Lead Consultant - S/4 Data Expert - Planning (NS&SCP)

What you ll do

• Support the definition, documentation and implementation of S/4 Enterprise Data standards related to NS&SCP, including master data, reference data and metadata - collecting the business context and ensuring approval in accordance with defined data governance. To include the development of conceptual models, business glossary and ontologies.
• Apply data, process and object expertise to support S/4 process design, acting as an integral part of the NS&SCP design team, considering both business process and analytics requirements.
• Collaborates with current business data capability to ensure that S/4 design and the wider enterprise data design remain aligned (including supporting interim state).
• Influence in the prioritisation of data delivery as related to NS&SCP defining and managing reporting on progress to relevant stakeholders.
• Supports with the definition of the change journey from current to future state data design including completion of change impact assessments and outline of critical use case examples.
• Ensure that non-SAP system requirements are understood and considered in the data design.
• Contribute to the development of the S/4 Data Governance Strategy and Roadmap, in collaboration with the business data offices, the S/4 Data & Analytics leadership team and wider project delivery engine where relevant.
• Assist in the development of the S/4 Data Quality Strategy and secure its execution through the steering and agreeing the data quality approach for data within NS&SCP enabling simplified migration, interim state, and the ongoing management of data to ensure that it remains fit for purpose post deployment.
• Contribute to the development of the S/4 Cleanse and Migrate strategy and execution approaches and plans.
• Input to the cleanse and enrichment approach for data within NS&SCP in accordance with the overall data cleanse strategy.
• Provide support to project data migration processes, including the co-ordination of pre and post load business sign off.
• Ensure that data within NS&SCP complies with the S/4 HANA Data Governance Framework and AZ Global Data Standards.
• Assist the S/4 Data Governance team in the creation of effective global procedures to ensure that each data asset is governed throughout its lifecycle.

Essential for the role

• Significant experience and subject matter expertise in Planning/NS&SCP. Demonstrable knowledge of how business data requirements support process execution and analytics, with the ability to explain complex data concepts to business users.
• Demonstrable experience of designing and implementing Data Standards for a global enterprise with significant geographical and functional footprint.
• SAP working knowledge across transactions and reporting in an SAP environment, including an understanding of how data integrates within an SAP architecture.
• Experience of Business/IT partnering for the implementation of Data Governance-related solutions.
• Experience with global working and across cultures.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills with the ability to influence others to achieve objectives
• Ability to manage negotiations across a complex group, to a target outcome.
• Proven track record of delivery and ability to effectively prioritise to ensure goals and outcomes are achieved

Desirable for the role:

• S/4 HANA implementation programme experience.
• Experience in life sciences and healthcare.
• Experience in Data Governance
• Experience in measuring, managing and improving Data Quality.
• In depth knowledge of relevant key business processes.