**About the AstraZeneca**:
AstraZeneca is a global biopharmaceutical corporation with a strong commitment to discovering, developing, and commercializing prescription medicines for some of the most critical diseases around the world. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.
At AstraZeneca, we're proud to have an outstanding workplace culture that encourages innovation and collaboration. Here, employees are empowered to express diverse perspectives - and are made to feel valued, energized and rewarded for their ideas and creativity.
**About the team**:
**Role and Responsibilities**:
- As a Senior Functional Consultant, will be responsible for resolving any SAP issues reported by the business users and delivering all enhancements as required by business users.
- Responsible for completing all tasks assigned by team lead and project manager.
- Responsible for reviewing solutions designed by the team members and proposing improvements.
- Responsible for proactively working with business users for identifying and resolving recurring issues.
- Responsible for understand and design EDI requirements with customers and external Partners.
- Owner of certain niche processes within broader domain area eg. Electronic Invoicing, Notafiscal, CFDI and EDI interfacing to 3rd party systems, etc.
- Prepare functional designs, make-system configuration and perform relevant testing and deployment of the designed business solution.
**Required Skills and Experience**:
- In-depth functional understanding for their respective work stream and experienced knowledge in configuration and maintenance of SAP systems.
- Communicate closely with the ABAP development team.
- Minimum 1 full implementation of SD module.
- Expert and knowledge of key integration points between SAP modules(FI and MM).
- In-depth knowledge of EDI X12 Messaging, mapping and translation.
- Good understanding of SAP IDOCS Processing.
- Experience working with External warehouses and electronic communication.
- Good understanding of business processes in the life sciences / pharmaceutical domain.
- Ability to understand business requirements from business users and prepare and review functional specifications.
- Very good understanding of integration of SAP modules in End to end business processes.
- Understanding of ITIL processes and Application life cycle management.
- Ability to work in large and diverse teams.
- Exposure to Run SAP (Solution Manager) methodologies.
- Good understanding of GXP and SOX requirements. Should have working experience in a validated environment.
- Should be able to guide and mentor junior members of the team.
- Good sense of ownership and a high level of accountability
- Should be aware of release governance processes and have experience in working on any incident management tool.
- Experience of various Estimation Techniques needed.
- Superb communication and interpersonal skills.
- Well versed in English and Spanish. Excellent spoken and written skills. Portuguese is a plus.
- Willingness to work in shifts
- Proactive approach to problem solving.
- Experience working in a globally distributed team
- Willingness to travel
Interested? Come and join our journey.
**So, what's next!**
Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can't wait to hear from you.
**Where can I find out more?**
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**AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer.**
**Strong English communication skills required.**
**Positions are open to Mexican Citizens and official residents of Mexico.**
**Location: Guadalajara **(hybrid - Expectation of working in the office 3 days a week)
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That's why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we're not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.