SAP S/4 Maintenance & Calibration Functional Expert

Our Team:

Sanofi is globally deploying its new back-office cross-functional system processes - covering Finance, SBS, Supply Chain and Trade across all GBUs - through the implementation of a Global ERP (iSHIFT project) using SAP S4/HANA technology. This Transformation program aims at: 

- Enabling Global Business Units (GBU) & Global Functions with Analytics 

·                Common analytics by GBU and for Global functions to improve performance and cost management 

·                Transversal data consolidation as well as more granular analyses 

·                Common budget tools by GBU 

- Facilitating a seamless integration of planning and actual data setting-up automation in reporting to enable Global Shared Services (SBS) 

·                Support SBS strategy by implementing an end-to-end approach (e.g. P2P fully covered by integrated Group solutions from eBuy to AP Invoicing, T&E, etc.) 

·                Opportunity to consolidate new activities in Shared Services (e.g. Master Data Management, Credit Management) and to develop global Shared Services organization models (e.g. T&E) 

·                Support reporting factories 

- Simplifying processes and Sanofi users’ experience 

·                State-of-the-art global systems ensuring an end-to-end process integration while providing a simplified user’s experience 

·                Major changes to reporting or processes handled centrally at once 

·                One source of truth on master data and a common automated internal control framework 

·                Improved integration or divestment capabilities through a standardized methodologyBrief introduction of the department, team, purpose, and missions. Highlight what is unique to your team. 

Job Summary:

·                The Digital SAP Maintenance & Calibration Expert will participate to the implementation of Business Value Project (BVP) and / or enhancement of the CORE solution. He/She may also be participating to deploy projects at Sanofi sites according to the program roadmap. 

·                She/He ensures the optimal usage of the solution for the domain of maintenance & calibration in integration with maintenance mobile solution, purchasing, quality, master data management, calibration third party solution and supply chain integration. 

Responsibilities : 

Business Alignment and Solution ownership

·                Analyse As-Is situation of business processes 

·                Based on Sanofi’s global ERP template solution identify and apply core model processes to the receiving manufacturing sites to maximize business value 

·                Support all stages of data migration activities for the Materials and Maintenance & Calibration domain 

·                Ensure integrated process design, including process integration between the LOB’s within S4/HANA as well as system integration with external connected systems 

·                Create test cases and perform functional unit and integration tests 

·                Support key users in the User Acceptance Test 

·                Contribute to planning and execution of go-live preparation, cutover and hypercare tasks for their domain 

Organizational change management

·                Support identification of change impacts to the end users’ ways of working 

·                Define actions to help facilitate the business organization with the changes in business processes 

·                Train the key users in the new business processes and the new S/4 core model solution 

·                Promote the core model solution with the business stakeholders and users 

·                Provide advice and support to improve efficiency of cross-functional practices 

Data management

·                Working with key users to support activities to cleanse data in the legacy systems and prepare them for extraction and load into the new S4/HANA environment 

·                Working with the business and technical teams to support data extraction from legacy systems based on data requirements for the new S4/HANA solution 

·                Working with the business and the functional-technical teams to support data migration activities from legacy systems into the new solution 

Cut-over and Go-Live

·                Identify cutover steps for their domain to contribute to the creation of a cutover plan 

·                Execute the cut over activities for their domain. Support key users in the execute of business cutover tasks. 

·                Support the site during the hypercare phase to stabilize the new solution 

Ongoing support

·                Support further stabilization efforts post hypercare 

·                Lead value improvement activities to ensure maximum value generation of implemented solutions. 

·                As the Sanofi S4/HANA Core Model template evolves over time, lead initiatives to ‘retrofit’ future improvements to live sites 

People Management

·                Communicate in transparencies with his/her fellow co-worker and management 

·                Contribute to the transfer of know-how, experience and best practices within his/her domain and beyond 

About you 

Education

·                Graduated from Engineering school or Business school 

·                Master’s degree 

Experience & knowledge

·                Minimum 8 years of work experience in SAP which include 2-3 years in S/4 Hana as solution designer

·                Proven experience of Maintenance & Calibration Processes in SAP managed industrial plants

·                Strong SAP Plant Maintenance (PM) expertise, Calibration expertise a huge plus 

·                Experience on Maintenance Mobile solution would be a plus 

·                Experience in Life Science industries would be a plus 

Core competencies

·                Plant Maintenance & Calibration business processes and relevant SAP solutions (PM, QM, MDM, SAP Asset Manager, S4HANA, Fiori,) 

·                Experience in agile project approach (JIRA experience a plus) 

·                Ability to challenge processes and practices, open minded and active listening 

·                Knowledge of pharma industry regulatory context (GxP) 

·                Deep project management skills with capacity to adapt to a changing environment 

·                Ability to collaborate and build effective networks inside and outside Sanofi 

·                Strong capability to impact and influence, negotiation skills and conflict management 

·                Service/Customer mindset  

·                Accountability, reliability 

·                Excellent communication skills 

·                Fluent in English (verbal, written) 

·                French speaking would be a plus 

What makes this position unique

·                Sanofi’s strategic direction is to harmonize and standardize business processes and to embrace the digital transformation of DIGITAL Industrial Affairs organizational unit. A key pillar of this digital transformation is the transition from SAP ECC to S4/HANA. 

·                As part of the Hyderabad ERP Delivery team the candidate has the opportunity to join Sanofi’s journey towards digitalization and to shape the business solution for the future by implementing a global S4/HANA digital core. 

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

·                Based in Hyderabad, this job requires to collaborate in a global and matrixial environment with international business and digital teams 

·                English is the usual working language 

·                This job requires periodic business trips to digital or industrial locations 

·                This job requires to work within structured environments with formal procedures, deliverables, compliance rules and reporting duties 

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