Manager SAP Solution Architecture

Purpose: This role supports our Innovative Medicine Transcend program which is a multi-year global business transformation initiative that will modernize our end-to-end Pharmaceutical Supply Chain foundational capabilities by harmonizing our disparate ecosystem of 7 major J&J IM ERP systems, standardizing our core business processes and products [across Plan, Source, Make, Quality, Logistics, Order Management, Supply Chain Finance and Data], and enabling our integrated data strategy through a single SAP S/4 HANA instance.

As part of the technology team of the Innovative Medicine Transcend Program, you will be accountable for working with a team of functional experts in driving the Solution integration between Supply Chain functions to ensure that solutions support end to end business processes and requirements while maintaining the integrity and reliability of the ERP template.

You must use a refined, multi-functional tool-set of business expertise, technical knowledge, and digital competence, and to engage and operate with both business and IT program teams at an execution level, as well as with senior leadership at a strategic level.

Do you have a deep personal motivation to advance healthcare through digital solutions? Join our team to lead and influence by example, help others see what could be and make it happen together with the project team!, * Design Methodology and Governance: Own improvement and adherence of design methodology and governance for the program.

• Cross functional Solution Design: Own cross functional design topics end-to-end. Drive design for highly complex topics from the gathering of requirements to end-to- end solutioning, including technical architecture, cross workstreams.
• Quality of design: Own Quality of design by leading design governance boards. Actively improve the overall design by educating on good design principles, challenging solutions and drive a clean core template approach.
• Cross functional conflicts: Own management, resolution and reporting for cross-functional conflicts and dependencies. Attend the Scrum of Scrums to support decision making on impediments.
• Solution Confirmation : Manage design readiness, the methodology, the involved KPI's and provide status reporting, for Cross Functional Solution design, Architecture Documentation, WRICEF inventory, Key Design Decisions and Solution Road-mapping
• Tool implementation : Lead implementation of cross functional tools and applications
• Assessments : Lead assessments for Capital Appropriation Requests, release scheduling and program execution

• Minimum Bachelor's degree required, advanced degree or MBA highly desirable
• Preferred area of study: Information Technology, Supply Chain
• Certification in areas of expertise as S4H are preferred

Experience and Skills:

Required:

• Minimum overall 8 years relevant hands-on SAP experience in at least 2 functional areas (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance, VCM)

Preferred:

• Deep End-to-End understanding of Supply Chain flows in multinational operations and how primary functions integrate with one another (Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance, Master Data) from process and solution point of view
• Strong Knowledge of SAP-ERP integration across Planning, Materials Management, Sales & Distribution and Financial Accounting and System Integration with the ERP ecosystem.
• Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA and BTP is preferred.
• Experience in Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare industry and good Knowledge of SOX & GxP compliance regulations.
• Experience in large scale cross regional business transformation programs, Agile methodology and solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle Management model and documentation
• Demonstrated success in leading multi-functional topics without authority. Experience in collaborating with partners in both business and IT organizations. Good communication and influencing skills
• Strong problem-solving stills with ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment
• Experience in leading IT implementations of new tools and applications and product ownership
• Flexibility, thriving on change and able to adapt to it. Solid sense of urgency and ability to handle changing priorities in a fast-paced environment

• Language requirements: English professional proficiency
• Travel percentage: 15% international travel
• J&J flex arrangement: 3 day/week onsite presence required

The anticipated base pay range for this position in BELGIUM is EUR 79.800 to EUR 137.770

The anticipated base pay range for this position in IRELAND is EUR 70.100 to EUR 121.210

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at jnj.com (https://www.jnj.com.) . As guided by Our Credo, Johnson & Johnson is responsible to our employees who work with us throughout the world. We provide an inclusive work environment where each person is considered as an individual. At Johnson & Johnson, we respect the diversity and dignity of our employees and recognize their merit.