloudProcurementSuites(Ariba,Coupa,Zycus,Ivalua,GEPSMART,Jaggaer,orsimilar).
• Provenexpertiseinsolutionconfiguration:workflows,approvalhierarchies,masterdata,reportingdashboards,andERP/financialsystemintegrations.
• Experienceinconfiguringanddeliveringproductdemonstrationsandmanagingend-to-endsoftwareimplementations.
• Strongknowledgeofprocurementprocesses(upstream&downstream)includingsourcing,contracting,suppliermanagement,requisitioning,invoicing,andpayments.
• DomainexpertiseinCLM,SupplierManagement,CategoryManagement,SpendAnalysis,andProcurementDigitalization.
• Provenabilitytofacilitateknowledgetransferandtranslatecomplextechnicalconceptsintobusinessbenefits.
• Exceptionalclientengagementandcommunicationskillswithabilitytoinfluenceandmotivatecross-functionalteams.
• Demonstratedexperienceinchangemanagement(MOC),businessprocessre-engineering,andgapanalysis.
• Trackrecordofdeliveringsuccessful,timely,andhigh-qualitysoftwareimplementations.

5ReasonstoJointheZycusSolutionConsultingGroup

1.LeadAI-DrivenProcurementTransformation

JoinaconsultingorganizationthatisactivelyintegratingAI,automation,andintelligentprocurementcapabilitiesintoenterprisetransformationprograms.Helpshapethenextgenerationofprocurementexperiencesforglobalenterprises.

2.Strategic&High-ImpactConsultingExposure

Gobeyondimplementationandserveasatrustedtransformationadvisor.Workwithenterprisecustomerstooptimizeprocurementoperationsthroughtechnology,innovation,andAI-drivenprocessimprovements.

3.WorkonComplexGlobalEnterprisePrograms

Gainhands-onexperiencedeliveringlarge-scaleinternationalprocurementtransformationinitiativesacross:

• Source-to-Pay(S2P)
• SupplierManagement
• ContractLifecycleManagement(CLM)
• Invoicing&AccountsPayable
• ProcurementAnalytics
• ERPIntegrations(SAP,Oracle,MicrosoftDynamics,etc.)

4.AcceleratedCareerGrowth

Developexpertiseacrossmultipleconsultingdisciplines,including:

• SolutionConsulting
• EnterpriseSolutionArchitecture
• StakeholderManagement
• AI&DigitalTransformation
• Pre-SalesConsulting
• Innovation&ProductStrategy

ThisroleprovidesastrongcareerpathintoSolutionArchitecture,PracticeLeadership,ProductStrategy,andAIConsulting.

5.Collaborative,Innovation-FirstCulture

CollaboratecloselywithProductManagement,Engineering,CustomerSuccess,andExecutiveLeadershiptoinfluenceproductdirection,buildAI-poweredconsultingaccelerators,andhelpshapethefutureofprocurementtechnology.