Digital & IT Business Partner for Manufacturing/SCM

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Job details

Company overview

The company is a major Japanese pharmaceutical company.

Responsibilities

• Lead and transform solutions leveraging SAP S/4 and surrounding systems such as Artwork Management, Serialization Management, especially for Supply Chain Management in accordance with business and technology priorities.
• Leverage excellent SAP S/4 SCM subject matter expertise, communication, teamwork, and governance skills to resolve challenges.
• Responsible for application maintenance and support for S/4 SCM areas and is expected to deliver business continuity leveraging external system integration partners.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining Digital & IT roadmaps in alignment with business strategic plans within Product Supply in global and region while evaluating SAP S/4 standard solution components to maximize S/4 investments.
• Collaborate and harmonize with the other Digital & IT functions to maximize business values while ensuring strategic alignment, compliance, security, and technology standards
• Responsible for planning, executing, and closing Digital & IT projects to realize business goals in corporation with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
• Responsible for transition of solutions to service operation functions while developing system operation plan and providing knowledge transfer in corporate with the stakeholders.
• Responsible for taking part and/or coordinating to analyze, design, implement, and test change requests in corporate with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
• Responsible for taking part and/or coordinating to resolve escalated incidents in corporate with the business/IT functions and partner vendors while reporting the Value Stream Lead and stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise in Supply Chain to identify and solve complex issues and/or challenges in development and delivery of new and existing solutions.
• Lead and transform solutions leveraging SAP S/4 and surrounding systems such as Artwork Management, Serialization Management, especially for Supply Chain Management in accordance with business and technology priorities.
• Leverage excellent SAP S/4 SCM subject matter expertise, communication, teamwork, and governance skills to resolve challenges.
• Responsible for application maintenance and support for S/4 SCM areas and is expected to deliver business continuity leveraging external system integration partners.
• Responsible for developing and maintaining Digital & IT roadmaps in alignment with business strategic plans within Product Supply in global and region while evaluating SAP S/4 standard solution components to maximize S/4 investments.
• Collaborate and harmonize with the other Digital & IT functions to maximize business values while ensuring strategic alignment, compliance, security, and technology standards
• Responsible for planning, executing, and closing Digital & IT projects to realize business goals in corporation with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
• Responsible for transition of solutions to service operation functions while developing system operation plan and providing knowledge transfer in corporate with the stakeholders.
• Responsible for taking part and/or coordinating to analyze, design, implement, and test change requests in corporate with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
• Responsible for taking part and/or coordinating to resolve escalated incidents in corporate with the business/IT functions and partner vendors while reporting the Value Stream Lead and stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Provide leadership and technical expertise in Supply Chain to identify and solve complex issues and/or challenges in development and delivery of new and existing solutions.

Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years’ experience of leading global applications and transformation delivery.
• SAP S/4 knowledge is essential – you have at least 3 years configuration experience in at least three submodules such as purchasing, invoice management, invoice management.
• SAP certification in the applicable stream.
• (Preferred) PMP or equivalent certification.
• (Preferred) Experience of implementation, operation and/or maintenance of ERP peripheral systems in Product Supply such as Artwork Management, Serialization Management, MES etc.

Salary

10 - 14 million yen

Location

Tokyo