Senior Specialist ERP Platform Services

At Johnson & Johnson, we believe health is everything. Our strength in healthcare innovation empowers us to build a world where complex diseases are prevented, treated, and cured, where treatments are smarter and less invasive, and solutions are personal. Through our expertise in Innovative Medicine and MedTech, we are uniquely positioned to innovate across the full spectrum of healthcare solutions today to deliver the breakthroughs of tomorrow, and profoundly impact health for humanity. Learn more at https://www.jnj.com

Job Function:

Technology Product & Platform Management

Job Sub Function:

Technology Operations Support

Job Category:

Scientific/Technology

All Job Posting Locations:

Beerse, Antwerp, Belgium, Breda, Netherlands

Job Description:

Johnson & Johnson is seeking a Senior Specialist ERP Platform Services, within the Supply Chain Technology Services team. The position is based in Beerse - Belgium

Technology Services manages all IT infrastructure (architecture, engineering, deployment and support) for the Johnson & Johnson Family of companies world-wide. The Senior Specialist ERP Platform Services is a seasoned SAP Basis and IT Manager professional, with strong experience in strategic direction-setting to define, capture and manage business platform requirements, connected to external trends.

Responsibilities include:
• Collaborate on the SAP landscape Consolidation strategy as SAP Basis technical architect for S/4 HANA Supply Chain Transformation
• Install, configure, maintain and support multiple ERP landscapes and 3rd party tools
• Steers & coaches both J&J as non-J&J Employees on various tasks (project & operations)
• Be a champion of ERP Core Platform Services within the EMEA region while ensuring regional requirements are reflected in the global functionality roadmap
• Serve an ERP domain specialist and focal point for architectural planning, assessment and frameworks including capacity tuning and performance management
• Help program and project management in identifying key technical risks, prepare and lead technical mitigation plans
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with key global Business partners.
• Work directly with Business partners/ Technology Product Owners/developers/SaaS vendors/architects to drive solutions to build stronger, more reliable applications
• Interact with technologists around the world, building global and regional services and relationships with some of the most passionate, dedicated, and caring individuals in the world.
• Embrace continuous improvement as culture within the team
• Ensure close partnership with peer ERP IT Managers to ensure consistent messaging to global teams and connect externally (outside J&J) with peer IT Managers
• Ensure Excellence in Compliance – GxP, SOX and Data Security

Qualifications
• A minimum of a Bachelor’s degree is required, preferably in Computer Science/Information Technology or relevant work experience. A Master’s or advanced degree is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to prioritize and help achieve measurable results progressively and consistently is required
• Ability to work in a global matrix organization
• Seeing the bigger picture and long-term solutions instead of going for the quick paths
• Ability to communicate across all IT functions in order to learn and leverage across J&J is required
• Proficient in SAP technology stack. 10+ years of hands-on experience in delivering SAP Projects in Basis and technical experience in SAP Basis
• SAP BASIS tasks such as Designing & Implementing Landscape and Infrastructure, Client Strategy, Capacity Planning (Sizing), High-Availability & Disaster Recovery setup, Backup & Recovery Strategy, Storage systems, SAP Upgrades, OS/DB Migration, Solutions, and Basis Administration
• Knowledge of emerging HANA ecosystem and associated architecture
• In-depth understanding of core IT infrastructure concepts: data centers, cloud solutions, security, networking, storage, compute, and software applications
• Experience with OMP Supply Chain Solutions is a plus
• Ability to incorporating pilot and innovation programs within strategic roadmaps is required
• Demonstrated experience being a thought leader that is inclined to continuous learning on future IT trends

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