Job Description Summary
Location: Mexico City, #LI-Hybrid
On the journey to become leader in the industry for digitalization, Novartis has started a program called Lean Digital Core (LDC)!
Teams around Commercial, Finance, Procurement and Operations are building the future with a focus on migrating from a sophisticated legacy ERP platform to the newest version of S4HANA!
This role will help drive the preparation, adoption, deployment and launch of the Lean Digital Core (LDC) solution in countries, with focus on Commercial Pricing and Contracting.
Working together with country teams, you will be accountable for oversight and delivery of all country-driven activities, including people to profile mapping, planning and execution of User Acceptance Testing, Training, Data Conversion, Cutover and Hypercare. You will partner with Solution Design, Enablement and IT Experts to ensure successful delivery and adoption of the solution.
Job Description
Major Accountabilities
- Support repeatable and scalable deployment of LDC Releases of functional business processes.
- Drive in-country business process deployment activities in close collaboration with functional team members to ensure aligned understanding & implementation of agreed release scope.
- Outline, assign and coach required resources for successful deployment in-country for successful delivery.
- Support Adopt Lead to ensure smooth interaction of expertise areas & activities above country.
- Ensure consistency to LDC template and agreed LSTRs in Deployment process area.
- Support risk management & mitigation of business implementations together with Business or Function Process Lead, including oversight over locally triggered projects.
- Engage with internal stakeholders on functional & deployment deliverables.
- Support user acceptance testing to enable local organization acceptance and support for positive “Go” decision.
- Facilitate robust teamwork between Functional and Business experts to achieve balanced process solutions.
Main requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Information Technology or related fields. Master’s degree preferred.
-English Proficiency.
- Strong project delivery experience (PMP, CSM certifications a plus)
- Relevant demonstrated ability in either an operational or system support role covering the following processes: Contract Management, Tendering / Offer Development, Chargeback / Rebate Processing and Settlements
- Prior experience with a contract management system (Vistex, Model N)
- Solid understanding of operational and financial controls (e.g. SOX)
- Experience with Software Development Lifecycle methodologies (e.g. Agile) and Computer System Validation (CSV) processes
Skills Desired
Continuous Process Improvement, Contract Compliance, Contract Management, Contract Negotiations, Critical Thinking, Price Management, Price Risk Management, Pricing Data, Pricing Management, Pricing Tools, Process Optimization, Rapid Problem Solving, Rebates, SAP Pricing, Settlement Agreements, Settlement Negotiations, Supplier Contract Management, Tendering, Tender Processes, Trade Settlement, Vendor Contracts
Top Skills
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
