Title JJT Tech Product Owner (TPO) ERP Master Data, Sr. Manager
Location Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium
All Job Posting Locations: Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium
Job Description Pharm Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains. The program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes in order to have a cost effective, fit for purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end‑of‑life system exposure that we risk toward the end of this decade.
As part of the Pharm Transcend Program, we are looking for a strong leader that can set direction and can drive implementation based on proven knowledge and experience in the field of ERP Master Data and Data Migration.
Major Duties & Responsibilities
Own vision and prioritization of Pharm Transcend data capabilities to meet business needs including Data Design, Data migration, integration and establishing Master Data governance processes.
Establish technology roadmaps to achieve efficient & effective delivery of business & customer value for ERP Data requirements and data migration.
Drive data standardization and approve design for Material Master, Production Master, Customer Master, Supplier Master, Asset Master and SC Finance Master data areas.
Balance business value with technical feasibility while prioritizing features, optimizing cost and improving delivery efficiency.
Lead Data Product Owners as they prioritize their backlogs, manage product / platform constraints and resolve cross‑team dependencies; manage demand intake as required.
Accountable for solution design and implementation of Data capabilities for Pharma Supply Chain on the ERP platform and data integrations with the ERP ecosystem, including MDG application.
Drive Business Process standardization and approve design for Material Master, Production Master, Customer Master, Supplier Master, Asset Master and SC Finance Master data areas within the scope of migration, MDG and S/4 implementation.
Identify any gaps and approve appropriate solutions.
Define the data migration approach in close collaboration with the Plan‑Source, Make/Quality, Deliver/OTC, Logistics and Finance workstream leads.
Align data migration of Material, Customer and Vendor with workflow solution for within MDG platform.
Actively identify and address all compliance and regulatory requirements for the module.
Lead Data Product Owners as they prioritize their backlogs, manage product / platform constraints and resolve cross‑team dependencies; manage demand intake as required.
Actively engage with business and functional teams in providing the best fit solutions while aligning to TranSCend program design and implementation standards.
Drive selection of product / platform solution options, work with the Engineering team to assess tech elements of the solution prior to user testing and to balance tech debt.
Accountable for technical delivery and value realization in partnership with the business workstream lead.
Accountable to manage the integrated build with the Engineering team to ensure the end‑to‑end build of a particular part of a solution is compliant and works as designed.
Own and lead planning and execution overall data migration including technical testing, data loads, defect management, by Engineering team; Support business workstream lead to plan and execute User Acceptance Testing.
Lead and manage compliance requirements associated with data migration within scope of responsibility, data validation, installation qualification of toolset, and associated SDLC documentation, system configuration and compliance activities are up to date as required.
Drive continual measurement of capabilities against demand volume, complexity, business challenges and improvement within value stream(s).
Building strong partnerships with business at different levels of the impacted organizations to understand the business’s needs and priorities.
Negotiate with the business to see what items are built and which are backlogged based on capacity, business value and priority.
Partner with Technology Services on the software engineering approach to build and sustain the solutions.
Shape the IT Product governance and Data Quality reports on the ERP Master Data pillar.
Act as the JJT workstream lead for all ERP Data topics including migration, partnering closely with Supply Chain Master Data Business Owner and stakeholders.
Mobilize and lead an international cross regional project team of ERP and Data technology experts through project design, execution, and deployment phases, integrating MDG as a core component for Master Data governance activities.
Coordinate, lead, coach, motivate and inspire the team to both deliver on agreed plans and to continuously improve.
Partner with other JJT teams in Supply Chain, Commercial, Finance and R&D on all integration topics. Resolve business and technical challenges and ensure realization of business benefits.
Escalate issues that cannot be resolved internally and implement aligned solutions.
Help Shape and Grow JJT organization to enable a global intake, build and sustain process that will drive parallel program releases and on‑going operations, projects and enhancements as TranSCend goes live.
Foster an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.
Qualifications
A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree
A minimum of 10 years of relevant experience
A minimum of 5 years relevant SAP experience
Strong Knowledge of SC Business processes – Order to Cash, E Commerce, Retail, Distribution and Warehouse Management including planning, procurement, quality management, order processing, pricing, shipping, and invoicing.
Strong knowledge of ERP data design, data migration approaches and data migration compliance deliverables across all phases of program (data validation, IQ, validation reports, scripts etc.)
Experience working across multiple levels of business and IT stakeholders.
Knowledge of technology trends and to apply this knowledge to data capabilities.
Understanding of ERP SAP functionality, including MDG. Ability to determine capabilities and technology limitations of S4 and migration toolset (BODS, SLT, DMC)
Ability to think creatively about where business initiatives drive technology evolution and to break-down processes and reinvent enabling technology capabilities with partners is required
Demonstrated strong sense of urgency in completing deliverables, excellent written and oral communication skills, strong negotiating/ influencing skills, self‑starter with excellent interpersonal skills are required
Ability to work effectively in highly matrixed organization and dealing with high levels of ambiguity is required.
Strong personal commitment to continuous business improvement, and effectively collaborating and managing our business stakeholders
Ability to translate business requirements into Technical Epics/Stories. Experience working across multiple levels of business and IT stakeholders.
Proficiency in ERP/SAP S4 systems, particularly in master data management and related modules (material, vendor, and customer).
Capable of working as part of a team and on own initiative. Capable to change priorities quickly and influence others to do so.
Ability to embrace changes and to deliver IT solutions in a fast changing business/IT environment.
Previous experience in working in a global, cross‑functional capacity is required.
Self‑starter with collaboration abilities and ability to shape/lead complexity is required.
Experience with Agile methodology and strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle Management model and documentation
Good Knowledge with SOX, GxP compliance processes
Preferred
GxP, SOX, Regulatory, Quality & Compliance, ERP, PLAN.
Excellent understanding of product planning and execution, knowledge of healthcare, business theory, processes, management, budgeting and business office operations.
Lean requirements gathering and story mapping experience.
Ability to pick up technical and business concepts quickly.
Proactively creates and communicates deep industry and business insights, excellent written and oral communication skills, excellent interpersonal skills, ability to motivate in a team‑oriented, collaborative environment, exceptional service orientation, strong negotiating skills.
Able to create context around key business drivers and strategic plan, able to present ideas in business‑friendly language.
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