Senior Manager, ERP and Master Data

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Position Summary

The Senior Manager, ERP and Master Data is responsible for managing day to day activities, program oversite, and continuous improvement associated with design, development, delivery, validation, maintenance, and support of ERP Master Data at Leiden, NL Cell Therapy Facility.

Duties/Responsibilities

• Promotes and enforces master data standard systems, policies, and procedures for the ERP platform in Leiden CTF.

• Promotes an environment of continuous quality and improvement of processes, standards, and procedures.

• Collaborate within the Supply Chain department and with manufacturing, quality control, quality assurance, IT, and global master data management to determine business requirements for the design of master data.

• Translate business requirements into a robust data design, which is compliant, efficient, and effective.

• Work closely with business owners to establish and maintain service level expectations across all functions and site systems.

• Continuously integrate with the business to understand current business processes and to provide ERP technical guidance that enables and supports plans and strategies.

• Coordinate with Global IT and other manufacturing sites on standardization of system lifecycle management in terms of implementation, support, validation, change management, and system data requirements from a local and global perspective.

• Utilizes a high-level of understanding of pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, procedures, controls, and GMP requirements to utilize ERP master data to best meet business needs.

• Coordinate the testing of master data with peers and internal customers.

• Develop and execute cGMP change controls and change requests for master data changes.

• Provide department representation on site and network projects.

• Lead the effort to create and maintain data management strategies related to the GMP environment and to ensure that those strategies consistently support company initiatives.

• Develop and provide technical training to users.

• Assist in the development and prioritization of testing manufacturing and supply chain related setup and data from the site ERP system and associated boundary systems.

• Collaborate with site management and IT to develop business requirements for business process improvements within global information systems.

• Coordinate with IT and other site departments to maintain supporting technologies that are compliant, efficient, effective, and reliable.

• Performs business impact assessment on changes to ERP system, boundary systems, and business processes.

• Develop risk-based testing approach by understanding how to translate business requirements into data design to ensure a compliant, efficient, and effective system.

• Collaborate with IT and other site departments to manage testing execution related to the ERP system (i.e., development testing, integration testing, user acceptance testing, regression testing).

• Act as site project coordinator as required for new systems, enhancements to current systems, and/or required regression or other testing coordinated at a global level. 

• Provide on-call support to manufacturing and supply chain in case of emergent system issues

• Other responsibilities may be assigned as dictated by business needs.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to Associate Director, Supply Planning, Controls and ERP Master Data. This position does not have direct reports.

Qualifications

• Proficient in MS Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel

• Advanced knowledge of cGMP, GXP regulations and industry best practices

• High degree of flexibility and tolerance for change

• Ability to take and follow direction, work in both a team environment and independently, with minimal supervision

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Must have the ability to work with and influence people at varying levels within the company and varying technical backgrounds.

• Demonstrated ability to follow SOPs and works within GMP guidelines.

• Proactive, highly organized, detail oriented and self-directed.

• Ability to work independently and manage multiple tasks.

• Attention to detail and follow-through

• Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment

• Preference for a bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent with at least 5 years of directly related experience in cGMP manufacturing facility, Biotechnology, Medical Devices or Pharmaceuticals Company

• At least 5 years of experience with ERP/MRP Systems (i.e., SAP, Oracle, etc.).

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