Job Summary:
In this context, we are reinforcing our SAP Center Of Excellence with a Digital SAP production planning & scheduling functional analyst.
- The SAP planning & scheduling functional analyst will participate to the implementation of Business Value Project (BVP) and / or enhancements 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 planning & scheduling in integration with other SAP streams purchasing, quality, master data management and supply chain integration.
Responsibilities :
Business Alignment and Solution ownership
- Analyse As-Is situation of business processes
- Based on Sanofis 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 planning domain
- Ensure integrated process design, including process integration between the LOBs 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
- Masters degree
Experience & knowledge
- Minimum 5 years of work experience in SAP which include 2-3 years in S/4 Hana as solution designer
- Proven experience of planning Processes in SAP managed industrial plants
- Significant experience on planning and scheduling for Manufacturing in SAP (SAP PP)
- Experience in Life Science industries would be a plus
Core competencies
- Planning & Scheduling business processes and relevant SAP solutions (PP, MM, 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
- PPDS knowledge would be a plus
What makes this position unique
- Sanofis 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 Sanofis journey towards digitalization and to shape the business solution for the future by implementing a global S4/HANA digital core.
