Source-to-pay Senior Consultant

Location: Basel und Region, Rheinfelden Job Type: Contract Date Posted: 11/08/2020

Tasks & Responsibilities

– 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.

Must Haves:
– 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)