Senior S/4 HANA Operations Business Insights Analyst
Macclesfield UK,
Competitive Salary + Benefits
We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.
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AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way.The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large scale transformation of the IT landscape by the replacement of current ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems with one global solution.
Our current technology is used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This programme provides the opportunity for real transformation and to shape the way of working globally for many years to come.
This programme requires the best. Whether it be the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout.
The programme seeks to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefits of its employees and patients.
Job Role Details
The S/4HANA Programme is leading the biggest enterprise wide transformation and require an individual to Own the Project to help deliver the change.
You’ll be part of a hardworking and expert team of IT professionals that harnesses agile, SAP ACTIVATE delivery, adheres to our right-first-time principles, and makes ‘the best’ the benchmark.
We seek dedicated IT professionals who can combine in-depth knowledge of project delivery with the ability to collaborate with experts across other disciplines. Hardworking, curious and results-focused, you’ll be unafraid of challenging the status quo.
You’ll relish the opportunity to bring new and innovative ideas to the fore, and have the courage and conviction to see them through. You’ll also be flexible, agile and bold in your thinking, and dedicated to doing the right thing.
What you will do:
- Collaborate with multiple business teams within Operations group in collecting requirements and existing challenges in order to converting those to practical insights. Responsible for writing User Requirements and Functional specifications.
- Participate & deliver “use cases” for sophisticated and augmented Analytics by partnering with Enterprise groups leading AZ Digital initiatives; for instance Analytics to support resilient and interconnected Supply Chains, Digital factories, Control Towers / Command Centres, End to End Value Chains and End to End Visibility in Operations.
- Will be engaged in several Data Management aspects like, but not limited to: Design & maintenance of Analytics Catalogue, promote Data Literacy, participate in Analytics Governance forums, adopt DataOPs practices, be the champion for self-service / Citizen Developer Analytics etc.
- Develop & embed best practices & standards for Business Intelligence lifecycle of Data products, Digital Boardrooms, Documentation, Dashboards & Visualizations.
- Work closely with Ops, Finance & Master Data Teams, AZ IT and resources from System Integrator to craft and deliver Analytics during various deployment phases of S/4 HANA project. Will be responsible to navigate and solve Interim state challenges.
Essential Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in Business or Technology.
- Experience in one or more full S/4 HANA implementation cycles in the area of Analytics - Embedded Analytics, SAP Analytics cloud and SAP B/W4 HANA (Business side usage).
- Considerable experience and exposure to business processes in Operations - Planning, Sourcing Inventory, Logistics, Manufacturing, Quality etc and experience of a few of the corresponding SAP modules like MM, PP, IM, EWM, QM, TM etc.
- Experience in working with large and sophisticated data sets in commonly used BI tools like Qlik & PowerBI
- Strong drive to learn new concepts in business processes, tools and applications.
- Passion for agile analytics delivery and ability to convey complex information through design of drill down Visualizations catering from Top-Floor to Shop-Floor.
- Enjoy working across large and variety functional groups and adapt to progressing independently when needed.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Familiarity with Data Science concepts and use cases in Operations & Supply Chain Management.
- Bio-Tech, Pharmaceutical or Life Sciences experience.
- Certifications in SAP, Project Management, Business Intelligence, Data Management, Lean Framework or Operations
- Experience in large scale, complex & multi-year projects.
Why we love it
If your passion is science and you want to be part of a team that makes a bigger impact on patients’ lives, then there’s no better place to be. Here we truly understand science and apply it every day to strengthen and grow our pipeline.
So, what’s next?
- Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
- Are you ready to bring new insights and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.
Where can I find out more?
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