Application Architect - AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for defining, designing, & delivering S/4 HANA centric solutions that enable & enhance organizational processes in the Quality Management space.
• Partner with business leadership & project management, provide guidance to technical teams, drive effective issue management & effective communication with key stakeholders.
• Evaluate alternatives to satisfy business objective, estimate & plan projects.
• Solve complex problems that arise during the planning & execution of different IT programs & projects as well as managing SAP support activities.
• Employ process expertise & solution design in SAP Quality Management, batch management (including batch determination, batch genealogy, & batch derivation), quality notifications, sample management, quality certificates, quality master data, & integration with other SAP Modules & non-SAP tools such as LIMs.
• Responsible for managing SAP projects & teams & all aspects of the SAP ASAP methodology including Applications, Integration, Data, Security, Change Management, Training, & Communications.
• Employ experience planning & facilitating blueprint workshops centric to SAP solutions, & mentor business &  IT resources to ensure effective & sustainable application design.
• Demonstrate knowledge of SAP QM integration with manufacturing, supply chain, EWM, finance, sales, & purchasing processes.
• Resolve complex technical problems during planning & completion of IT programs & projects utilizing releases & waves methodology to roll out Global solution template, 4As methodology, RAID logs, Solution manager, and other testing tools.
• Define templates, standards, and patterns to be used across project teams.
• Communicate with stakeholders and external partners.
• Review alternatives to meet business objectives.
• Estimate and plan projects in alignment with department priorities.

Must possess a Bachelor’s degree or foreign academic equivalent in Management Information Systems, Mechanical Engineering or a highly related field of study with at least 14 years of related experience as an Architect - SAP, Managing Consultant, Lead Consultant.

Must also have experience in the following:

1. process expertise & solution design in SAP Quality Management, batch management (including batch determination, batch genealogy, & batch derivation), quality notifications, sample management, quality certificates, quality master data, and integration with other SAP Modules & non-SAP tools such as LIMs:
2. managing SAP projects & teams & all aspects of the SAP ASAP methodology including Applications, Integration, Data, Security, Change Management, Training, & Communications;
3. experience planning & facilitating blueprint workshops centric to SAP solutions, & mentor business & IT resources to ensure effective &  sustainable application design;
4. SAP QM integration with manufacturing, supply chain, EWM, finance, sales, & purchasing processes; &
5. resolving complex technical problems during planning & completion of IT programs & projects utilizing releases & waves methodology to roll out Global solution template, 4As methodology, RAID logs, Solution manager, & other testing tools.

Apply online at https://careers.abbvie.com/en. Refer to Req ID: REF24409L. 

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We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.  This job is eligible to participate in our short-term and long-term incentive programs.

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.