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Amjath Sirajudeen

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Professional Summary:

I am an accomplished professional with over 18 years of experience in Technology, Finance, and Procurement strategy, coupled with a diverse background across industries such as Financial Services, Pharma, Manufacturing, and Science/Technology. I offer a unique combination of skills as I possess a deep understanding of technology implementation, complemented by a solid foundation in business processes and operations.

• For the past 8+ years, served as an Associate Director / Ariba Architect – Procurement systems, responsible for developing the product vision, strategy, and roadmap. Taken ownership of Procurement Application capabilities and services that support the Source to Pay process, and have a proven track record of providing leadership, analysis, and design to develop Strategic Sourcing and Procurement application solutions architecture.

• Deep understanding of the end-to-end Procurement process including Source to Contract, Procure to Pay, Spend Analytics and Supplier Performance Management.

• 9+ years’ experience deploying Ariba purchase-to-pay cloud functionality, including direct experience on at least 4 full lifecycle Ariba Cloud projects.

• 12+ years of experience in Supply Chain and Supplier Relationship Management domain this includes consulting work with Ariba suite of application (like Ariba Buyer, Ariba Category Management, Ariba Contract Management, Ariba Invoicing, Ariba Analysis, Ariba SCC, Contract Compliance and Ariba Network) and SAP SRM suite of application.

• Knowledge of and experience with procurement ERP systems. (SAP S/4 HANA, SAP ECC, Oracle EBS, mfgpro)

• Deep familiarity on Agile framework for implementation.

• Management Consulting professional (Source/Procure to Pay) with expertise in engagement, delivery and team management

(Onshore & Offshore). Deep expertise in spend management solution/system (source/Procure to pay) implementation delivering on improvement to productivity, process, and cost savings.

• PTP Transformation and Global Implementation and a proven track record on Ariba and SAP ECC / SRM Implementations.

• Proven Track record in leading the Process and Technology Team.

• Expert in configuration of Sourcing and Contract management product.

• Worked as an Ariba senior consultant servicing pharmaceutical customers across tri-state area.

• Expert in operational/support related activities with Ariba Products.

• Directly worked with senior management team including, Vice President, CPO, CIO, Director, IT Manager in achieving the organization goals and milestones.

Experience Snapshot:

Company Name Duration Role

S&P Global Dec 2014 – Till Date Associate Director– Procurement Systems IBM(SC) Nov 2013 - Dec 2014 P2P In-direct Implementation Lead Infosys Ltd Jan 2007 – Nov 2013 Lead Consultant/Principal Consultant SAP Ariba Oct 2004 - Dec 2006 Ariba Implementation Lead Areas of Expertise:

Procurement Implementation SAP Ariba Buying & Invoicing Catalog Management Procurement Operations SAP SRM

Sourcing and CLM Ariba Sourcing and Contracts Frictionless commerce DocuSign Scout

Integrations Ariba API CIG OIC SAP Ariba with S/4 HANA SAP Ariba with Celonis MM and FICO

SAP Ariba Business Network Third Party Risk Management Ariba SLP Ariba Strategic Sourcing Ariba CM

Tax Solution Internal Tax OneSource Vertex NA UK SG IN PH Tax solution for Ariba SAP/Oracle

Contingent Labor Beeline SAP Field Glass Invoice Automation - OCR Kofax Oracle Ariba BN Ariba SCC Clientele list with consulting engagements:

S&P Global, Zoetis, Merck, Bristol Myers Squibb (US), Novartis Research Center (Horsham UK), GSK (US), Boehringer-Ingelheim (US), Target, Kraft foods, Albemarle, Johnson Controls Automotive, Johnson Controls Power Solutions, Hitachi Global Storage, Bunge. Education: (B.E) Bachelor of Engineering, Electronics – BMS Collage of Engineering, Bangalore, IN Plainsboro, NJ, 08512

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Snapshot on relevant experience

S&P GLOBAL INC, New York, NY 2015 – till date

Leader in Credit ratings, benchmarks and analytics for global capital and commodity markets with over $12 Billion in revenue with 40,000 employees. Brands include S&P Ratings, Commodity Insights, Market Intelligence, Mobility, and S&P Dow Jones Indices. v Associate Director – Procurement Systems, North America Roles and Responsibilities:

• Led the procurement initiative from technology for the organization's purchasing operations, reporting analytics, demand management, sourcing, and contract management with a spend exceeding $2.6 billion.

• Led the successful integration of procurement applications with IHS Markit during the 2022 merger. Orchestrated the procurement transformation from SAP Fiori to the SAP Ariba P2P system, executing a comprehensive implementation plan that encompassed system selection, efficient communication, and seamless data migration.

• Liaison between business units and technology to select and implement a Procure-to-Pay system including services, processes, work instructions policies, systems and KPIs.

