Company Description

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.

Job Description

For large projects with multiple systems, the Global SAP Application Architect is responsible for aligning technology solutions with business strategies, working primarily with management and technical specialists across functional disciplines. Supports the application and technical specialists in the multi-system application architecture and has a thorough understanding of available technology, tools and existing designs for the applications involved and the impact upon each other.

In this role you’ll be responsible for:

• Compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

• Understanding organization's vision, goals, and strategies.

• Aligning department priorities appropriately, determines critical success factors, evaluates, and pursues initiatives based on fit with strategies.

• Being open to new ideas, embraces change, take risks, and Stimulates innovation and creativity in team.

• Partnering with business unit IT to formulate application strategies and roadmaps.

• Defining templates, standards, and patterns to be used across project teams.

• Anticipating and recommending technical solutions to business problems.

• Accountable for maintainability, reliability, and availability of systems solutions relative to business expectations.

• Establishing and maintaining high-quality relationships with all levels across the company and with external partners.

• Operating within well-defined expectations.

Tools and skills you will use in this role:

• Demonstrable end-to-end business process knowledge in Order to Cash processes (sales and distribution as well as intercompany), Service Management, Materials Management, Plant Maintenance, In-House Repairs, and Field Service.

• Expert level knowledge in SAP sales and distribution module covering order management, pricing, master data, Consignment process, Warranty, Service contracts & Orders, Serialized Product Management, Equipment master, customer invoicing, accounts receivable, contract management, customer returns, customer credit management, collection etc.

• Expert level knowledge of handling integrations with supply chain and finance areas.

• Expertise in handling interfaces with various systems (both internal and external to organization) like customer orders, invoices, ASNs etc.

• Hands on Knowledge of SAP Fiori Application and Ability to architect solution using SAP Fiori is must.

• Understanding of CDS View and SAP Data modelling to enable visualization using SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC)

• Ability to provide cross-functional design and support organization technical capabilities like Control Tower, Data Marketplace, and API Platform.

• Exposure of handling IDocs (EDI), SAP API Integration for E-Commerce & Internal Sites, background job (using Autosys), SAP system life cycle (SLC), documentation (in Solution Manager), testing (Confluence & JIRA).

• Significant experience and success in working in a business centric, complex, progressive, multi-stakeholder, matrix environment, with at least five in a product development role.

• Reviewing and providing feedback to improve support metrics such as SLA, Average Ticket Resolution Time, Number of Interactions per Ticket, Issue Resolution Rate, and Customer Satisfaction.

Qualifications

Experiences that make you a strong candidate for this role:

Required

• Bachelor's Degree with 8 years’ experience; master’s degree with 7 years’ experience; PhD with 3 years’ experience.

• 5+ years hands on SAP SD configuration and implementation

• 3+ years of experience as an Architect

• Experience is running large project blueprinting and requirement gathering workshops independently.

• Experience as Functional Architect with SAP S4HANA.

• Cross functional knowledge in SAP SD Integration to FI, Logistics, MM and GTS (Global Trade).

• Integration experience with SAP CRM and Salesforce system (B2B / B2C) using APIs.

• Knowledge of SAP Intercompany and E-Invoicing Integration in countries outside USA.

• Experience in executing SAP System upgrade for a functional area.

Beneficial

• Work experience in the Pharmaceutical or Medical Device industry.

• Experience working on GxP systems.

• Managing SAP projects and teams; working knowledge of all aspects of the SAP ASAP methodology including Applications, Integration, Data, Security, Change Management, Training, and Communications.

• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting Pharmaceutical and Aesthetics Products (e.g., GMP).

Why Business Technology Solutions?

For anyone who wants to use technology and data to make a difference in people’s lives, shape the digital transformation of a leading biopharmaceutical company, and secure sustainable career growth within a diverse, global team: we’re ready for you.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

• 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 incentive programs. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html