Mercury is the European leader in construction solutions.
We build and manage complex engineering & construction projects for the world’s leading corporations. Our solutions help deliver technologies and life changing advancements that connect people, communities, and businesses, giving them the power to achieve incredible things. Our people have the courage to be innovative. Their determination and sharp focus enable us to deliver with certainty, time and time again.
We deliver our clients’ visions through leading edge construction solutions across multiple sectors, including Enterprise Data Centres, Advanced Technology & Life Sciences, Hyperscale Data Centres, Fire Protection.
At Mercury, it is our duty to encourage and back our people to realise their vision of themselves. We place them at the heart of what we do, providing challenging opportunities to develop within a great team in a supportive environment that allows them to reach their full potential.
Due to the nature of this role, we cannot provide employment visa sponsorship. Candidates must already hold the right to work in Ireland without requiring visa support.
Description: Reporting to the SAP MM & Applications Manager, the Ariba SLP onboarding Administrator performs a variety of functions. Primary responsibility is to work alongside the Ariba SLP Vendor Management Team and IT Applications Team, planning, implementation, and execution of the onboarding of preferred & sourced vendors to Mercury’s Ariba network. The chosen person for this role will co-ordinate Mercury´s supplier onboarding process. Suppliers will register in Ariba Proposals, complete supplier registration questionnaire and supplier pre-qualification questionnaire. This may include both newly created and existing suppliers requiring pre-qualification review. The Ariba SLP onboarding Administrator will be responsible for the onboarding of each supplier requested to registration completion. They are the first point of contact for urgent issues or service management queries during the onboarding process.
Responsibilities and Duties
- Manage and coordinate supplier requests from business users, providing regular updates to the requestors
- Proactive approach in supporting & guiding suppliers in their onboarding process
- Ensure consistent supplier communication process
- Advise on resolution of Supplier Onboarding issues
- Manage Escalations where a supplier does not wish to participate
- Outreach to suppliers to inform them that they will be required to register through Ariba
- Collect supplier contact person details
- Support Vendor managers to help close issues that may arise during the onboarding of a supplier.
- Continuous improvement, identify issues and blockers and mitigate.
- Participate and support mitigations or actions as a part of the Continuous Improvement
- Enforce compliance with suppliers, support escalations
- Champion the Supplier Onboarding process within the Organization
- Maintain accurate supplier records within Ariba SLP, ensuring data integrity and compliance with internal standards.
- Monitor supplier onboarding progress within Ariba and proactively follow up on pending steps.
- Perform initial quality checks on supplier-provided documentation (e.g., tax forms, banking details, certifications).
- Ensure correct supplier classification (e.g., vendor type, risk category, region) in line with procurement policies.
- Support integration of supplier data into downstream systems (ERP, finance, procurement tools).
- Ensure suppliers meet internal compliance requirements (e.g., due diligence, risk assessments, sustainability questionnaires).
- Liaise with compliance, legal, and procurement teams when supplier risk flags or policy exceptions arise.
- Enforce adherence to internal procurement policies and external regulatory requirements during onboarding.
- Act as the central point of contact between suppliers, procurement, AP, legal, and business requestors.
- Support buyers and sourcing teams with supplier readiness
- Provide guidance to internal stakeholders on the Ariba SLP process, timelines, and requirements.
Key Performance Indicators
- Weekly progress updates on number of suppliers onboarded to Ariba
- Onboarding of Suppliers to based on requirement date provided by business requestor
Essential Criteria of the Role:
- 2-3 years’ experience within a similar role and ideally have systems administration experience, on an ERP system such as (SAP) is a distinct advantage
- Ability to work on own initiative, motivated, self-starter and Team player.
- Excellent Communication Skills with ability to communicate standards to other staff members and internal customers.
- Excellent admin and IT skills, proficiency in all Microsoft Office applications
Mercury is an equal opportunities employer.
