LDC Solution Design Manager: Logistics W&D Own Warehouse

Summary

The SCM Solution Design Manager: Logistics W&D Own Warehouse is the business representative in the Logistics, W&D work stream and responsible to design, build and deploy the global SC Logistics W&D processes with the respective solution(s) for Novartis to ensure a proper setup of the Novartis owned warehouses across the globe.

About The Role

Major accountabilities:

Your Responsibilities Include, But Are Not Limited To

• Act as the Business Solution Manager responsible for Logistics W&D own warehouse in close collaboration with the GPO (Global Process Owners), Business Champions, Functional IT Experts and the LDC Adopt counterpart.
• Responsible to elaborate deliverables as per the project plan during conceptual design, build and adopt phase. Below is a list of such deliverables (not exhaustive)
• Ensure a proper design of the solution to setup and integrate the Novartis own warehouses in the upcoming LDC releases considering the core built in previous releases
• Establish or update business standard operating procedures.
• Review and adopt, if necessary, the training material and working instructions
• Execute business screening of IT solutions and testing of solution(s)
• Support and contribute to data migration in Logistics W&D own warehouse area.
• Align and agree on integration of relevant processes and their respective system solution(s) within Logistics W&D e.g. in the area commercial operations, Intercompany Order Management and Direct Procurement
• Ensures that user requirements and functional specifications are consistent with global / local processes.
• Contribute to master data preparation for Screening, Testing and cut over.
• Supports the adopt team to ensure proper go live of the upcoming releases.
• Secure business reporting requirements in Logistics W&D together with the Reporting and Analytics team
  
  

Key Performance Indicators

• Deliverables as per LDC Project plan per release
  
  

Minimum Requirements

Work Experience:

• Various years of experience working in logistics within the own warehouse area in a manufacturing side either within Novartis or in the Pharmaceutical / Comparable Industry.
• Experience in designing own warehouse processes and the respective solution during an ERP implementation, ideally S4.
• Being part of a SAP EWM implementation / rollout program
• Understanding to translate local process requirements into a solution as part of the global design
• Successfully completed university degree in the fields of supply chain management, Logistics, Information science or comparable education.
• Ability to work independently and in a structured and careful manner.
  
  

Skills

• Positive and pro-active attitude.
• Flexibility to work in a fast paced, quickly changing work environment.
• High degree of teamwork and quality orientation
• Ability to operate in a global matrix environment.
• SAP Super user in Logistics W&D own warehouse area
• Business Scenario Analysis
• Change Impact assessment
• General HSE Knowledge.
  
  

Languages

• English.
  
  

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