• Managed the product vendors (SAP Ariba, SAP, Fieldglass), system integrated partners (KPMG) and testing partners (TCS) to deliver best practice technologies needed to optimize sourcing and purchasing.

• Work on integrating Ariba suite of application with SAP ECC. (Using integration toolkit, Web Services integration through PI). Worked closely with SPGlobal PI team and Ariba on-demand team to solve critical integration issues.

• Migration of Integration from Ariba ITK to CIG.

• Responsible for any functional design document for Indirect procurement and provided input to technical ABAP and Ariba On- Demand (SAP Ariba) on the requirement and dependencies.

• Provide functional requirement for mapping and loading SAP master data (which includes vendor master, accounting data, users

&groups) to Ariba and transaction data (PO, Invoice) to SAP ECC system.

• Provide functional solutions for processing Purchase Orders, Order Confirmation, Good Receipts, Payments, Payment Proposal, Remittance and reconcile invoices.

• Extensively involved in configuring Ariba Business Network and SAP interfaces for Invoice, Payment Proposal, Remittance Advise, Invoice Status Update and CCInvoices. Closely worked with the A/P to resolve key issues.

• Integrated all sourcing, contract meta data, project accounting, purchase orders (PO), risk assessments, and invoicing through a single fully integrated self-service Tableau BI Dashboard & Celonis tool resulting in a 2-day reduction in turnaround time.

• Integration of

• Work collaboratively with IT service leads to ensure robust and most optimal solutions are developed.

• Let the product evaluation initiative to compare Ariba and Coupa.

• Develop Procurement IT guidelines for delivery, configuration, development, and support of all IT Procurement business applications capabilities

• Work with external vendors and developers assigned as project resources and solution providers to evaluate technologies and recommend scalable solutions

• Understand customer needs/requests and develop solution architecture that meet business needs in a fast- paced environment.

• Ensure service design compliance with enterprise information architecture, which will then be used to achieve consistency of information assets across the application portfolio.

• Influences vendor/technology roadmaps in alignment with SPGlobal strategy.

• Worked closely with Procurement, Accounts payable, finance operations team and directly worked with division controllers to determine the needs and applying/customizing existing technology to meet those needs.

• Evaluate Indirect Procurement Department future state processes and procedures to ensure project objectives are met, including implementing best practices for effective segregation of duties and governance.

• SME on Procurement related products for business users and department controllers.

• Provide expert knowledge on Ariba solutions: Supplier Lifecycle & Performance; Buying and Invoicing; Ariba Network collaboration.

• Responsible to provide details on procurement systems to internal and external AUDIT team (ex: SOC2 report)

• Ensures alignment with customer on scope, value proposition and overall project goals using Agile methodology.

• Produce written deliverables in the form of presentations to project leadership, process flow diagrams, functional solution documentation, and formal recommendations.

• Assist client with completion of SAP Ariba business requirement workbooks and other data collection documents. Plainsboro, NJ, 08512

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• Explain purpose of configuration elements and impact on end-to-end processes. Provide suggestions on configuration options.

• Provide guidance on how SAP Ariba Cloud Services may fit into existing system landscape within project constraints.

• Recommend opportunities for efficiency gains, and tips for maximizing return on investment in SAP Ariba.

• Extensively involved with business team in creating a scalable global P2P process.

• Worked closely with tax experts to understand the current tax process and extensively involved in enabling tax engine in On- Demand P2P Ariba and rolling out to European Region.

• Provide functional solutions for processing Purchase Orders, Order Confirmation, Good Receipts, Payments, Payment Proposal, and Remittance and Reconcile Invoices.

• Was involved as SME to advise technical team in resolving technical issues and configuration.

• Extensively worked with customer's QA testing teams to ensure application meets business requirements. Also helped the customer on testing strategy.

• Participate in project schedule meetings with management (PMO) team.

• Coordinate internal team activities, including meetings/agendas, document management responsibilities.

• Develop Cutover and Go-Live Support plans.

Project Executed at S&P Global:

• Implementation of Ariba Source to Pay suite of application with SAP ECC integration via Ariba CIG/Ariba ITK.

• Ariba Procure to Pay Implementation for United States and UK with vertex tax integration with seamless integration of backend SAP ECC 6.0 systems.

• Digital transformation of procurement system from SAP Fiori to SAP Ariba for merger and acquisition projects.

• Ariba Guided Buying Implementation.

• Contract Migration and CLM implementation.

• Implemented CHATBOT – AI for procurement applications.

• Streamlining procurement reporting using Ariba API’s, AWS, and tableau.

• Ariba sourcing and contract management implementation.

• Played a key role in SAP S/4HANA Implementation with Ariba Integration (for one of the divisions using CIG).

• Ariba Procure to pay rollout to Singapore.

• Ariba Procure to Pay Implementation for India, Pakistan, Philippines with Tax calculation on Ariba side.

