Logistics Production & Warehousing Integrations, Process and Data Lead
Role details
Job location
Tech stack
Job description
In this role, you will act as a senior individual contributor and matrix leader, supporting the modernization and harmonization of production logistics, manufacturing warehousing, and inventory management capabilities. You will help enable a single, standardized ERP landscape, strengthening a future-ready digital backbone for Clinical and Advanced Therapies operations.
This role operates within the LOGISTICS template design and governance structure, where you will serve as a trusted subject-matter expert and partner across global teams.
Key Responsibilities
Template Design & Ownership
- Design and evolve assigned domains within the Global Logistics Production & IM Integrations Template.
- Shape SAP-enabled solutions supporting production logistics, manufacturing warehousing, Distribution and inventory management.
- Translate Business needs into standardized, scalable, and compliant designs aligned with template principles.
- Ensure solutions support data integrity, traceability, and inspection readiness.
Cross-Functional Partnership
- Partner with JJT (Digital & Technology) and cross-functional teams to deliver integrated, end-to-end logistics solutions.
- Act as a logistics subject-matter expert for Logistics IM/WM integrations such as MES, eLIMS, WCS, ICSM, TM, GTS, ...
Deployment & Change Support
- Support deployment teams to ensure consistent adoption of global logistics standards across regions and sites.
- Provide expert guidance to resolve complex issues and assess change requests.
- Contribute to site readiness and go-live activities, ensuring compliance with GxP and validation requirements.
Process Excellence & Continuous Improvement
- Identify opportunities to improve efficiency, usability, and data quality across production and warehouse execution.
- Promote best practices and system integration.
- Maintain alignment with regulatory, compliance, and data governance standards.
Leadership & Governance
- Lead assigned logistics design workstreams or capability areas within established governance.
- Partner with peers across the broader IM Transcend ecosystem to drive aligned outcomes.
- Provide recommendations and expert input to governance forums to support final design approvals.
- Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and transparent way of working.
- Influence outcomes through expertise and partnership, rather than formal authority.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent required
- Preferred fields: Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, or related disciplines
Experience & Skills
Required
- 8-10 years of experience in production logistics, manufacturing warehousing, or inventory management within a regulated pharmaceutical environment
- Hands-on expertise with SAP S/4HANA and/or ECC6 Inventory Management and Extended Warehouse Management (EWM)
- Strong understanding of logistics best practices
- Experience contributing to global process templates or large-scale system transformations
- Proven ability to collaborate and influence in global, matrixed environments
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills
- Clear, effective communication skills across diverse stakeholder groups
- Comfort working in evolving transformation programs
- Commitment to ethical decision-making and inclusive leadership
- Fluency in English (written and spoken)
- Willingness to travel internationally as required
Preferred
- Experience in global or regional transformation initiatives
- Understanding of end-to-end processes across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance, and Master Data
- Exposure to R&D or Advanced Therapies production logistics environments
- Familiarity with Agile ways of working and tools such as JIRA or Smartsheet
Required Skills:
Preferred Skills:
Collaborating, Compliance Management, Cost Management, Demand Forecasting, Developing Others, Distribution Management, Distribution Resource Planning (DRP), Fact-Based Decision Making, Inclusive Leadership, Inventory Optimization, Leadership, Managing Managers, Operations Management, Order Management, Organizing, Resource Allocation, Strategic Supply Chain Management, Tactical Thinking, Transportation Management, Warehouse Management
