SAP Vendor Master Data Business System Consultant

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

About AbbVie
AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people’s lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, virology, women’s health and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

This role is join the Enterprise Master Data team, focused primarily on the SAP S4 HANA Vendor Master data. This role will be working closely with Business System Consultants for Material and Customer Master to ensure cross functional alignment of requirements and design across functions.  The Business System Consultant, SAP Vendor Master Data will partner with the vendor master data steward team as a key contact for all SAP Vendor Master Impacts. 

The SAP Vendor Master Data Business System Consultant will also play a pivotable role is defining and building the long-term master data strategy as it relates to the SAP vendor master.

Responsibilities

• Partner the Vendor Data Steward team, and other application owners in development of solution roadmaps; understand the business processes, elicit details for new requirements, recommend high-quality, maintainable solutions, and develop appropriate IT system functionality to support the business needs
• Provide focused expertise around the cross functional components of Vendor Master
• Provide input into system fit/gap analysis and design decisions
• Identify, define, collate, and manage data quality, transformation, and validation rules
• Define and develop conceptual, logical, and physical data models to define and analyze data requirements needed to support the related business processes
• Author detailed functional designs and specifications for interfaces, conversions, forms, workflows, and publishing/synchronization
• Develop test scripts and approach for data migration including data verification, integrity, and performance
• Support global process owners and data stewards in the establishment or refinement of process metrics needed
• Build presentations, that demonstrate conceptual designs and explain technical information to business communities
• Ensure all documentation, regulatory, and compliance policies procedures are followed including SOX, GxP, information security, and SDLC

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree with 7 years’ experience; Master's Degree with 6 years’ experience; PhD with 2 years’ experience.
• Demonstrable end-to-end business process knowledge in SAP Master Data management as well supporting processes.
• Demonstrable knowledge of Supplier lifecycle concepts
• Expert level knowledge in PTP Vendor Master Data and possessing knowledge of the associated cross functional impacts.
• Must be able to interpret master data functional and user requirements
• Proficiency in authoring, editing, and presenting technical documents.
• Experience with data migration and integration throughout all phases of SAP project life cycle including blueprint, design, build, test, deployment, and support
• Extensive experience in and data validations during testing and implementation
• Extensive experience with integration testing and implementation
• Experience with master data integration and publishing
• Experience Informatica PowerCenter, IDQ and Data Hub is preferred
• Advanced ability to problem management abilities including problem identification, root cause analysis, and corrective action to drive resolution
• Ability to analyze complex information with advanced data analysis and manipulation skills
• Ability to plan and lead workshops to elicit requirements analysis across global, cross-functional technical and non-technical teams
• Excellent communication skills — written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal
• Ability to influence change as well as manage rapidly changing technological and business environments
• Ability to travel globally

Significant Work Activities
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)
Travel
Yes, 5 % of the Time
Job Type
Experienced
Schedule
Full-time
Job Level Code
M
Equal Employment Opportunity
At AbbVie, we value bringing together individuals from diverse backgrounds to develop new and innovative solutions for patients. As an equal opportunity employer we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, protected veteran status, or any other legally protected characteristic.