Lead Consultant – SAP Clinical Supply Chain/ICSM

Role Title – Lead Consultant – SAP Clinical Supply Chain/ICSM

Location – Chennai

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme – Axial.

The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain – from bench to patient.

The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come.

The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it. Whether it’s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. We are aiming to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients.

What you’ll do

Job Description / Capsule

The S/4HANA IT Product Authority role will be a key position on S/4HANA IT team taking an important role in defining the Global template for AstraZeneca in line with our ambition of fit to standard using best practise as far as possible. You will be a member of a wider SAP S/4HANA IT design team that will lead on defining the IT and data solution that will support the global standardised business process.

As an IT Clinical Supply Product Authority, you will be specifically aligned to an AZ operations capability associated with Clinical Supply. During the global process phase, you will work alongside and support the Enterprise Business Partner and Product Managers in defining the integrated IT solution for your capability, specifically passionate about S/4HANA but also incorporating other applications. You will be responsible for ensuring integration between business process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition. You will create the solution documentation that defines the global standard solution and ensures that it is fully and effectively tested in line with AZ testing standards. You will work with collaborators to ensure agreement with the design and support the passage of the solution design through the appropriate governance forums. You will work closely with other BAs in the wider S/4HANA design team to ensure that the solutions are effectively coordinated in to the AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also include working with SMEs from our external partners to ensure that the AZ solution adopts standard and groundbreaking technology in fulfilling the design.

You will be a key member of the wider design forums of AZ and will engage with the capability teams in Operations IT to ensure that the solution design is clearly understood and the impacts on other applications are accurately handled.

As the project moves to the deployment phase you will play a meaningful role in ensuring that the localisation requirements of individual countries are accurately represented in the solution whilst retaining the integrity of a fit to standard best practise solution. You will also support the deployment teams with landing the business change journey and ensuring successful migration and cutover to the standard design for each entity. You will be a key participant in Hypercare management ensuring that any issues related to your capability are resolved in a timely and effective way.

Throughout the project you will stay aware of the evolution of S/4HANA functionalities and bring that information to the project to advise both current and future design.

Typical Accountabilities

• Responsible for the design of the IT solution that underpins the global standard process design for your capability
• Support the business teams in the process design to ensure alignment with SAP standard functionality
• Support the data team to ensure successful migration / creation of data objects that support the AZ global design across the application landscape
• Work with other members of S/4HANA solution design team to ensure that the wider S/4HANA solution is effectively and robustly integrated across all SET areas
• Work with the AZ Architecture teams to ensure that the solution and data design align with the strategic view for IT applications
• Work with the Integration teams to ensure effective delivery of data integration across the IT landscape
• Ensure latest industry and SAP functionalities are proactively considered within your capability and the wider program
• Document and test the solution design in accordance with AZ compliance standards
• Input to the detailed planning for delivery of the solution in your capability area and ensure delivery in line with that plan
• Report on status of activity to plan and manage RAID items when assigned
• Support the design for your capability through the appropriate governance forums
• Represent IT as an SME at respective program and business data forums.

Essential for the role

Education, Qualifications, and Experience

Essential

• Experience of Pharmaceutical supply chain business activities and the required business outcomes within the relevant capability area
• Experience of implementating IT solutions for complex global organisations from design to completion of deployment
• Knowledge of Clinical supply technologies and functionalities
• Good stakeholder management and communication skills with Business and IT areas
• Strong team player able to work across the program team and communicate in business and IT terms
• Comfortable with ambiguity and possessing an agile and open mindset

Skills and Capabilities

Essential

Personal

• Self-motivated with the ability to prioritise effectively to ensure project goals are achieved.
• Strong skills in business operations, communications, customer and partner engagement, and internal stakeholder management
• Confident to challenge the status quo and facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions
• Able to manage large work efforts and meet challenging deadlines
• Demonstrated personal credibility and positive energy
• Able to think out of the box, thrive in ambiguous and stressful situations
• Innovative capabilities, agile mindset requiring strategic thinking and foresight

Functional/Technical Skills:

• Good presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross functional audiences
• Knowledge of standard project tools like JIRA, Smartsheets and Solman
• Comfortable diving into the technical details and rolling up sleeves to nimbly solve problems and manage issues with urgency

Desirable for the role

• Knowledge in ICSM/ SAP S/4HANA or business area
• Experience in SAP configuration designs for supply chain modules
• Worked in a hybrid environment with a mix of internal and external resources in multiple geographical locations.
• Knowledge of the SAP application roadmap as it is relevant to your line of business and the ability to translate that roadmap into the AZ strategic view
• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA configuration requirements in your capability area

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Why AstraZeneca?

At Astrazeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

So, what’s next?

• Are you already imaging yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available and hope its yours
• If you’re curious to know more then we welcome your application no later than.

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