Independent Contractor

Date: Apr 22, 2025
- Job Requisition Id: 61067
- Location: Pune, IN

YASH Technologies is a leading technology integrator specializing in helping clients reimagine operating models, enhance competitiveness, optimize costs, foster exceptional stakeholder experiences, and drive business transformation.

At YASH, we’re a cluster of the brightest stars working with cutting-edge technologies. Our purpose is anchored in a single truth - bringing real positive changes in an increasingly virtual world and it drives us beyond generational gaps and disruptions of the future.

**We are looking forward to hire S/4 HANA QM Professionals in the following areas**:
**Experience required**: 12-15 years
- LEAN Business Process Architect (BPA) Role Description and responsibilities+*
- Represents the global process vision as part of the LEAN solution
- Clarifies specific aspects of the Merck business practices where local business requirements need to be “globalized”
- Drives harmonization based on best practice and follows guidelines of the lean template and Clean Core “FREE LEAN”
- Advises product Business Stream Lead on Processes, Technology and Best Practices
- Defines the "To-Be" organizational structure
- Guarantees the process exhaustivity to cover the business needs
- Defines the Operational flows when processes are depending on physical layout
- Defines jointly with the Process & Product Owners the business processes and functional requirements/ user stories.
- Works closely with and is advised by functional process consultant and solution designer
- Works jointly with the Implementation Team on problem definition & analysis and definition of solution scope based on functional and non-functional requirements
- Contributes to FMEA, Provides input on functional aspects, business priorities and user stories
- Manages the IT change control process (Business Process and ERP), modeling deviations (localizations) and running reports, process list per LE. Gathering approvals from BPM Governance and Business Process Owners
- Manages the global authorizations : Business & Functional roles / Auth Specs / SoD
- Guides the testing setup (scenarios, tests cases and tests sets) to minimize effort and guarantee coverage & quality.
- Controls the global training documentation
- Manages the global SOPs and Audit trails requirements
- Supports Business Alignment Workshops
- Updates the data classification for their stream
- Is consulted for change impact assessment and intervention planning, as well as cutover plan
- Brings a vision for innovative processes, balanced against elegant/ simple design
- Is responsible for the control of the system operations and results obtained (outputs) in terms of compliance with expected needs and quality standards of the LEAN program
- Owns User stories and is first contact for clarifications / escalations
- Defines Product features, answers questions on required functionality
- Responsible for preparing User Stories for the Sprint Planning (e.g. writing, level of detail, prioritization) in close collaboration with the Business and IT Stream lead.
- Prioritizes product backlog items in close alignment with Business and IT Stream Lead depending on their business need

Scope of the mission

Represents HC-PL2P-QM in:

- LEAN commercial deployment preparation project in USA/Canada
- LEAN CMO new plant Project in Northern Ireland
- LEAN QM Change Requests follow-up and delivery

Required skills:

- Very good English written and verbal communication
- Senior SAP S/4 Hana QM Consultant
- 9 years of experience
- Experience with SAP satellite systems and interfaces (eg : LIMS)
- Experience with BTP is a plus
- GxP Multicultural environment
- Pharma experience is a plus
- Demonstrating mission ownership, with Self-leading and pro-active behaviors

To be learnt - rapidly and efficiently - on the job:

- Excellent understanding of Merck HC QM global business operating model, processes and IT systems
- LEAN documentation very good knowledge
- Global LEAN team network
- Local Business Processes and priorities

Collaboration and Touchpoints:

- Stream Leads
- Other Streams Business Process Architects (BPAs)
- Functional Consultants
- Local business leaders
- Key-Users
- Test Manager
- Integration manager
- Training manager
- LEAN Process Owner
- Business Process Owner

**Location**:

- External consultant will be based in India
- Some travel on site might be needed, will be re-imbursed on actual cost as per client T&E Policy

At YASH, you are empowered to create a career that will take you to where you want to go while working in an inclusive team environment. We leverage career-oriented skilling models and optimize our collective intelligence aided with technology for continuous learning, unlearning, and relearning at a rapid pace and scale.

**Our Hyperlearning workplace is grounded upon four principles**
- Flexible work arrangements, Free spirit, and emotional positivity
- Agile self-determination, trust, transpar