SAP Supply Chain Analytics Specialist - Somerset, United States - Terumo

Description

Terumo Medical Corporation (TMC) develops, manufactures, and markets a complete, solutions-based portfolio of high-quality medical devices used in a broad range of applications for numerous areas of the healthcare industry. TMC places a premium on providing customers with world-class products, training and education programs that drive clear economic value, better clinical outcomes and improved quality of life for patients. TMC is part of Tokyo-based Terumo Corporation; one of the world's leading medical device manufacturers with $5+ billion in sales, 20,000+ employees worldwide and operations in more than 160 nations. Terumo Medical Corporation is comprised of two strategic business divisions: Terumo Interventional Systems and Terumo Medical Products.

Job Summary

Under the leadership and tactical guidance of a SAP COE Leader, the Specialist - SAP Supply Chain Analytics will collaborate with business stakeholders, consultants to help design, develop, deploy and support solutions in SAP S/4HANA, SAP SAC and any associated bolt-on's to meet business unit needs for Supply chain reporting needs and Master Data Management business processes under the guidance of Planning & Analytics Manager. The incumbent will also play a critical role in supporting the developing architecture and implementation of SAP S4HANA within the operating subsidiaries and the holding company for Terumo in North and South America.

Job Details/Responsibilities

Architecture of SAP Solution:

Supply Chain Analytics:

• Collect and understand business reporting and information requirements in Supply chain space
• Develop periodic supply chain analyses nodes and publishes the proactive findings to the business
• Understand the "as is" reporting requirements to properly prioritize and streamline the number of reports to be developed
• Facilitate working sessions to define and prioritize required reports and performance metrics
• Create and manage an inventory of required reports and validate with business and corporate leadership
• Understand the "out of the box" reports in BI and S4 systems. Make sure that all requirements do not translate into a specific development and determine most appropriate reporting tool
• Work on BI reports development, test and deploy working with process & development teams under the guidance of Supply Chain Leader.
• Participate in organization design / master data working sessions. Coordinate with process teams to ensure that the ERP design will enable reporting requirements
• Assists in developing weekly status reports and communicate status, risks and issues
• Develops technology landscape to connect various sources for cross-system supply chain reports

Job Responsibilities (continued)

Implementation of SAP in Terumo Americas:

• Work with IT Leaders, SAP COE Leaders, PMO, (external) Consulting Team and (internal) Core Business Team for the successful design, configuration, unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing of the SAP S/4HANA implementation.
• Work with the IT Leaders, SAP COE Leaders, PMO, Project Team and Business stakeholders to proactively and effectively communicate and collaborates with the User Community to address SAP needs and requirements across all operations in the Americas.
• Support the building of and effectively manage Integration Points between SAP S/4HANA and other TC systems.
• Help Perform risk assessments of enterprise apps and work closely with project teams on building/configuring applications security.
• Create clearly defined Instructions and Structured Documentation to track and control project scope.
• Develop User Documentation in cooperation with the Consultants and Core Business Team.

Ongoing Support & Maintenance:

• Take ownership for the Global Process Design Template, Configuration, Test Scripts and other associated work products related to "Supply Chain Analytics" to ensure effective control over changes required for localization or legal requirements.
• Adheres to the policies, standards & baselines to ensure consistency
• Establish processes, methods and tool for data maintenance request
• Apply processes and tools to support the SLA(s) established by the Master data operations team to the various business units. Monitor and report on the SLA adherence
• Support SAP COE in testing and validation efforts related to Maintenance Patches, Version Upgrades and integration on New Bolt-on Applications from time to time as required.
• Respond to User Help Desk tickets for disposal of service requests from business users.

Key Stakeholders:

1. CIO and IT Leaders
2. SAP COE Leaders and PMO.
3. Senior Management in TC, TAH/TMC, US Subsidiaries, TE, TBCT, other regions
4. External and Internal Auditors
5. Consultants and Corporate Business Partners
6. Acquisition and Integration teams during M&A Due Diligence and post-acquisition transition activities

Working Conditions/Physical Requirements

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSA)

• Strong SAP BW/4 HANA background & ability to provide solution to BI requirements
• Hands on Experience building SAP BW Reports using SAC, BobJ, Bex Analyser and embedded Analytics.
• Very good experience is BW data modelling and conversant with standard BW data models of Sales, Finance , Manufacturing and Planning modules.
• Possess experience building CDS views, Fiori dashboards, Mobile reports. Conversant with Data analytics Hub and SAC applications.
• Possess experience of SLT, replication of data from various sources and third party applications like MES, Success factors, etc.
• Strong analytical ability to understand the reporting requirements and the resulting implications for the process teams and ERP design
• Project management, team leadership and communication skills
• Software: Strong knowledge of SAP Suite of Products and their latest versions Exposure to Cloud
• Broad and deep experience in SAP Enterprise Information Management solutions, application and technical knowledge of SAP Master data models in finance, procurement, supply chain and other back office operations.
• Broad and deep understanding with experience on various business processes supported by SAP ERP (ECC or S4/HANA) SAP SAC
• Some familiarity with FDA CFR Part 11 Software Validation processes
• Basic understanding of ABAP and debugging ABAP code
• Keen analytical skills
• Keen sense of maturity, judgment and diligence required to:
  • Secure company's financial interests; and,
  • Avoid exposures to expensive delays and cost overruns.
• Strong inter-personal and communication skills
• Ability to cope with stress and continuously changing demands/priorities
• Willingness to learn new skills/techniques/processes

Qualifications/ Background Experiences

• Bachelor's degree in any process area, (e.g., Finance, Supply Chain, etc.) with professional certification preferably in SAP SAC or BI
• Multiple Years of Experience in Medical Device / Life Sciences Industry is preferable.
• Major large, complex multi country end to end SAP transformation programs
• 5 years of experience in analytics with 2 years of proven record of accomplishment as Analytics Lead of large and complex SAP business-system transformation programs.
• Must have had experience implementing analytics and reports solutions for SAP ECC / S4 HANA and other integrated applications such as Integrated Business Planning, S4, PP/DS, non SAP systems like Hyperion, Sales Force.

It is Terumo's policy to provide equal employment opportunity to all its employees and applicants for employment regardless of their race, creed, color, national origin, age, ancestry, nationality, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, sex, pregnancy, gender identity or expression, disability status, liability for military service, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, atypical cellular or blood trait, genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing), or any other category protected by law. As a Company, we value diversity of background and opinion, and prohibit discrimination or harassment on the basis of any legally protected class in the areas of hiring, recruitment, promotion, transfer, demotion, training, compensation, pay, fringe benefits, layoff, termination or any other terms and conditions of employment.