Technical Product Owner ERP Plan & Source

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Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technical Product Management

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Bangalore, Karnataka, India, Mumbai, India, PENJERLA, Telangana, India, Pune, Maharashtra, India

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine is recruiting for a Technical Product Owner ERP Plan & Source, located in India (Pune/ Hyderabad/ Bangalore/ Mumbai) .

At the Johnson & Johnson Innovative Medicine, we are working to create a world without disease. Transforming lives by finding new and better ways to prevent, intercept, treat and cure disease inspires us. We bring together the best minds and pursue the most promising science.

Pharm Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one “clean” ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains. The program will simplify the Pharm ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost effective, fit for purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharm business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.

As part of the Pharm Transcend Program, ‘Technical Product Owner ERP Plan & Source, will be an active member of the Pharm Supply Chain JJT team, driving global standardization within Pharma of ERP technology solutions in the scope of Direct/Indirect Procurement, Supplier Collaboration, MRP/Inventory Planning, Purchasing Master data Subcontracting, Intra & Intercompany stock transfer and OMP (Planning System) integration.

The position leads design, validation and delivery of SAP S/4 capabilities and data, aligned with business process needs. The position governs the scope of the SAP S/4 template and drives template innovation and evolution through the deployments.

The Technical Product Owner ERP Plan & Source, Lead Analyst ‘role will take ownership of one or more of following scope areas:

• Direct/Indirect Procurement

• Supplier Collaboration

• MRP/Inventory Planning

• OMP (Planning System) integration

• Purchasing Master data

• Subcontracting, Intra & Intercompany stock transfer]

Key Responsibilities:

Requirements Definition

• Engage with Business Partners to define user stories

• Shape and prioritize backlog, applying business expertise and understanding of customer needs, translating requirements into user stories & acceptance criteria

• Balance business value with technical feasibility while prioritizing stories and features, optimizing cost, and improving delivery efficiency

• Act as the “voice of the customer” within the squad to ensure the squad “builds the right thing”

• Ensures the backlog is healthy: Stays 2-3 sprints ahead and ensures each feature has a clear definition of done; ensures each feature level deliverable is aligned to a definition of readiness to enter sprint

Solution Design

• Lead in the overall translation of business requirements into technical solutions

• Lead how requirements may be implemented from a functional standpoint and drive/improve user experience

• Ensuring system configuration to comply solution design.

• Ensure Design documentation including Functional documentation are delivered for all build objects.

• Drive selection of solution options, work with the Lead Engineer to assess tech elements of the solution prior to user testing

• Identify business needs related to solutions requiring integration and configuration options as well as understand application landscape to ensure solution meets organizational needs

• Lead the integration design based on business needs and J&J best practices and recommend appropriate connection types, while evaluating impacts

Product Delivery

• Facilitate release planning, sprint planning and demos with business partners.

• Accountable to manage the integrated build with the Engineering team to ensure the end-to-end build of a particular part of a solution is compliant and works as designed.

• Oversee planning and execution of Technical Testing by Engineering team; Support Business Process Owner to plan and execute User Acceptance Testing

• Apply compliance requirements within scope of responsibility, ensures SDLC documentation, system configuration and compliance activities are up to date as required

• Drive reporting and analytics to provide visibility on squad performance and monitor sprint metrics and user results

Operational Leadership

• Shape the squad vision & roadmap; Help steer the squad in delivering products & features oriented around business impact

• Interact with other Squads within the Project/Platform as part of synchronization ceremonies to implement cross-squad tasks.

• Drive engagement with third parties to support delivery of squad objectives

• Plan resourcing for the squad (i.e. new role, change in role), create ASOE requests, interview, select and onboard members to join the squad

• Drive continuous improvement across the product lifecycle

Qualifications

Required Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree

Preferred Area of Study: Information Technology, Supply Chain, Finance

Required Years of Related Experience: A minimum of 8 years of relevant work experience; a minimum of 5 years relevant SAP experience; a minimum of 5 years relevant Pharma experience.

Experience and Skills:

Required:

Domain Expertise

• Strong Knowledge of Supply Chain PLAN-SOURCE business processes: Procure to Pay, Plan to Manufacture, Logistics Execution.

• Strong Knowledge of SAP-ERP PLAN-SOURCE technical capabilities including Configuration (hands on): Materials Management, Procurement, Material Requirement Planning, Production Planning, Supplier Relationship Management.

• Understanding the end-to-end business process linkages across Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Finance and Master Data.

• Experience in Pharmaceuticals/Healthcare industry and good Knowledge of SOX & GxP compliance regulations.

• Experience with Agile methodology and solid understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle Management model and documentation.

Leadership Skills & Behaviors

• Focuses on Business agility, Agile delivery with a fail-fast attitude, and measurable outcomes.

• Demonstrated success in leading cross-functional self-organized teams.

• Contributes ideas that challenge thinking.

• Strong problem-solving skills with ability of accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment.

• A constant learner, looking for new ways to implement features and functions that creates higher levels of customer satisfaction. ]

Preferred:

Preferred Related Industry Experience: Pharmaceuticals, Healthcare

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Applied knowledge of S/4 HANA.

• Experience working in a global/regional setting.

• Experience in a large-scale business transformation program.

Experienced in managing a product backlog/release plan, tracking team level metrics, attend product team ceremonies, removing blockers

Other:

• Travel percentage – 20%, national or international or as per Business need.

Johnson & Johnson is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

Required Skills:

Preferred Skills:

Agile Product Development, Analytical Reasoning, Coaching, Collaborating, Competitive Landscape Analysis, Critical Thinking, Customer Alignment, Demand Forecasting, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Organizing, Product Development, Product Improvements, Product Strategies, Requirements Analysis, Research and Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Software Development Management, Stakeholder Management, Technical Credibility, Technical Writing, Technologically Savvy