Technical Product Manager -Intercompany & VCM

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We are seeking the best talent for a Technical Product Manager -Intercompany & Value Chain Management (VCM) to be in Bangalore, India.

As part of the Innovative Medicine (IM) Transcend and IM Finance Transformation (IMFT) programs we are looking for a strong leader that can set direction and can drive implementation based on proven knowledge and experience in the field of ERP (S4 Hana) Finance across Value Chain Management, Intercompany and Supply Chain Finance.

IM Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes across the value chain of Innovative Medicine business.

IMFT is the transformation program within Innovative Medicine Finance, dedicated to enabling Finance and its business partners to deliver superior value and sustainable competitive advantage for our organization, partners, and patients.

The Technical Product Manager Intercompany & VCM will be an active member of the Innovative Medicine (IM) Supply Chain JJT team, driving global standardization within Innovative Medicine utilising ERP technology solutions in the scope of Intercompany & VCM.

The role will fundamentally lead all aspects of continuous improvement, assessment of technology capabilities & efficiencies across the ERP Intercompany & VCM scope, enabling strategic capabilities, human centred design, and platform integration across our digital ecosystem. The role will partner closely with the IM Transcend business process owners, IMFT business stakeholders, ecosystem owners and various vendor partners to ensure end to end capabilities are supported and evolved. The role will operate closely with the IM Transcend deployment organization to grow and evolve the capabilities as business and regional deployments are executed.

The Technical Product Manager ERP Intercompany & VCM role will take responsibility for an integrated solution design supporting Financial flows across the following primary functions:

• Deliver / Logistics / Trade Sales
• Tax

• Finance

• Plan/Source

• Make

Major Duties & Responsibilities

Roadmap & Backlog (30%)

• Own vision and prioritization of new technical features and/or enhancements for Intercompany & VCM capabilities to meet business needs.
• Establish technology roadmaps to achieve efficient & effective delivery of business & customer value for Intercompany requirements.
• Balance business value with technical feasibility while prioritizing features, optimizing cost, and improving delivery efficiency.
• Further refine the backlog by adding necessary technical features and epics; work with Suppliers and Product owners, regarding supplier delivered capacity & architectural integration is understood.
• Help Product Owners prioritize their backlogs, manage product / platform constraints, and resolve cross-team dependencies; manage demand intake as required

Solutioning (30%)

• Accountable for solution design and implementation of the Intercompany & VCM capabilities for Innovative Medicine on the ERP platform and the integration with the ERP ecosystem
• Drive business process standardization and strategies to drive best in class design for ERP Intercompany flows + VCM
• Apply a strong understanding of BTP capabilities and integration mechanisms to automate end-to-end transactions.
• Actively engage with business and functional teams in providing the best fit technical solutions while aligning to Transcend program design and implementation standards
• Drive selection of product / platform solution options, work with the Engineering team to assess tech elements of the solution prior to user testing and to balance tech debt
• Provide technical leadership in the design and architecting of ERP solutions that will enable best in class integrations across End-to-End Intercompany flows, inclusive of integration technologies.

Delivery (30%)

• Accountable for technical delivery and value realization in partnership with the business workstream lead
• Accountable to manage the integrated build with the Engineering team to ensure the end-to-end build of a particular part of a solution is compliant and works as designed.
• Oversee planning and execution of Technical Testing by Engineering team; Support business workstream lead to plan and execute User Acceptance Testing
• Apply compliance requirements within scope of responsibility, ensures SDLC documentation, system configuration and compliance activities are up to date as required.
• Drive continual measurement of capabilities against demand volume, complexity, business challenges and improvement within value stream(s)

Leadership (10%)

• Act as the JJT workstream lead for all Intercompany & VCM integration topics, partnering closely with the Intercompany & VCM business stakeholders.
• Lead an international cross regional project team of Product Analysts through project design, execution, and deployment phases.
• Coordinate, lead, coach, motivate and inspire the team to both deliver on agreed plans and to continuously improve.
• Help Shape and Grow JJT organization to enable a global intake, build and sustain process that will drive parallel program releases and on-going operations, projects and enhancements as TranSCend goes live.
• Foster an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.

Required Minimum Education: bachelor’s degree in management accounting, finance, supply chain Other:

Required Years of Related Experience: A minimum of 3 years of progressive experience in program/people management leadership roles within Operations, Supply Chain, or large transformation programs. A minimum of 10 years of Supply Chain Technology experience. A minimum of 3 years of ERP platform experience in a healthcare or health services industry.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

· Domain Expertise

• Deep End-to-End understanding of Financial and Logistical Flows in multinational operations and how primary functions integrate with one another (Plan, Make, Deliver, Finance, Tax).
• Strong Knowledge of SAP-ERP integration across Production Planning, Materials Management, Sales & Distribution and Financial Accounting and System Integration with the ERP ecosystem. Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA is preferred.
• Understanding the end-to-end business process linkages across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance and Master Data.
• Experience in Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare industry and good Knowledge of SOX & GxP compliance regulations.
• Experience with Agile methodology and strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle Management model and documentation.

· Leadership Skills & Behaviors

• Focuses on Business agility, Agile delivery with a fail-fast mindset, and measurable outcomes.
• Demonstrated leadership skills, with success leading multi-functional, self-organized teams
• Experience working in a global environment and leading teams across multiple countries.
• Experience effectively collaborating and managing partners.
• Contributes ideas that challenge thinking.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to accurately assess situations and make well-informed decisions.
• A constant learner, looking for new ways to implement features and functions that creates higher levels of customer satisfaction.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA.
• People management experience, inclusive of developing, mentoring and coaching.
• Experience working in a global/regional setting.
• Experience in a large-scale business transformation program.
• Experienced in managing a product backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, attend product team ceremonies, removing blockers.

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