Senior Consultant – SAP SD

Job Title: Senior Consultant – SAP SD

Career Level - D2

Introduction to Role:
Are you ready to take the next step in your career? We are looking for a Senior Consultant in SAP SD to join our dynamic IT team. There's never been a better time to join us as we bring our digital strategy to life. There's a huge opportunity to develop, explore and thrive during our next chapter. 

Accountabilities:
As a Senior Functional Consultant, you will be responsible for resolving any SAP issues reported by the business users and delivering all enhancements as required by business users. You will be accountable for completing all tasks assigned by team lead and project manager. You will also be responsible for reviewing solutions designed by the team members and proposing improvements. In addition, you will proactively work with business users for identifying and resolving recurring issues and play a mentorship role to Functional Consultants.

Essential Skills/Experience:
- 6-10 years of relevant SAP functional experience in the IT industry and domain experience of 4 years is preferable.
- Educational Background: Any Bachelors degree or Masters degree.
- SAP S/4 Hana Sales Upskilling certification.
- Good experience in Order & Distribution to Cash (O&DTC) processes and relatively strong knowledge in credit management, billing, pricing/rebate/discount, contract management, master data management, and awareness of the new functionalities of S4.
- The candidate should possess broad functional knowledge in his/her domain and in-depth technical knowledge in the SAP SD module.
- Good understanding of business processes in the life sciences / pharmaceutical domain.
- Ability to understand business requirements from business users and prepare and review functional specifications.
- Exposure is essential to highly customized SAP environments and working on interfaces with Non SAP systems.
- Very good understanding of integration of SAP modules in End to end business processes.
- Understanding of ITIL processes and Application life cycle management.
- Ability to work in large and diverse teams. Strong Communication and Relationship Building skills with an ability to Influence others to achieve Objectives.
- Exposure to Run SAP (Solution Manager) / activate methodologies.
- Good understanding of GXP and SOX requirements. Should have working experience in a validated environment.
- Should be able to guide and mentor junior members of the team.
- Should be aware of release governance processes and have experience in working on any incident management tool, JIRA, Solman.
- Strong skills in understanding business operations, communications, customer and partner engagement, and internal stakeholder management.

Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Good exposure in ABAP with extensive working knowledge in SD objects.
- SAP S4 Hana exposure to Transporation Management / Global Trade services / EWM would be good to have.

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?
Here at AstraZeneca, our work has a direct impact on patients. We're transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines by combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. We dare to lead, applying our problem-solving mindset to identify and tackle opportunities across the whole enterprise. Our spirit of experimentation is lived every day through our events like hackathons. We enable AstraZeneca to perform at its peak by delivering world-class technology and data solutions. Our work unlocks the potential of science. We optimise and revolutionise AstraZeneca by maximising efficiencies and finding new ways to drive productivity. From automation to data simplification.

Ready to make a difference? Apply now and join us in our journey to disrupt an industry and change lives!

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.