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SAP ARIBA SOLUTION SUPPORT ENGINEER - PITTSBURGH, PA (HYBRID WORK ARRANGEMENT) 

What you’ll do: Work for an international company where opportunities for growth are endless. Learn something new every day while helping the world run better. Bring everything you are, become everything you want! We offer a stable full-time job with a flexible working model in a global team with various benefits.

The primary function of the SAP Ariba Solution Support Engineer is to provide dependable and timely resolution for complex software issues related Ariba solutions. The Technical Support Engineer also possesses a strong focus on customer service and communication that results in an exceptional user experience.

EXPECTATIONS AND TAKS Incident Solving

• Owns and manages concurrent SRs in a ticketing system.
• Provides solutions to technical issues impacting customers’ business processes and their ability to conduct commerce through SAP Ariba applications.
• Adheres to KPIs, especially responsiveness SLAs and productivity goals.
• Reports errors and code defects to development organizations; collaborates to prioritize fixes and validate solutions. Participates in de-escalation plans and situation war rooms to resolve critical product issues impacting customer business operations.
• Maintains personal broad knowledge of product area and deep component expertise.
• Collaborates with global support engineers across the product area to drive positive customer outcomes.
• Provides ongoing and timely communication via phone and email to customers regarding the status of their requests. Provides on-call support during evenings and weekends as required by a rotational schedule.

Knowledge Transfer

• Coaches and mentors other Support Engineers to increase their product expertise and productivity.
• Drives creation of knowledge in component area of expertise and drives proactive proliferation of knowledge by creating Knowledge Base Articles and wiki documents.

Additional Tasks

• Maintains and follows personal development plan by leveraging formal training and knowledge plans.
• All other duties as assigned

WHAT YOU BRING:  Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree is required (Information Technology/Computer Science degrees are preferred, but any degree will be considered) 
• An internship or one year of Industry experience in Support, Software Development, IT, or Quality Assurance is required
• Advanced English Spoken and Written ability. 
• Must be located in, or willing to relocate to, Pittsburgh, PA

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with one or more of the following:
  • Skills in Java, Javascript, XML, and JSON
  • SAP ERP (IDoc, RFC)
  • Fiddler or Postman
  • Web services integration
  • cXML
  • Writing SQL queries
• Exceptional candidates will have experience with one or more of the following: 
  • Experience working with an enterprise cloud application
  • Experience working with Spend Management Solutions
  • Experience in a previous technical support or customer service role
  • Experience working with SAP PI integration
  • Experience working with SAP Ariba Upstream and Downstream
  • Experience working with S/4 HANA

Competencies

• Successfully troubleshoot reported issues by gathering symptoms, narrowing down causes, and finding creative workarounds
• Knowledge of business processes and transactions such as purchase orders, invoices, catalogs and punch-out catalogs, reconciliation (orders, receipts and invoices), vendor management, contracts, sourcing (requests for quotes/price, auctions) and supply chain
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills; ability to listen and work with customers in real-time. Ability to effectively handle difficult and challenging customer interactions; maintain poise and professionalism on every interaction
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks or projects with changing priorities. Thrives in a fast-paced environment and ability to work cross-culturally

*SAP IS NOT OFFERING INTERNATIONAL RELOCATION BENEFITS FOR THIS ROLE CURRENTLY *SAP IS CURRENTLY NOT OFFERING VISA SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE *THE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE MUST BE BASED IN, OR RELOCATE TO, PITTSBURGH

WE BUILD BREAKTHROUGHS TOGETHER

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

WE WIN WITH INCLUSION

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world. SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Careers@sap.com. For SAP employees: Only permanent roles are eligible for the SAP Employee Referral Program, according to the eligibility rules set in the SAP Referral Policy. Specific conditions may apply for roles in Vocational Training.

EOE AA M/F/VET/DISABILITY:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Requisition ID: 342568  | Work Area: Consulting and Professional Services  | Expected Travel: 0 - 10%  | Career Status: Graduate  | Employment Type: Regular Full Time   | Additional Locations:  #LI-Hybrid

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