At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!
As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.
At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.
Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!
Your Responsibilities:
- Lead, motivate, and inspire the team, setting an example of dedication, professionalism, and a growth mindset.
- Provide technical leadership to the Procurement team, being accountable for the work delivered in the areas of Ariba buying, Sourcing, Catalog, SLP, SBN, MM Procurement in S/4HANA.
- To deliver enhancements, system fixes in SAP (RICEFW) in partnership with our AMS providers by managing the releases in related to Procure to Pay processes including but not limited to indirect procurement, supplier management, Vendor integration etc.
- Liaise with business stakeholders, architects, implementation partners to understand requirements, recommend improvements, and deliver scalable solutions.
- Act as a liaison between the team and other stakeholders, ensuring open communication and clear alignment of responsibilities.
- Work closely with stakeholders to define product enhancements requirements and communicate updates on progress.
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives and ensure the team contributes to organizational objectives.
- Review of the Ariba releases to test the new features and updates to Ariba products
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- Perform/Review ALM test script, requirement, test runs, SolMan documentation
What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):
Consultant must have minimum of 10 years of experience in SAP ARIBA and S/4 Procurement with expertise in the areas below.
Ariba:
• Supplier Life cycle performance-integration to S/4
• SLP supplier request, registration, qualification, modular questionnaire
• Sourcing, Guided Sourcing and catalog management
• Master data replication process from S/4 to Ariba parent and child realms
• Should have Working knowledge in SAP Business Network & Ariba CIG (Cloud
integration Gateway) with knowledge on CIG custom mapping
• Ariba commerce automation including processing of PO confirmations and
Advance Shipping Notifications from SBN and subsequent integrations with S/4
• Should be familiar with troubleshooting /monitoring transaction flow between S4
and Ariba
• Working knowledge of setting up invoice transaction rules in Business network
• Working knowledge on various catalog types, subscriptions, spot configuration
• Setting up guided buying policies
• Configuration of Requisition workflows in Ariba
Material Management:
• PR, PO, output conditions, Invoice IDocs
• Business Partner, vendor master configuration and maintenance
• Inbound delivery creation in S/4 from SAP Business Network
• Basic knowledge of Invoice processing through MIRO, output conditions
• Basic knowledge of Procurement with Services, Third Party, Consignment, Limits
and subcontracting
Additional Information:
- Travel: 0%
- Location: India, Bangalore
Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status
Elanco may use automated tools, including AI, to support parts of our recruitment process, such as reviewing applications against job‑related criteria and/or transferrable skills. These tools help ensure a consistent, structured evaluation, but they do not make hiring decisions. All decisions involve a human reviewer. For more information on how we handle personal data, please see our Elanco Workforce Privacy Notice.
Skills Required
- Minimum 10 years experience in SAP Ariba and S/4 Procurement
- Experience leading technical teams and providing technical leadership for procurement solutions
- Experience with Ariba Supplier Lifecycle Performance (SLP) and supplier integration to S/4HANA
- Experience with SLP supplier request, registration, qualification and modular questionnaires
- Experience with Ariba Sourcing, Guided Sourcing and catalog management
- Knowledge of master data replication from S/4 to Ariba parent and child realms
- Working knowledge of SAP Business Network (SBN) and Ariba CIG including custom mapping
- Experience with Ariba commerce automation (PO confirmations, Advance Shipping Notifications) and S/4 integrations
- Experience troubleshooting and monitoring transaction flows between S/4HANA and Ariba
- Working knowledge of invoice transaction rules configuration in SAP Business Network
- Working knowledge of various catalog types, subscriptions, and spot configuration
- Experience setting up guided buying policies and configuring requisition workflows in Ariba
- Experience with SAP Material Management concepts: PR, PO, output conditions, Invoice IDocs
- Experience with Business Partner and vendor master configuration and maintenance
- Experience creating inbound deliveries in S/4 from SAP Business Network
- Basic knowledge of invoice processing through MIRO and related output conditions
- Basic knowledge of procurement with services, third party, consignment, limits and subcontracting
- Experience delivering RICEFW changes and managing releases with AMS/implementation partners
- Experience performing/reviewing ALM test scripts, test runs and maintaining SolMan documentation
Elanco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Elanco and has not been reviewed or approved by Elanco.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off options are broad, including PTO, flexible leave, and the ability to purchase additional vacation. These provisions are highlighted as supportive of work-life balance.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision alongside company-paid life, disability, and wellness support. Pet insurance and assistance programs reinforce a comprehensive wellbeing offering.
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Retirement Support — Retirement offerings include a U.S. 401(k) and, for some employees, access to a defined benefit pension. These programs add meaningful long-term value to total rewards.
Elanco Insights
What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives. Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society. Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
