Clinical Supply SAP S/4HANA Business Analyst

Clinical Supply SAP S/4HANA Business Analyst

Macclesfield

The Axial Programme (Global S/4HANA implementation)  

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a substantial difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) has been through a sustained period of strong pipeline growth and has united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ need to continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large scale transformation of the process and technology landscape that underpins our entire supply chain and financial capability.

Our current technology is used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This programme provides the opportunity for real transformation and to shape the way of working globally for many years to come.

This programme requires the best. Whether it be the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. The programme seeks to deliver a best-in-class change programme that leaves all employees with a better understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of a fully global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefits of its employees and patients.

Introduction to the role

The Clinical Supply SAP S/4HANA Business Analyst is a role that supports the solution design for a specific business capability or part of a cross functional component.  The role is a key member of a wider SAP S/4HANA IT Design Team that will lead on defining the IT solution that will support our global standardised business processes.  

You will be specifically aligned to a process associated with one of the Clinical Supply process areas under the Enterprise Process Owner (EPO) domain. During the global process detailed design and build delivery phase, you will own the solution design for your process area and act as the central pivot point for defining the integrated solution for this area, ensuring integration between business process definition, SAP solution definition and SAP data objects definition.

You will be responsible, for your process area, for ensuring that the global standard solution is fully and accurately documented, built and tested according to project standards and will champion the design through the required governance forums. You will work closely with other IT BA’s, Product Managers and business SMEs across the design team to ensure that the solutions are effectively integrated into a wider AstraZeneca global standard design. This will also include working with SMEs from our external partners to ensure that the AZ solution adopts standard and leading-edge technology in fulfilling the design.

You will be a key member of the wider design forums within AZ and will ensure that the global standard design for your capability aligns with the strategic vision for both business and system architecture for your process area.

As the project moves to the deployment phase you will continue to play a pivotal role in ensuring that the localisation requirements of individual functions are properly represented in the solution whilst retaining the integrity of a fit to standard best practice solution.

Throughout the project you will be a key member for the design delivery team for Clinical and will closely with fellow Business Analysts inside and outside for Clinical Supply area guiding them in generating solution designs and project documentation, ensuring that you use your experience and knowledge to upskill your team in both SAP S/4HANA and the wider AZ application landscape. 

What you’ll do:

• Support the IT solution that underpins the global standard process design for your capability / lead area including any integrations

• Match the system design, adopting best practice, to the business capability requirements in your domain/area

• Work closely with the business teams in the process design to ensure alignment with S/4HANA best practice and SAP standard functionality, challenging where necessary to ensure “fit to standard” wherever possible

• Able to represent your process domain on senior internal and external forums as required in your capability domain and support setting the strategic direction contributing any solution/technology opportunities

• Support the data team to ensure successful migration / creation of data objects that support the AZ global design across the application landscape

• Ensure effective prioritisation of activities in line with the overall deployment strategy and project imperatives in alignment with Business Technology Group portfolios and BAU services

• Work with the AZ Architecture teams to ensure that the solution and data design align with the strategic view for IT applications

• Work with the Integration teams to ensure effective delivery of data integration across the IT landscape

• Document and test the solution design in accordance with AZ compliance standards

• Report on status of activity to plan and manage RAID items in your area, rolling up to the Enterprise domain

• Champion the design for your capability through the appropriate governance forums

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience of SAP (ideally S/4HANA) implementations for complex global organisations from Design to completion of Deployment

• Deep Technical knowledge and experience of SAP Intelligent Clinical Supply Management

• Certification in SAP S/4HANA ICSM.

• Deep understanding of end-to-end pharmaceutical supply chain processes and specific knowledge of AZ Clinical Supply Processes

• Proven track record of delivering complex designs for large business transformation projects

• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills with Business and IT areas with a demonstrated capability to influence key partner groups

• Strong team player able to work across the program team and communicate in business and IT terms

• Demonstrated ability to successfully deliver IT change across multiple locations and/or Business Functions including ability to interpret and communicate technical information into business language

• Strong Leadership and influencing skills with all levels

• Strong skills in business operations, communications, customer and partner engagement, and internal stakeholder management

• Ability to challenge the status quo and facilitate different perspectives to drive solutions

• Can self-manage large complex tasks and drive delivery across coordinate distributed teams

Essential Functional/Technical Skills:

• Knowledge and hands experience of working with SAP Intelligent Clinical Supply Management (e.g. configuration or application setup within SAP S/4 Hana)

• Knowledge and experience of working with SAP Business Technology Platform

• Knowledge of the SAP S/4 Hana and wider SAP ecosystem and the ability to translate that roadmap into the AZ strategic view

• Demonstrated knowledge of SAP S/4HANA configuration requirements in the relevant areas/process domain

• Demonstrated skills in developing WRICEF into Functional Specification, Integration Functional Specification.

• Strong presentation skills and the ability to articulate complex concepts to cross functional audiences

• Knowledge of standard project tools like JIRA, Solution Manager and MS Office

• Adaptable approach balancing technical detail with agility in problem solving

At AstraZeneca, we are committed to disrupting an industry and changing lives. Our work has a direct impact on patients, transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines. We empower the business to perform at its peak and lead a new way of working, combining cutting-edge science with leading digital technology platforms and data. 

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.

Ready to make an impact? 

Apply now to join our team! 

Date Posted

29-Apr-2026

Closing Date

07-May-2026

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