The Global Process Owner (GPO) / Data Manager will represent the Internal Manufacturing Organization as the SAP lead for multiple functions.  The role will be pivotal in determining and delivering significant change to the SAP System that will enable sustainable and efficient Ways of Working.

It is an active role providing accountability, oversight, maintaining, prioritizing and supporting the delivery of change for the full scope of business deliverables in Internal Manufacturing Sites. Working across multiple functions and sites, the person will co-ordinate activities, agree priorities with Key Stakeholders and Implement to agreed timelines whilst creating and enabling a Network of

Key Users

Essential Functions/Responsibilities

• Lead SAP Business Change Processes for the IM Sites that align future ways of working
• Responsibility for the fit for purpose nature of business processes & artifacts supported by the ERP system.
• Supporting the ERP change process and owning and prioritising changes for the Internal Manufacturing area.
• Engage with Business Area and IS Compliance to deliver compliant documentation and testing.
• Work with business leadership to ensure continual staffing, development & training of system Superusers, SME’s and Key Users
• Assess business change impacts on the global/local business processes.
• Maintain business process documentation to support the system and it’s useability
• Support delivering of training content and delivery of training for the business function.
• Collaborate globally-locally to ensure understanding of the impact of change is fully understood.
• Work with other global process owners to ensure appropriate cross track integration of processes and system.
• Support & execute system testing (data preparations, test creation, execution and approval)
• Execute changes to ERP master data as approved by the business
• Support the creation of new Material requests, BOM requests, Purchase Info Records, Source Lists and Warehouse Data
• Coordinate material and finish products master data setup, validations, and periodic maintenance
• Execute Mass and Multiprocessing changes in MRP as required by the business
• Participate in projects and initiatives across multiple functional areas and regions
• Work with business units and process experts to resolve master data issue
• Ensure data quality, compliance, and consistency of master data across business systems
• Support the business with required procedures, submit incidents and change requests when needed
• Assist business process experts in defining standard operating procedures, process flows and related documentation
• Identifies areas for data quality improvements and helps to resolve data quality problems through the appropriate choice of error detection and correction, process control and improvement, or process design strategies
• Ensures quality of master data in key systems, as well as development and documentation of processes with other functional data owners to support ongoing maintenance and data integrity
• In collaboration with subject matter experts and Master Data Management define and implements data strategy, policies, controls, and programs to ensure the enterprise data is accurate, complete, secure, and reliable
• Work closely with the Business/IS to ensure alignment of master data rules and the operations of the application meet all requirements

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Previous master data management experience in an ERP environment such as SAP/Oracle
• Professionally qualified / equivalent experience in relevant technical field (SAP, Business Processes)
• Analytically minded and methodical problem solver
• Very good interpersonal skills with excellent customer service and “can do“ mentality
• Accumulated 5+ years’ experience/exposure to pharmaceutical industry
• Demonstrable track record of operational leadership and delivery
• Excellent computer literacy compounded with strong knowledge of MRP/ERP/MDM/WM systems.
• Excellent communication skills, including written, presentational, formal report writing.
• Experience in senior stakeholder management, and working in cross functional teams (internally and externally)
• Demonstrable knowledge and implementation of OE principles
• Previous experience with maintaining operating standards to regulation standards.

Required/Preferred Education and Licenses

• Demonstrated track record of leading a team.
• Experienced lean/CI tools and techniques practitioner.
• Previous audit experience (both internal and external).
• Previous experience setting and managing performance and financial budgets
• Previous experience contributing as part of ERP leadership teams