SAP Principal Architect, Transportation Management

Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. Amgen is advancing a broad and deep pipeline of medicines to treat cancer, heart disease, inflammatory conditions, rare diseases, and obesity and obesity-related conditions. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

SAP Principal Architect - Transportation Management  

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be a thought leader who helps to drive Amgen’s digital and innovation ambitions. Leveraging SAP S/4 TM architecture standards and through alignment of digital strategy and solutions to business outcomes, you will optimize the value of our technology investments, creating new value for our staff, our business partners, our shareholders and most importantly – our patients.

As a SAP TM Solution Architect you will:

• Be accountable for helping drive the successful design, architecture, build, test and implementation SAP S/4 Transpiration management solution across all the Amgen manufacturing and distribution sites.
• Partner with business leads, business engagement teams to support the development of business cases for delivering the IT roadmap and Business strategy
• Collaborate with Business, Operations IS and ERP solution architects (Order-to-Cash, Record to Report, Source to Settle) for cross functional integrations and E2E solution design.
• Serve as solution owner for the SAP transportation management solutions within the global ERP architecture team.
• Lead continuous improvements to drive IT effectiveness with the business and IT
• Collaborate with business and operations IS teams to identify future business needs and prioritize resources/effort to support the delivery of business-critical projects, enhancements and process improvements.
• Deliver on portfolio investments and ensure business value outcomes are realized based on prioritized business needs
• Drive implementation of cross functional initiatives required for regulatory compliance
• Uses deep business knowledge to drive engagement on major IT initiatives
• Influence architecture decisions and solution choices with business stakeholders and enterprise architects
• Manage Implementation vendor to ensure the effective execution of the projects and services, holding them accountable to project scope, SLAs and critical metrics
• Drive configuration and development activities to meet business requirements through a combination of internal and external teams
• Ensure all the required functional, configuration and technical design documents of SAP TM capabilities are created in compliance with GxP requirements and ERP architecture standards.
• Support Validation/QA teams on ensuring GxP compliance of SAP TM capabilities with the corporate standard for IT change management and IT SOPs following 21 CFR Part 11 and Annex 11 requirements
• Promotes adoption of SAP industry best practices within in S/4 transportation management and logistics execution workstream.

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What we expect of you

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The proactive, self-motivated, collaborative, and passionate professional we seek is a leader with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

Doctorate degree and 2 years of SAP TM implementation experience

OR

Master’s degree and 6 years of SAP TM implementation experience

OR

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years of SAP TM implementation experience

OR

Associate’s degree and 10 years of SAP TM implementation experience

OR

High school diploma / GED and 12 years of SAP TM implementation experience

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10 to 15 years of experience in SAP Transportation Management with minimum of  3 to 4 end to end S/4 TM implementations.
• Good understanding of SAP supply chain processes
• Possess solid knowledge in SAP TM master data, Transportation Requirement Management, Transportation planning and execution, Charge calculation and Freight settlement.
• Should have adequate knowledge in real time tracking, monitoring, exception handling and analysis of Sales orders, deliveries, shipments (Freight Orders, Units, Parcels, Vehicles, Containers) and freight conditions (e.g. secured transportation) to provide visibility on status, location, history, analytics etc. in production support environment
• Hands on experience in OTR (order based) & DTR (delivery based) processes, including Selection, Planning profiles, Condition’s optimizer planning and scheduling, Freight Execution Carrier selection, Tendering / Subcontracting and Cost distribution.
• Strong understanding about Inbound and Outbound shipments (Domestic and International), Transportation Load Builder (FTL, LTL), different modes of transports, and Freight Settlement.
• Experience of integration of TM with other SAP modules like SD, MM, FI, EM, GTS, EHS and EWM. 
• Experience in the integration of SAP TM with Logistics Business Network(LBN), freight collaboration and GTT.
• Experience on carrier onboarding in LBN/GTT and carrier settings.
• Contribute to the business through innovation ideas, proof of concepts etc.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills, including the ability to explain technology solutions in business terms, establish rapport and persuade others.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is posted. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:

• A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts
• A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan
• Stock-based long-term incentives
• Award-winning time-off plans
• Flexible work models where possible. Refer to the Work Location Type in the job posting to see if this applies.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team.

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Application deadline

Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.

Sponsorship

Sponsorship for this role is not guaranteed.

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.