How do I delete suppliers from my SAP Business Network buyer account?

Checks before deletion:

• Please make sure that all the Purchase Orders (POs) are invoiced and all the invoices are paid (by payment proposal and remittances) for the vendor you are deleting. Once you have deleted a vendor, the transaction key at the backend gets deleted, which means that no new documents can be created against them.
• If it is absolutely necessary to delete the vendor even if there are unfulfilled POs and Invoices, please reach out to customer support for further guidance.

Procedure to delete a vendor:

You can remove suppliers from the Manage Vendors and Monitor sections if they haven't started supplier enablement or if they have an enablement status of Closed. To delete suppliers that have the enablement status of Active or On Hold, you need to change the enablement status to Closed first.

To change a supplier's enablement status to Closed:

1. Sign in to SAP Business Network Buyer Portal
2. Go to Supplier Enablement > Manage Vendors
3. Click Actions > View Tasks next to a supplier with an enablement status of Active or On Hold
4. Click Actions > View Task Details next to one of the non-completed tasks
5. Change the Supplier Enablement Status option to Closed
6. Choose a reason for the Status Reason field and click OK

To remove a supplier from supplier enablement:

1. Login to SAP Business Network Buyer Portal
2. Go to Supplier Enablement > Manage Vendors
3. Choose the box next to the supplier, and click Actions > Delete Vendor
4. Click Delete to confirm the removal of the supplier

To remove an already enabled supplier relationship from the Active Relationships section:

1. Login to SAP Business Network Buyer Portal
2. Go to Supplier Enablement > Active Relationships
3. Search for the supplier by name in Supplier field or by ANID in the Network ID field
4. Click the three dots under Action column for the required supplier row
5. From the drop down select Manage Relationship > Delete Relationship

SAP Business Network for Procurement & Supply Chain > Supplier Enablement