Senior Specialist - SAP MDG and BODS

Role overview

Senior Specialist - SAP MDG and BODS at Merck

The ideal candidate should have a proven track record of managing cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, leveraging their deep technical expertise and delivery to drive successful outcomes and innovation.

Focus on cross-team and cross-project delivery, making sure multiple projects, products, and services are delivered in sync, aligned with business outcomes, and free of blockers. - Bridge gaps between product, technology, support, and business leadership, making the role broader and more outcome-driven . - Manage parallel workstreams, juggle stakeholders, balance business & tech priorities, sustain team performance.

Responsibilities

• Work Your Magic with us!
• Lead Daily Scrum calls, align cross-functional teams, resolve blockers, adapt playbooks.
• Provide established level of service and support of Qlik/BODS to ensure minimal business disruption.

Required qualifications

• Must have worked on S4 Hana Data Migration projects. - At least 5-9 years’ experience working with ERP migration using BODS.

Employment details

• Location: Bangalore [Karnataka] [India]

Benefits

• Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics.
• We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences.
• We celebrate all dimensions of diversity and believe that it drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology.
• We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace.
• Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!
• Apply now and become a part of our diverse team!

Additional role details

• Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more?
• We know you’ve got big plans – so do we!
• Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet.
• That`s why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimageable with us.
• Your Role .
• Seeking an experienced Senior Specialist with 5+ years experience to lead the end-to-end delivery of complex Data Migration in MDG Material, Vendor and analytics solutions .
• This role is responsible for overseeing the strategy, planning, and execution data migration, ensuring high-quality deliverables, data integrity, and alignment with overall business objectives.
• Who you are. - Strong data-migration background with hands-on experience in data migration using SAP BODS with IDOCs, BAPIs LSMW and BDC.
• Domain expertise for SAP Module - Material,Vendor,Customer.
• Experience in Data Quality module of Data Services.
• Proven experience in a leadership role, managing and mentoring cross-functional teams.
• Manage all aspects of data migration, including data profiling, extraction, cleansing, transformation (ETL/ELT), loading, validation, and reconciliation, ensuring accuracy and minimal business disruption. - Collaborate with cross-functional teams and business stakeholders, including domain leads, business process architects, support team to design and improve end-to-end processes for operations.
• Lead process improvement initiatives by identifying areas for enhancement, conducting data analysis, and developing actionable recommendations as per the business standards. - Performs Quality reviews of the design in our tools.
• Using Qlik, BODS and MDG, design and develop dashboards and other solutions involving data.
• Committed to the scrum methodology, agile principles, best practices and should also remain flexible. - Sound knowledge of SAP Information Steward Components like Data Insight and Cleansing.
• Package Builder to create data quality rules and dictionaries to standardize the data.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills, with the ability to effectively communicate complex technical information to senior leadership and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and critical thinking abilities.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate risks and issues related to project delivery, data quality. - Strong understanding of SAP Data Services with knowledge of relevant components including Designer, Job Server, Engine, Repository, Access Server, Administrator.
• Ability to design and implement SAP DS solutions and to create technical specifications.