ITS Expert- SHIFT ICO

Scope: Worldwide, all businesses

Sanofi is globally deploying its new back-office cross-functional system processes - covering Finance, SBS, Intercompany and OTC across all GBUs - through the implementation of a Global ERP (SHIFT project) using SAP S4/HANA technology. This Transformation program aims at:

• Enabling Global Business Units (GBU) & Global Functions 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
• 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

The Intercompany Expert is responsible for the design and the deployment of a single technical solution covering the Domain’s standardized processes in a single SAP solution for all businesses on all geographies.

He/she will organize and deliver, for his/her scope of responsibility within intercompany, solution design and all project deliverables under Solution Delivery responsibility (SAP solutions design, implementation in the systems, all related documentation), for the Projects he/she is assigned to, for Project duration.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

In the context of the Shift Program, the main duties of the Intercompany Expert are:

Scoping

• Contribute to Scoping studies
• Provide workload estimations for new scope to be deployed for intercompany, or new functionalities to be implemented as part of Continuous Improvement

Design of the Solution

• Collect and consolidate from ITS regional network of experts the knowledge of as-is, best practices and possible improvements
• Contribute with the Intercompany Business management team to the definition of the global design of 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
• 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 all information on Intercompany 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, …)

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 Shift 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
• Update 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)

REQUIREMENTS

Educational background

• University degree in economics, engineering or computer science or comparable

Professional experience

• 3+ years of SAP Experience
• At least 1 full lifecycle SAP implementation (all phases)
• Experience in the analysis and design of Intercompany business processes, ideally within the pharmaceutical or similar industries
• Hands-on configuration experience in SAP Sales and Distribution, MM Materials Management, preferably in a Pharmaceutical / Consumer Products industry
• SAP Intercompany sales (cross-company)
• SAP Intercompany stock transfers
• SAP Intercompany billing
• SAP Plants abroad solution
• Export Processes (SAP GTS)
• Integrated process across several SAP systems
• Experience with Master Data, IDocs/BAPIs, interfacing SAP with Legacy applications
• Possibility to Debug program code
• Experience coordinating solutions build with developers onsite and offshore
• Experience of SAP projects in complex and international environment
• Experience in S/4 HANA projects (Fiori, Workflows, AIF) is a plus
• At ease with Microsoft Office tools

Major skills and competencies

• Team player, Solution-oriented, social skills and strong ability to work in a team
• Dynamic, results driven
• Analytical and synthetic, able to formalize solutions, good writing skills; Ability to analyse and problem solve user issues related to system design, process flows and SAP configuration, with consideration for other system impacts and implications
• SAP technical skills. Fair understanding of core SAP technical topics (Debugging, Fiori UX, Batch jobs…)
• Active listener, able to challenge requirements
• Strong oral and written communication skills
• Fluent in English, any other language is a plus
• Able to convince
• Accountability and Reliability
• Knowledge of Agile Project methodologies is a plus

MAIN INTERACTIONS

Main Interfaces/Relationships

• Internal: other Shift teams, Business (Finance/SBS, OTC), ITS partners and contributors (Application teams, ITS/IS, factories), AMS, SCCore, Athena core team, integrated ERP team
• External: Implementation partner team, other partners, SAP

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