AstraZeneca
Healthcare
LeadConsultant–SAPExtendedWarehouseManagement
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“Lead Consultant – SAP Extended Warehouse Management at AstraZeneca. Skills: SAP EWM, S/4HANA, Supply Chain, Warehouse Operations. Own EWM vision and roadmap. Translate business goals into designs”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver medicines faster; Deliver medicines reliably; Strengthen global supply chain; Improve throughput; Improve inventory accuracy; Reduce picking time; Increase order accuracy; Speed up goods receipt; Meet demanding timelines; Demonstrate tangible improvements; Ensure rapid incident resolution; Drive alignment; Drive adoption; Continually optimize warehouse flows; Continually optimize inventory management
Industry & Context.
Simplify complex trade-offs; Troubleshoot incidents; Root cause analysis
24x7 continuity leadership
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years SAP EWM consulting, SAP EWM S/4 HANA expertise, SAP EWM implementation/roll-out, Decentralised EWM Implementation mandatory, Led technical team > 5, SAP EWM integration knowledge, SAP configuration design track record, SAP S/4HANA EWM certification, Identify efficiency improvements with AI, Excellent EWM process knowledge, Hands-on POSC, LOSC, WOCR setup, Pharmaceutical supply chain experience, Configure/modify Post Processing Framework, Create Master Data, Work across program team, Comfortable with ambiguity, Agile and open attitude, Keep self up-to-date, Work independently, Drive team of Senior Consultants, Deliver large work efforts, Meet exciting deadlines, Think out of the box, Thrive in ambiguous situations, Thrive in stressful situations, Engineering Graduate or Postgraduate
Nice to Have
SAP MM, SAP TM, SAP ABAP Debugging experience, 2 full life cycle S/4HANA greenfield, SAP Mobile Technologies Implementations experience, Worked in hybrid environment, Knowledge of non-SAP technologies, Experience in Interface Development, Exposure to testing tools, Data Migration via Migration Cockpit, Awareness SAP Activate, EML, Agile, JIRA, SAP Solution Manager, BPML & Testing Tools
What You'll Do.
Own EWM vision and roadmap
Translate business goals into designs
Improve inventory accuracy
Lead EWM configuration
Ensure measurable value
Increase order accuracy
Speed up goods receipt
Prioritize EWM outcomes
Orchestrate integration with MM
Orchestrate integration with PP
Orchestrate integration with QM
Orchestrate integration with SD
Orchestrate integration with TM
Ensure data consistency
Ensure end-to-end process execution
Implement data migration
Ensure master data integrity
Ensure transactional data integrity
Ensure controllership
Ensure audit readiness
Guide EWM consultants
Set documentation standards
Review EWM configurations
Identify automation opportunities
Identify AI opportunities
Demonstrate cycle time improvements
Demonstrate manual effort reduction
Demonstrate right-first-time metrics
Provide operational leadership
Provide decision support
Maintain 24x7 continuity
Ensure rapid incident resolution
Capture business requirements
Simplify complex trade-offs
Drive stakeholder alignment
Drive stakeholder adoption
Embed quality into designs
Embed validation into designs
Iterate using metrics
Optimize warehouse flows
Optimize inventory management
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Multi-functional partners; Agile delivery teams; Business stakeholders; Technology stakeholders; Program team; Business teams; IT teams
Communication Scope
Presentation skills; Stakeholder engagement
Process & Methodology
Agile program execution, Backlog management, Outcome prioritization, Timeline management
Full Job Description
## Job Title: Lead Consultant – SAP Extended Warehouse Management GCL : E Introduction to role: Are you ready to lead enterprise-scale SAP EWM solutions that strengthen our global supply chain and help deliver medicines to patients faster and more reliably? This is a hands-on leadership role where your decisions on design, data, and deployment will directly improve how life-changing therapies move from production to patients. You will join a high-velocity technology organization that is scaling digital capabilities across the enterprise. Working with multi-functional partners, you will own the EWM agenda end to end—from shaping solution architecture through steady-state optimization—so warehouses run with precision, compliance is built into every move, and cycle times continually shrink. Can you envision yourself setting the standard for EWM design while coaching a team to deliver repeatable, high-quality outcomes? ## ## Accountabilities: * EWM Solution Leadership: Own the vision and roadmap for SAP EWM across sites, translating business goals into scalable, compliant designs that improve throughput and inventory accuracy. * End-to-End Delivery Ownership: Lead design, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare for EWM in S/4HANA, ensuring measurable value such as reduced picking time, higher order accuracy, and faster goods' receipt. * Agile Program Execution: Drive Agile delivery across multiple EWM workstreams, managing backlogs, prioritizing outcomes, and meeting demanding timelines without compromising quality. * Integration Leadership: Orchestrate seamless integration with MM, PP, QM, SD, and TM, ensuring data consistency and robust end-to-end process execution from production staging to shipment. * Data Migration and Quality: Plan and implement data migration using SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit, ensuring master and transactional data integrity, controllership, and audit readiness. * Team Leadership and Coaching: Guide a team of EWM consultants, setting
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