SAP S/4 Maintenance & Calibration Functional Expert

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 we'll 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 (eg P2P fully covered by integrated Group solutions from eBuy to AP Invoicing, T&E, etc)

Opportunity to consolidate new activities in Shared Services (eg Master Data Management, Credit Management) and to develop global Shared Services organization models (eg 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 we'll 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

Education

Graduated from Engineering school or Business school

masters 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.