**AstraZeneca** is a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious diseases. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.
As a high-performing team, we are united and motivated by our shared purpose - to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. We come to work each day to make a difference - to patients, society, and our company.
Here you will experience a fast paced and agile environment as we continue to support the business on a journey of evolution and growth, driven by new, exciting technology and digital innovations. It's challenging and sometimes demanding, and that's why we love it.
**About The role**
**Typical Accountabilities**
- 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.
- Owner of certain niche processes within broader domain area eg. Interfacing to 3rd party systems, etc.
- Ability to drive conversations with business users to understand requirements, prepare high level solutions and estimations.
**Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience**
**Essential**
- In-depth functional understanding for their respective work stream and expert knowledge in configuration and maintenance of SAP systems.
Fully experienced with EDI - IDOC from day to day support up to development - project new setup perspective.
- Good understanding of business processes in the life sciences / pharmaceutical domain.
- Ability drive conversations with business users to understand requirements, prepare high level solutions and estimations.
- Exposure is essential to highly customized SAP environments and working on interfaces with Non SAP systems.
- 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.
- Should be aware of release governance processes and have experience in working on any incident management tool.
- Experience of various Estimation Techniques needed
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Well-versed in English and Spanish. Excellent spoken and written skills.
- Willingness to work in shifts
- Proactive approach to problem solving.
- Experience working in a globally distributed team
**Desirable**
- Hands-on experience in other functional SAP core modules (FI, MM, PP)
- Participation in full SAP implementations
- Sap certifications
- Abap (debugging)
- Specific country localizations (ie, Electronic Invoicing)
**Why AstraZeneca?**
At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together.
**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?**
**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 bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives 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._