Manager, SAP S4 Functional Team – Logistics

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Job Description Manager, SAP S4 Functional Team – Logistics The Opportunity Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. Our Technology centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of the company IT operating model, Tech centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. A focused group of leaders in each tech center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers. Role Overview: As part of the EIT SCM Make Team, The Specialist, S/4 Functional Team – Logistics plays a vital role in leading global Logistics enhancements related to SAP solution within Material Handling and integration across the business including areas such as Production Execution and Environmental Health & Safety. This role supports our global network across (NA, EU, APAC, and LA) and involves full cycle project management from scope to delivery. (Gap/requirement analyses, solutioning, testing, documentation, preparation/transition support to production, and hyper care). What will you do in this role: Be part of SCM (Supply Chain Management) international team of SAP Experts Be responsible for managing all internal logistics changes related to SAP solution including integration within other areas of the business (ex. Production Execution and Environmental Health & Safety). Responsible for full cycle project management from scope to delivery expected (Gap/requirement analyses, solutioning, testing, documentation, preparation/transition support to production, and hyper care) Be part of live markets operational support delivering Logistics enhancements on current SAP solution within related functional areas. Be responsible for change management process collaborating with the appropriate technical team. Work with and Influence individuals across a global matrixed organization (NA, EU, APAC and LA) to realize key objectives. Test and troubleshoot interfaces to third-party applications (Ex. Automated Warehouses -MMES) in relation to respective SAP modules. Work on diverse projects like roll-out of our global solution to new markets Document, review and approve functional specifications, user requirements specifications and formal testing. Work in a matrix environment coordinating with outsourced support vendors. Coordinate and work closely with other teams within other business areas. Manage stakeholder expectations, work with the Business to deliver on SAP enhancements & projects. Communicate risks, issues, challenges, and technical design status/progress. Ensure issues and risks are tracked and mitigation plans are in place. What Should you have: 3+ years of experience in Functional and technical (SAP) expertise for SAP Production Execution Module (Preferable PP-PI – Process industry). EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) & SRM (Stock Room) experience knowledge of end-to-end Material Handling processes: Ex. MMES – Material Movement Automation Systems, & Shop floor system integrations. Good English communication skills and the ability to interact directly with business users and stakeholders. Familiarity with SDLC in the pharmaceutical industry required. Analytical problem solving skills Ability to learn & leverage the latest technology. Effective communication and interpersonal skills to liaise with cross-functional teams. Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities. High attention to detail and a proactive mindset to prevent issues before escalation. Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation. Who we are: We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for lives, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. What we look for: Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today. Required Skills: Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, System Integration, Testing Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Secondary Language(s) Job Description: #MSDHYDIT Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: VISA Sponsorship: Travel Requirements: Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid Shift: Valid Driving License: Hazardous Material(s): Job Posting End Date: 09/11/2026 *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.