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Belgium - Requisition Number: R-069382
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We are searching for the best talent for an Associate Director, Transcend R&D BPO Lead role in Beerse, Belgium or U.S. (Malvern, PA or Horsham, PA).
Purpose:
Innovative Medicine Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational Supply chain processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform (SAP S4 Hana) for growth and efficiency gains.
The program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost effective, fit for purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility.
R&D is an integral part of the IM Transcend program, in order to transform and standardize relevant R&D supply chain processes, to include them within the global IM Transcend Template.
The Transcend R&D program team is currently looking for an Associate Director, Transcend R&D Business Process Owner. As the BPO lead you translate business strategies into a capability roadmap, aligned to Transcend outcomes and design decisions on Transcend and the digital ecosystem. You partner with Transcend Business Program Owners and Global Template Owners on translating capabilities to the SAP template and driving harmonization and standardization.
Together with R&D key stakeholders, you identify business value to prioritize roadmap decisions and drive value realization. You get ahead of the change curve with the business function and ensure alignment to the global template, clean core principles, and regulatory expectations.
Reporting to the Transcend R&D Program Director, this position provides strategic direction on key R&D business processes in advance of and during the Transcend program roll out. You lead a team of 5 BPO’s specialized in key R&D business processes relevant for the scope of Transcend.
You will be responsible for:
Key Deliverables:
Process governance cadence and decision forums (agenda, materials, decision log, and follow-up actions)
Approximate Percentage of Time & Tasks/Duties/Responsibilities:
40% Business strategy and capability roadmaps
30% Global process ownership and governance
15% Value realization identification and planning
10% Continuous process improvements
5% Compliance and audits
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree required in Business or Information Systems, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related discipline.
SAP S/4HANA Supply Chain experience (logistics, manufacturing, quality management, planning, procurement)
Preferred Qualifications:
Key Working Relationships:
R&D Transcend program team : data, template, functional, strategy and operations, communication and change management
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