Source-to-pay Senior Consultant

Source-to-pay Senior Consultant – Operational Procurement, SAP ECC/S4 as well Ariba/ Coupa/smart by GEP or non SAP Purchase-to-Pay

Role:
For our client in the Pharma industry based in Kaiseraugstwe are looking for a Source-to-pay Senior Consultant.

Client has initiated a global Business Process and ERP Program to globally harmonize business processes and systems. For the upcoming template design and subsequent pilot phases, we are looking for a Procurement Professional with relevant experience in the Life Science industry to support the process and solution design as well as Project organizations.

Areas of responsibility:
* The role will be mainly responsible for aligning and consulting on process design as well as supporting overall project activities in the area of define/design and test.
* Collaborate with functional (e.g. Finance or Procurement) and other IT teams to realize solutions for cross-functional areas.
* Execute and/or support functional (exploratory and system) testing; coordinate testing activities, support defect resolution and support/coordinate user acceptance testing, deployment activities and data migration.

Professional and technical requirements:
* 5 – 8+ years of relevant procurement consulting experience in the Pharma industry, delivering ERP solutions in transformational projects in the Operational Procurement
* 1-3+ years of experience working in finance transformation projects / Interface Procurement / Finance experience
* Proven knowledge of process-based/cross-process IT systems (SAP ECC/S4 as well Ariba/ Coupa/smart by GEP or non SAP Purchase-to-Pay solutions) for the relevant functional area
* Ability to analyze, design, describe and test IT solutions from an E2E business process
understanding
* Possesses an in-depth knowledge of respective business processes in the functional area of Procurement / Finance, e.g. Request to pay, operational procurement and AP (Account payable)
* Strong business process knowledge and experience in the respective functional area.
* Proven capability in negotiation, conflict resolution and stakeholder management.
* Excellent communication and project management skills in classic as well as Agile ways of working
* Change management and process improvement skills with direct experience in delivering complex business process / organizational change.
* Demonstrated Knowledge of request to pay procurement processes, standards
* Demonstrated business improvement experience based on very good knowledge about Procurement business processes and the interdependencies to other business areas, interfaces as well as the master data framework
* A strong track record in ensuring the delivery of business benefits from projects.
* Requires excellent problem solving and analytical skills to resolve a variety of routine and complex issues and to describe the business requirements accordingly
* Flexibility to work outside of normal working hours to support global projects.
* Strong communication skills, Business level fluency in English both written and verbal.

Nice to Haves:
* Experience working with cloud based P2P platforms
* University degree, with Business, IT or Life Sciences degree preferable.
* German language (parts of the team are speaking German)

Reference no: 920550 AD
Role: Source-to-pay Senior Consultant
Industry: Pharmaceutical industry
Workload: 100%
Location: Kaiseraugst, Switzerland
Start date: asap
Duration: until 31.03.2022, with possible extension

About us:
ITech Consult is a certified ISO 9001:2015 Swiss company with offices also located in Germany and Ireland. ITech Consult is specialised in delivering IT candidates for contract work. We were founded in 1997 by IT professionals; hence we well understand what it means to be professionally supported in your search for a new project and being employed.