Beschreibung
Our client, one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies with Headquarter in Zurich, is looking for a SAP Technical Project Manager with expertise from at least 3 projects in the area of SAP (incl. basis, archiving or system decommissioning)
This is a contractingrole based in Zurich or Konstanz and planned to start ASAP i until end of the year.
Are you a SAP Technical Project Manager experienced with in depth Pharmaceutical industry and drug development experience and currently looking for your next exciting project ?
If so, please have a look at the opportunity we can offer you:
Project background:
Our client is running 4 different SAP landscapes but already have some old SAP systems which are not longer actively used. For audit reasons the data must be still available. Hence they are currently running a global initiative to harmonize these 4 landscapes. This results in 3 more systems to be transferred into the inactive mode. Today these inactive systems are hosted at their SAP hosting provider in a reduced SLA mode.
Project task:
Evaluate the best solution in terms of costs, audit-readiness and risk for these inactive SAP systems.
The first phase of this project will be to evaluate several options (SAP ILM and others) and to run a POC for the preferred solution.
Tasks:
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Prepares internal approval documents and drives approval process
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Manages validation and QA alignment
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Managing with Architecture and run teams on the delivery of IT projects and the support of infrastructure/systems/applications within area of responsibility
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Aligns activities with the regional SAP heads and SAP Service Delivery Manager
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Aligns activities with the internal functional SAP team leads
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Maintain a good level of SAP product knowledge combined with a class leading understanding of current business and technology trends
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Maintains working knowledge of business and technology, remains current with emerging industry trends, and envisions new capabilities to meet business needs
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Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills with technical and non-technical clients.
Ideal Profile:
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8+ years of SAP and excellent project management skills
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Technical SAP knowledge in architecture, basis, applications
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IT Service Management knowledge and process knowledge
Expertise from at least 3 projects in the area of SAP basis, archiving or system decommissioning -
Experience and knowledge in ITIL service processes
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Experienced in managing and working with outsourced services
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Project management experience
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Bachelor's degree or equivalent IT experience
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Communication - ability to communicate ideas and data both verbally and written in a persuasive and appropriate manner
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Analytical Skills - ability to analyse a wide variety of data and derive actionable insights
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Management - ability to set priorities, align stakeholder expectations, and develop and execute an associated plan of action
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Relationship Management and influence skills - ability to engage effectively with colleagues with different backgrounds and areas of expertise
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Information technology experience managing a suite of applications with end users located globally
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Ability to analyse a wide variety of data and make appropriate decisions
Nice to haves:
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PMP or Prince2 certification
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In-depth Pharmaceutical industry and drug development experience.
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Experience with validated system
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ITIL foundation certification
Please note, we can only consider EU/CH candidates or those with a valid work permit for Switzerland.
Are you interested with this opportunity and would like to have more information? Please get in touch with Florence Wespiser ( (see below) )