Internal Manufacturing Data / SAP GPO Lead

Jazz Pharmaceuticals
Sittingbourne
6 days ago
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If you are a current Jazz employee please apply via the Internal Career site. Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visitwww.jazzpharmaceuticals.comfor more information. 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 Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law. The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here:https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits.html.

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