Manasa Nagaraja
Verified Expert in Engineering
SAP Ariba Specialist and Software Developer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since March 11, 2025
Manasa is a skilled SAP Ariba specialist with 6+ years of experience, specializing in end-user support, solution deployment, and process optimization. She integrates SAP Ariba and the SAP Ariba SLP module, employing expertise in upstream and downstream processes, API-based integration, and middleware platforms like SAP PI. Manasa's strong background in Oracle ERP, SAP ECC, and the SAP Ariba Integration toolkit ensures seamless procurement transformation and enterprise application integration.
Portfolio
Experience
- SAP Ariba Start Sourcing - 5 years
- SAP Ariba Contracts - 3 years
- SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP) - 3 years
- Tableau Desktop - 2 years
- Oracle ERP - 1 year
- Dell Boomi - 1 year
- API Integration - 1 year
- SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway - 1 year
Availability
Preferred Environment
SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP), SAP Ariba Start Sourcing, SAP Ariba Contracts, Jira, ServiceNow, SAP ERP, Tableau Desktop
The most amazing...
...thing I've done is successfully streamline SAP Ariba SLP integration, improving supplier management and reducing manual effort for a global procurement team.
Work Experience
Application Developer | Software Engineer
Accenture
- Designed, built, tested, and deployed the technical components required for successful SAP Ariba solutions.
- Collaborated and coordinated with technical, solution, and operations teams to interpret client requirements for RFPs and craft solutions that satisfy those requirements.
- Leveraged the Ariba upstream process, including designing and updating Ariba CSV master data files and developing API integration.
- Used Dell Boomi and integrated SAP Ariba with enterprise systems, ensuring smooth data flow and process automation.
Software Engineer | Senior Analyst
Capgemini India
- Helped the client create and onboard new suppliers, customize reports and SLA tracking through SAP Ariba, and create Sourcing and Contracts libraries.
- Created reports for the queries received, including customer input and support and resolution metrics, as a weekly time series to help steer technical support.
- Deployed according to client requirements, including user role definition and mapping, approval flow creation, and commodities configuration.
- Built templates for sourcing full projects and events and helped the client run all types of events, including auctions, handling RFPs and RFIs, managing users, designing test scripts, and importing the supplier database into Ariba.
Senior Specialist, Procurement Ops
Target
- Handled Ariba downstream capabilities, including Ariba procure-to-pay, Ariba Procurement Content, and Ariba invoice, payment, and reconciliation management.
- Configured various document types and number ranges for purchase requisitions and purchase orders.
- Maintained SAP Ariba modules, including purchase requisitions, buyer, invoicing, and analysis.
- Tracked order acknowledgment, prepared and communicated shortage and backlog reports, and provided visibility of potential interruptions to internal customers through SAP Business Network Buyer.
Experience
Vattenfall S2C
I managed the Ariba access control, ensuring authorized users had appropriate permissions. My responsibilities included user role mapping, approval flow creation, commodities configuration, and supplier onboarding. I successfully deployed supplier databases in Ariba, enabling seamless sourcing events such as auctions, RFPs, and RFIs. Additionally, I designed test scripts, managed user templates, and provided end-to-end support for procurement automation.
My expertise in SAP Ariba, Jira, Remedy, and CIG ensured smooth data flow between systems, improving procurement efficiency and compliance.
Education
Bachelor's Degree in Electrical Engineering
Sai Vidya Institute of Technology (SVIT) - Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Skills
Tools
SAP Ariba Start Sourcing, SAP Ariba Supplier Lifecycle and Performance (SLP), Jira, Tableau Desktop, SAP Ariba Cloud Integration Gateway, SAP Materials Management (MM), Oracle ERP, SAP Ariba Buying and Invoicing, SAP Ariba Procurement Content (APC), SAP Ariba Invoice Management, BMC Remedy
Platforms
SAP Ariba, SAP Ariba Contracts, SharePoint, Salesforce, SAP Business Network Buyer
Languages
C, SQL
Storage
Dell Boomi
Other
SAP Ariba Downstream Process, SAP Ariba Upstream Process, ServiceNow, SAP ERP, Logic Design, SAP ECC, API Integration, Computer Systems, Electrical Engineering, Integration, APIs, RFPs, Request for Proposal (RFP), Enterprise Systems, Service-level Agreements (SLAs), Request for Information (RFI), SAP Ariba Procure-to-pay, SAP Integration
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