SAP Solutions Architect

• Skills Required: SAP S/4 Hana, Pharmaceutical ERP, Technical Architecture, ABAP Development

SAP Solutions Architect

Basildon and London hybrid working (3 days office/2 days home per week)

Salary: Competitive + Benefits + Bonus

If you are an agile, innovative and highly collaborative solutions architect, skilled in designing SAP systems to effectively manage complex business processes, then we want to hear from you!

Join us to help improve peoples' lives and make healthcare better for everyone!

Why Pharmanovia?

Pharmanovia is a dynamic, fast-growing international pharmaceutical company with a portfolio of over 20 brands across more than 160 markets. Our mission is to improve patient health globally through the revitalisation of niche, tried-and-trusted medicines.

Our core behaviours are:

• We keep our promises and do as we say.
• We value our heritage and foster an entrepreneurial spirit.
• We reinvest in our future - in our products, our brands and our people.
• We give back to our communities.

Since its inception in 2013, Pharmanovia has grown consistently year on year, focusing on delivering high-quality branded prescription medicines to patients, prescribers, and healthcare providers across the world. Our growth has enabled the company to reinvest in its products, brands, people, and to give back to its communities. A people business with a strong, supportive culture that encourages innovation and entrepreneurial spirit, our team comprises over 300 employees and 29 nationalities, operating from offices in the UK, Denmark, Netherlands, Switzerland, U.A.E., India, Singapore, Italy, Spain, and South Korea.

We are an agile and imaginative global specialty pharma business and a preferred partner for innovator pharma companies, instigating a paradigm shift in the life cycle management of iconic medicines. We seek to extensively engage with clinical communities to communicate product improvements and prioritise environmental, social, and governance considerations across the business and workforce.

Pharmanovia's therapeutic areas include Cardiovascular, Oncology, Endocrinology and Neurology.

About the role:

As Solution Architect you will be central to overseeing all aspects of Pharmanovia's SAP S4 Hana ERP. You will help to take the strategies created by our leadership and business teams and guide Pharmanovia to the right solutions: formulating clear, adoptable approaches for the realisation of improvements to our SAP ERP.

In this role you will be instrumental in designing SAP systems that are efficient, scalable, and capable of handling complex business processes. You will manage third-party dependencies related to the SAP environment and handle duties such as provide project status reports to our leadership and business colleagues, monitor compliance and adherence to industry standards.

You will bring a comprehensive understanding of SAP modules, integration points, and the impacts of changes in one area on the entire system. You will ensure that our ERP and related system cater to various business functions like finance, human resources, and operations, guaranteeing that these systems are seamlessly integrated.

You will have extensive experience with SAP technology and best practices, IT infrastructure, cloud technologies and application development lifecycle management. Overseeing the execution process undertaken by our outsourced SAP implementors, you will ensure that those vendors successfully implement new SAP solutions that are in line with business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage Technical architecture analysis, research, design and development of new functionality and integration with key applications and services under SAP ecosystems
• Design new solution extensions based on business requirements
• Provide architecture and design guidance to the outsourced development team
• Build and manage the best set of vendors, partners and engineering resources to develop, configure and implement solutions as per product development best practices to meet business requirements
• Monitor the work of the outsourced technical team and ensure standards are adhered to in accordance with SAP's Solution Extensions
• Ensure technical integrity of projects, making sure that common technical elements are leveraged, and that work is not duplicated
• Work with and advise the Quality team on the design of test plans, test cases and on automation
• Participate in product roadmap and product strategy definition.
• Help and review with the creation of training, product, and solution documentation
• Coordinate with other technical teams to ensure compatibility with other components of Pharmanovia's technology stack interface with SAP
• Hold self and others accountable to the committed deadlines and ensure successful deliverables
• Take an active role in the development of other team members
• Engage with leading customers and strategic partners to identify and validate requirements and translate to solution design
• Lead team in driving and delivering customer solutions
• Performing integration architecture and infrastructure design activities
• Participating in resolving technology integration problems
• Act as a mentor, coach, and provide training to internal team and consultants by sharing solution and technical expertise
• Ensure customer satisfaction through quality work and effective communication throughout projects
• Must be hands-on with development and ABAP / Basis as needed to support project timelines and objectives

About you:

• BSc Degree or higher in Computer Science or Engineering
• 6+ years' work experience in SAP product consulting, systems integration, or architect roles
• Good understanding of SAP best practices
• Expertise in ABAP development with very good understanding of SAP modules such as Finance, MM, PP, QM, SD, PLM, and APO
• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform) based design & development and ABAP Restful Programming Model
• Experience with SAP BW, BW/4HANA would be advantageous
• Experience with Java based development is a plus
• Expert in analysing, creating system specifications, and developing tests and implementing business solutions utilizing SAP technologies
• Experience working with interfaces in addition to Web Services, such as Java connectors and Rest APIs communicating with non-SAP applications
• Experience with SAP security concepts and must have implemented authorisation checks in ABAP objects
• Experience in working with SAP Cloud technologies like SAC and other SAP Cloud technologies
• Expertise in doing Solution demos and presentations to customers/business stakeholders/architects
• Experience with Data Masking, Data Anonymisation techniques
• Good understanding of SAP architecture and technical data flow of SAP business processes
• Experience managing projects and working with a team of engineers
• Proficient in performance tuning to deliver optimised solutions
• Exposure to compliance regulations like GDPR, ITAR and Export Compliance
• Ability to assess and manage/notify technical risks and issues to the manager
• Confidence in reporting both verbally and in writing to executive level
• Great communication skills and proven ability to meet deadlines without compromising quality

What we offer:

We offer a competitive salary plus bonus and rewards package including holiday, health & wellbeing program, employee recognition awards, social events, and hybrid working.

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