About

Jitender Kumar is a highly experienced eProcurement - Ariba Senior Consultant at EY, with a wealth of knowledge in supply chain and operations. With over 7.5 years of experience, Jitender has helped clients improve and implement procure-to-pay (P2P), strategic sourcing, contract management, spend analytics, and other core business processes. He possesses excellent communication and facilitation skills, enabling him to build relationships and influence others at all levels within an organization. Jitender has worked in multiple geographies, including Japan, Taiwan, Mexico, Brazil, Thailand, South Africa, and Germany, in various domains, including Metals & Mining, Auto/Manufacturing, Chemicals, etc. He has been part of Ariba consulting, upgrade implementation, and integration projects. In addition to Ariba, Jitender also holds expertise in SAP GTS - Global Trade Services implementation and roll-outs. Jitender's specialties include procurement transformation, strategic sourcing suite- SAP Ariba Sourcing, Contracts, SLP Functional Design and Configuration, SAP Ariba (p2p) Buying & Invoicing Functional Design and Configuration, SAP Ariba - Commerce Automation & Digital Supplier Network, SAP Ariba Catalogs & MM Procurement, SAP GTS (Compliance Management feature) Implementation, Rollouts, and support, and integration via CIG, HCI, and PI. Currently, Jitender is a Senior Consultant in Ernst & Young's Technology Consulting practice. His responsibilities include SAP Ariba implementation and roll-out management, SAP Ariba and SAP ECC integration support, CIG Cloud Integration Gateway support, and pre-sales accreditation on upstream Ariba solutions. Jitender's past experience includes working as a SAP consultant for TCS, where he played multiple client-facing critical roles for implementation and roll-out/support. He worked on SAP Ariba implementation, SAP Ariba & ECC integration via middleware SAP HCI, SAP GTS implementation and roll-out, organized business user training and demo sessions, drove UT UAT and post-go-live support, and provided support from client location (Domestic and overseas including MX, JP & TW). He also managed external supplier/vendor management & training. Jitender holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Pune and a Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Computer Engineering from the Army Institute of Technology, Pune. He has relevant experience of 9.19 years and possesses expertise in integration and P2P.