Associate Director, ERP Applications - Daiichi Sankyo

Join a Legacy of Innovation 110 Years and Counting!

Daiichi Sankyo Group is dedicated to the creation and supply of innovative pharmaceutical therapies to improve standards of care and address diversified, unmet medical needs of people globally by leveraging our world-class science and technology. With more than 100 years of scientific expertise and a presence in more than 20 countries, Daiichi Sankyo and its 16,000 employees around the world draw upon a rich legacy of innovation and a robust pipeline of promising new medicines to help people. Under the Group’s 2025 Vision to become a “Global Pharma Innovator with Competitive Advantage in Oncology,” Daiichi Sankyo is primarily focused on providing novel therapies in oncology, as well as other research areas centered around rare diseases and immune disorders.

Summary

The Associate Director of ERP Applications is responsible for overseeing and enhancing designated global ERP applications that support various business processes. This role encompasses overseeing design, configuration, testing, and deployment to ensure these systems operate efficiently and accurately. The primary goal is to meet system requirements and customer needs, delivering optimal ERP solutions that are error-free. Working closely with key business stakeholders across all Daiichi Sankyo regions in scope and external partners, the role involves reviewing, analyzing, and prioritizing business requirements. Additionally, it provides expertise in both functional and technical aspects to guide the design and integration of enhancements or projects.

Responsibilities

- Primary point of contact for the assigned global ERP Applications to gather, refine and prioritize business requirements. Assist in the technical preparation of Business Process Procedures, functional specifications, test scenarios, end-user documentation and user manuals. Provide documented technical specifications of how the solution will meet the business requirements. Provide project management responsibilities as necessary.
- Organize and facilitate problem-solving discussions with the stakeholders to resolve issues. Work with the Business owners to determine the best solution to help resolve customer problems and satisfy customer requirements. Analyze current business processes and make recommendations. Identify global ERP solution possibilities and discuss with the business from all Daiichi Sankyo regions in scope.
- Responsible for developing high quality solutions based on Functional Design documents. Perform system customization and configuration work as needed to support new and existing functionality. Responsible for the development of the Technical Design Document to ensure all requirements have been met. Responsible for reviewing unit test plans to ensure all requirements have been met. Review integration test plans and perform integration testing as necessary to ensure that new functionality or enhancements do not adversely affect existing functionality. Responsible for production turnover. Resolve production support issues within established service level agreements. Provide project management support as necessary.
- Function as resident team expert for all configuration issues within their areas of expertise. Follow all design work and integration testing protocols, change control procedures, standards, procedures and practices in performing required work.
- Responsible for the development of internal staff and on-boarding of external vendors to accommodate emerging projects and administrative support for the global ERP Applications. Develops strategies to leverage external resources to supplement internal staff and manages internal and external teams to ensure service level agreements are being met internally and with vendors. Manages, guides, and trains external vendors and resources to provide the necessary support for ongoing operations.

Qualifications: Successful candidates will be able to meet the qualifications below with or without a reasonable accommodation.

Education Qualifications (from an accredited college or university)

- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field required
- Master's Degree preferred

Experience Qualifications

- 10 or More Years 12 or more years of IS work experience with a minimum of 10 years of design, configuration and implementation experience in at least three or more of the following areas/ SAP Finance modules: Asset Management, General Ledger, Travel Management, Master Data, Procure to Pay, Invoice to Pay, Project Systems, Taxes, Vertex Application Support, Electronic Banking, Vertex Integration, Enterprise Consolidations, Accounts Payables, Accounts Receivables, Month End Closing, Controlling & Profitability Analysis, CATS etc. SAP SCM modules: Sales and Distribution, Material Management, Production Planning, Logistics, Sample Allocation Management Functionality, Master Data, Reporting, Integration/Interface monitoring and error resolution, Direct/In Direct Material Purchases within SCM etc. Human Resource Module : Core HCM, Recruitment, Payroll, Performance Management , Compensation Management, Learning Management, Success Planning and Development. required
- 1 or More Years At least two full cycle implementations and two years of production support experience. preferred
- Experience with implementation and support of SAP ECC system, SAP S/4 HANA experience and any HRIS cloud solution experience preferred. preferred
- Proven experience with designing, implementing and support complex integrations/interfaces between SAP Finance, Supply Chain, Human resource and external systems preferred

Daiichi Sankyo, Inc. is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.