Senior Manager, SAP SCM Functional Team - Master Data

Job Description

Senior Manager, SAP SCM Functional Team - Master Data  

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.

Role Overview

As a Senior Manager, SAP SCM Master data you will assume responsibility for providing functional design and guidance for the Supply Chain Master data process mainly impacted by Material, Bill of Material/Recipe, Batch master, and Change record.  This role will focus on driving the alignment, standards, design, and prioritization of business requirements in partnership with value teams.

You will work with other product managers and delivery leads, to identify areas of master data improvement, determine functional and non-functional needs and implement solutions accordingly. You should be ready to work independently as well as in a team.

What will you do in this role

• Initiate and drive the development and implementation of SCM master data enhancements.

• Act as a liaison between business and technology teams to ensure that data-related business requirements are properly defined and communicated.

• Analyze current process and recommend system improvements.

• Review, convey and implement solutions in limited critical timeframes. Effectively adjusts to new, changing, and unpredictable situations; able to learn new things quickly and easily as each acquisition and target company or business line is very different.

• Oversee cross-functional projects and assist with program wide initiatives if needed.

• Demonstrates an ability to work in a broad set of roles, in a variety of settings, and with a diverse set of people and/or geographies and functions. Helps others see the connections between different parts of the business.

• Manage project implementation requirements: Configuration, Unit testing, Integration testing, Documentation, Data Conversion/Migration, End user Support and Training.

• Conduct workshops to familiarize teams with master data functionality.

• Ensure adherence to SDLC guidelines, processes, and procedures.

• Roll out global template solutions for new master data scenarios.

• Involve in data migration and cutover activities relevant to SCM master data.

What should you have

• Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.

• SAP Life Sciences Industry experience preferred.

• 7+ years of broad, comprehensive, and experience in Data Governance and/or Data Management.

• SAP experience in Material Master, BOM & Recipe, Classification, Change record, Revision Level, Document Info Record and Batch Master.

• S/4HANA expertise and SAP-ECC.

• SAP Fiori experience.

• Familiarity with SAP security concepts and experience in implementing security controls desired.

• Experience with other SAP modules in Supply Chain Management domain or wiliness to learn is welcome.

• Demonstrated working knowledge of end-to-end master data processes, data projects, change control and the interdependencies for SCM master data.

• Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to identify and resolve complex system issues.

• Ability to manage multiple simultaneous initiatives and prioritize work. 

• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to work as a team player with people from different disciplines with varying degrees of technical experience, competence in clear communication with peers, team members and business users.

• Excellent English verbal/written communication skills.

• Experienced with Agile and Scrum methodologies.

• Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence tools preferred.

Key leadership competencies of this role include:

• Strategic Thinking - Analyzes seemingly independent information to understand interdependencies, trends, issues and opportunities; able to synthesize complex information and translate into mid to long-range goals and plans for SAP master data management.

• Interpersonal Effectiveness - An authentic leader viewed as credible, trustworthy, and empathetic; calm under pressure; approaches challenges with a positive attitude. This individual needs to exhibit a presence that demonstrates credibility, commands respect and instills confidence in others even when under significant pressure, especially when interacting with target company executives and employees.

• Learning Orientation - Effectively adjusts to new, changing, and unpredictable situations; able to learn new things quickly and easily as each acquisition and target company or business line is very different.

• Drive & Commitment – Demonstrates motivation and commitment required to rise to and succeed in a more senior, critical position in the organization and to support our company’s success under significant pressure as it pertains to a target company.

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 life, 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.

#HYDIT2025  
 

Required Skills:

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills:

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Regular

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Job Posting End Date:

11/18/2025

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