• Beeline Implementation for contingent labor staffing.

• Implementing Field glass for contingent labor staffing (Replacing Beeline).

• Implemented Hiperos for vendor risk management and integration with Ariba.

• Global implementation of ERP Cloud transformation, which includes.

• Transformation of tax engine from Ariba internal tax engine to vertex.

• Implementing CIG and OIC for Ariba integration.

• Master data conversion and PO conversion.

• Improving Ariba approval flow.

• Ariba SLP Implementation and integration with Centralized Supplier Database and ERP.

• Ariba API Integration with Celonis.

• Proof of concept for Ariba SCC.

Zoetis Inc, East Hanover, NJ Jan 2014 – Dec 2014

Zoetis Inc. is an American drug company, the world's largest producer of medicine and vaccinations for pets and livestock.. The company directly markets its products in approximately 45 countries, and sells them in more than 100 countries. Environment: SAP MM, SAP FICO, SAP HCM, Ariba on Demand, Ariba Catalog, Ariba Supplier Network, OpenText – VIM, SAP A/P, SAP T&E Cloud.

Project: PTP transformation from legacy (Oracle) to SAP ECC, Ariba On-Demand PTP Solution, Ariba Catalogs, Ariba E-Invoicing, Ariba Supplier Network (Implementation and Roll out) and transformation of Sourcing and contract system.

• Zoetis, formerly a business unit of Pfizer, is a global animal health company that had a successful IPO launch on February 1, 2013. Customer launched a business transformation program partnering with IBM Management Services (Stream Link – Plainsboro, NJ, 08512

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SAP Green Field Implementation Project) to transform the Zoetis business by globalizing, standardizing, and integrating business processes, master data and reporting on a single global SAP ERP system for the corporation.

• Zoetis has planned to use SAP MM for direct procurement and Ariba Procure to Pay (On-Demand) for Indirect Procurement Ariba hosted catalogs, Ariba Contract Management and Ariba Supplier Network for vendor collaboration. Roles and Responsibilities:

• Leading the implementation with business requirement collection, business process analysis, gap analysis, blue printing, configuration, prototype, data loads, unit test, integration testing, power and end user training, and production support. Also responsible for the global rollout of the Ariba solution to pilot locations that included Belgium, Singapore, and Luxembourg.

• Ensures alignment with Clients on scope, value proposition and overall project goals throughout the SDLC. Works with client departments to coordinate systems testing, installation, training, and support.

• Develop, reviews, evaluates, and formulates project plans, schedules, and budgets.

• Extensively involved in design/configuration/roll out of Ariba Cloud Solution. Worked as liaise between business and Ariba On-Demand team (SME in Ariba for the customer)

Infosys Consulting, Bridgewater, NJ Jan 2007 – Nov 2013 Infosys Consulting is a management consulting, IT consulting practice within the larger Infosys organization which works in strategy, IT transformation, change management and business analytics. Infosys Consulting operates globally and currently has offices in 18 countries across the Americas, Asia Pacific, and Europe

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Managed Ariba upstream and downstream Implementation / Upgrade / Roll-out projects.

• Managed multiple sourcing and contract management projects.

• Managed SAP SRM Implementations/ Upgrade / Roll-out projects.

• Part of RFP and Client relationships.

• Active engagement in pre-sales and Go to Market Initiatives, practice development, revenue, and growth management.

• Actively engaged in governance and efficiency teams in the Automotive segment with templatization initiatives contributing assets to the center of excellence.

Project executed in collaboration with Infosys Consulting. Johnson Controls - P2P Transformation (SAP MM, SAP SRM Ariba On-Demand PTP Solution (EMEA Pilot), SAP FICO, Ariba Catalogs) Target - P2P Transformation.

Hitachi - Implementation of Contract Lifecycle management system. Bunge – SAP Ariba Implementation with sourcing and contract management and rollout Kraft foods – SAP SRM, MM implementation with sourcing and contract management and rollout Albemarle – SAP SRM and Ariba Network Implementation SAP Ariba, Bridgewater, NJ Oct 2004 - Dec 2006

SAP Ariba is an American software and information technology services company located in Palo Alto, California. It was acquired by German software maker SAP SE for $4.3 billion in 2012

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Ariba upstream and downstream Implementation / Upgrade

• Implementation of Sourcing and Contract Management tool.

• Part of RFP and Client relationships (servicing pharmaceutical customers).

• Active engagement in pre-sales, practice development, revenue, and growth management. Project executed in collaboration with SAP Ariba.

Bristol Myers Squibb - Ariba Upgrade.

Merck – Ariba Implementation

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Boehringer Ingelheim – Sourcing and Contract Management tool Implementation. Schering-Plough – Ariba Implementation an enhancement. Novartis – Ariba Rollout

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