COMPLETE Solution Delivery Controlling Expert - Bridgewater, NJ

iShift - One ERP Program
Sanofi is globally deploying its new back-office cross-functional and manufacturing system processes - covering Finance, SBS, Supply Chain, Trade, Manufacturing, Purchasing and Forecast, Maintenance, Quality and Warehouse Management across all GBUs - through the implementation of a Global ERP (iShift project) using SAP S/4HANA technology. This Transformation program aims at:

- Enabling Global Business Units (GBU), Global Functions and Industrial Facilities with Analytics

• Common analytics by GBU and for Global functions to improve performance and cost management

• Transversal data consolidation as well as more granular analyses

• Common budget tools by GBU

- Facilitating a seamless integration of planning and actual data setting-up automation in reporting to enable Global Shared Services (SBS)

• Support SBS strategy by implementing an end-to-end approach (e.g.: P2P fully covered by integrated Group solutions from eBuy to AP Invoicing, T&E, etc.)

• Opportunity to consolidate new activities in Shared Services (e.g.: Master Data Management, Credit Management) and to develop global Shared Services organization models (e.g.: T&E)

• Support reporting factories

- Simplifying processes and Sanofi users’ experience

• State-of-the-art global systems ensuring an end-to-end process integration while providing a simplified user’s experience.

• Major changes to reporting or processes handled centrally at once.

• One source of truth on master data and a common automated internal control framework.

• Improved integration or divestment capabilities through a standardized methodology.

JOB SUMMARY

• Being part of Solution Delivery Controlling team, he/she is responsible and accountable for the design and the deployment of a single technical solution covering Finance standardized processes in a single SAP solution for all businesses on all geographies.

• Domain covers Controlling Processes: Commercial Controlling, Industrial Controlling and related Group Reporting.

• He/she will bring his/her expertise of business processes and SAP solutions, best practices, and possible improvements.

• He/she will handle the delivery, for his/her Domain, of solution design and project deliverables for his/her Solution Delivery responsibility (SAP solutions design, implementation in the systems, all related documentation), for all projects he/she is contributing to, under the supervision and the support of the Solution Delivery Controlling Team Lead.

• He/she will insure within his/her perimeter and between the streams under his/her responsibility the overall consistency of the design proposed and related deliverables.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
In the context of the iShift Program, the main duties of the Solution Delivery Controlling team member:

• Ensure that risks and issues are identified, formalized & communicated to the Solution Delivery Controlling Team Lead.

• Ensure consistency of the solution for Domain and adherence to Standard and Core Model guiding principles (contribution to Design Authority)

• Contribute as Domain expert to AMS activities (project handover, L3 support & solution validation)

• Contribute as Domain expert to Integration topics with other domains

• Ensure Solution documentation & capitalization of knowledge; contribute to Knowledge transfer and upskilling as required; provide inputs & proposals for documentation templates & deliverable formats evolutions.

• Work with the Solution Delivery Controlling Team Lead to handle Escalations with SAP & relationship with Max Attention team for Domain

• Use correctly the Program Tools for Domain (JIRA, HPALM, …)

Scoping

• Contribute to Scoping studies in collaboration with the Business enablement team.

• Provide workload estimations for new scope to be deployed for Domain, or new functionalities to be implemented as part of Continuous Improvement.

Design of the Solution

• Lead, in collaboration with the Business Enablement team, the Global Design or Fit-Gap workshops to design the solution based on industry best practices, GBU & Global Support Functions business needs

• Propose adequate SAP solutions minimizing gaps with the SAP standard functionalities by challenging business requirements and specify for customizing and development the agreed solutions.

• Perform impact analysis for application changes for SAP and satellites applications.

• Collect and consolidate impacts for legacy systems

• Contribute to the design of transversal streams: (Master data management and migration strategy, Analytics, Authorizations, Process controls, Other Solution delivery Domain for integration topics)

• Collect and consolidate the information on Domain required for Infrastructure and application landscape definition

• Deliver all design deliverables defined by the program and under Solution Delivery responsibility (e.g.: Solution Documents, Functional specifications, Configuration documents …)

• Develop him/herself on the new capabilities provided by SAP S/4HANA on his/her perimeter; contribute to continuous improvement of the solution with POCs

Development and testing

• Organize, complete, unit-test and document the configuration of the system

• Contribute with the development team to the specific developments (functional specifications update & inputs for unit test)

• Ensure quality of developments / Contribute to audits & quality KPI follow up

• Organize, document, and execute integration and system tests.

• Contribute to user acceptance tests and finalize the solution (address defects identified).

• Use properly the documentation and testing tools as defined by iShift Program.

• Complete all deliverables defined by the program and under Solution Delivery responsibility (e.g.: test protocols, test reports…)

Migration and go-live

• Contribute to migration activities related to the stream

• Document and execute cut-over activities related to the stream

• Support the Business Enablement tram in updating training documents & contribute to trainings on the Solution

• Ensure go-live support and hypercare activities

• Handover to AMS: Lead the project transition to AMS for her/his functional domain (including knowledge transfer sessions and handover of ongoing incidents).

AMS

• Contribute to AMS activities: provide functional expertise for complex topics and challenge / validate solution evolutions proposed by AMS team

Cross- project activities

• Be the Referent Expert for specific topics within Domain: Provide ad-hoc support to projects during Design phase and validate evolutions.

• Maintain all reference documentation up to date

• Contribute to continuous improvement by keeping informed on new functionalities available for Domain & contributing to Proof of Concepts / Prototypes

• Contribute in improving the project industrialization with the aim to speed up the future iShift roll outs and Business Added Projects.

KEY REQUIREMENTS
Education

• Graduate studies (3 years): Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Bachelor’s in Supply chain, Bachelor’s degree in Science, Bachelor’s degree in IT or Engineering

Professional Experience

• 5+ years of SAP experience

• Demonstrate a good track record in SAP design and customizing for modules related to Domain, preferably in a Pharmaceutical / Consumer Products industry.

• Very good general understanding of Domain business processes

• Operational experience in Domain area would be appreciated.

• Proofed experience working in major IT consulting firms as stream lead is considered a plus

• Previous working experiences in Sanofi is considered a plus

• Experience of SAP projects in complex and international environment

• Proofed SAP S/4 Hana knowledge is considered a plus

• At ease with Microsoft Office tools, and in general with IS tools.

• Knowledge and proofed experience in the Agile methodology is a plus

Major Skills and Competencies

• Team player

• Strong oral and written communication skills; able to convince & federate

• Dynamic, results driven

• Rigorous & well organized

• Active listener, able to challenge requirements

• Accountability and Reliability

• Ability to evaluate risks & manage appropriate escalations

MAIN INTERACTIONS
Main Interfaces/Relationships:

• Internal: other iShift teams, Business (Finance/SBS, Supply chain), ITS partners and contributors (Application teams, ITS/IS, factories), AMS

• External: Implementation partner team, other partners, SAP

Sanofi Inc. and its U.S. affiliates are Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employers committed to a culturally diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race; color; creed; religion; national origin; age; ancestry; nationality; marital, domestic partnership or civil union status; sex, gender, gender identity or expression; affectional or sexual orientation; disability; veteran or military status or liability for military status; domestic violence victim status; atypical cellular or blood trait; genetic information (including the refusal to submit to genetic testing) or any other characteristic protected by law.

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