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Hollstadt Consulting · 1 day ago

Technical Sourcing Business Analyst (Coupa)

Stillwater, MN

Contract

Hybrid

Senior Level

$53/hr - $66/hr

5+ years exp

Hollstadt Consulting is seeking an experienced Technical Sourcing Business Analyst (Coupa) to join their Procurement & Sourcing Technology team. The role involves serving as the functional-technical bridge for Coupa-driven sourcing and procure-to-pay solutions, focusing on design, configuration, integrations, data quality, and testing.

Consulting

Growth Opportunities

Responsibilities

Lead functional and technical solution design for Coupa Sourcing, Procurement, Supplier Management (SIM/CSP), and Contracts/CLM as applicable

Perform hands-on configuration (business rules, approval chains, commodity codes, sourcing templates, event types, RFx questionnaires, scoring models, user roles/permissions, custom fields, forms)

Optimize catalogs, price lists, and contract compliance; drive policy automation (commodity-based routing, tolerance thresholds, 3-way match, exception handling)

Define and manage integrations between Coupa and ERP (e.g., SAP/Oracle/D365/NetSuite), HRIS, finance, risk/compliance, and supplier data sources

Design interface specifications (REST APIs, cXML for POs/invoices, SFTP file drops, OCI/punchout, JSON/XML payloads); own mapping, transformations, and error-handling strategies

Coordinate with integration engineers on authentication (OAuth, SSO/SAML), middleware patterns, and data orchestration; maintain interface catalogs and sequence diagrams

Lead data quality and migration activities (supplier master, commodities, contracts, catalogs, UOMs, GLs, cost centers); define validation rules and reconciliation checks

Create test strategies and scripts for unit, system, integration, and UAT; manage defect triage and traceability from requirements to test evidence

Establish non-functional guardrails (performance, scalability, reliability) and regression packs for ongoing releases; coordinate sandbox-to-prod release management

Implement monitoring & controls (error queues, failed transactions, supplier onboarding workflows, audit logs); draft runbooks and support playbooks

Define and validate reporting requirements for sourcing events, savings realization, supplier performance, compliance, and spend analytics

Partner with data teams to build dashboards (e.g., Power BI/Tableau) and KPIs (cycle time, adoption, event throughput, contract coverage, exception rates)

Partner closely with sourcing leaders, category managers, finance, and IT to align technical delivery with sourcing strategies and compliance

Drive fit–gap analyses, backlog grooming, and Agile ceremonies; own stories/acceptance criteria; facilitate design decisions and change management

Mentor peers on Coupa configuration, integration patterns, and BA best practices; contribute to standards, templates, and reusable assets

Qualification

CoupaREST APIsCXMLData MappingPower BISQLAgile MethodologiesStakeholder EngagementProcess DesignCoupa CertificationsERP Integration

Required

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Information Systems, Business Administration, Computer Science, or equivalent experience

5+ years as a Business Analyst in sourcing/procurement or finance technology

2+ years hands-on with Coupa (configuration + integrations); experience across Sourcing/Procurement/SIM/CLM preferred

Demonstrated expertise in integration concepts: REST APIs, cXML (PO/Invoice), OCI/punchout, SFTP, JSON/XML, authentication (OAuth, SSO/SAML)

Proven delivery of requirements, process modeling (BPMN), data mapping, and end-to-end testing for enterprise systems

Strong stakeholder engagement and communication; ability to lead technical workstreams and decision forums

Practical experience with data analysis (SQL basics), and building reporting requirements for analytics tools (Power BI/Tableau)

Familiarity with Agile/hybrid methodologies, backlog management, story writing, and acceptance criteria

Process design skills for Source-to-Pay (S2P): RFx/RFQ/RFP, events, scoring, negotiations, award, contracting, catalogs, requisitions, POs, invoicing, and supplier onboarding