Smith & Nephew Looking for IT AXAPTA 2012 Director at Kharadi, Pune, Maharashtra Full Time

Role Overview:
AXAPTA is a major strategic platform at S&N. The company has one global instance with a Core model deployed in the emerging markets (LATAM, South Africa, Turkey, Russia, Singapore and being rolled out to China and Japan). The solution foot print cover Order to Cash, Procure to Pay, Record to Report and Loaner to consignment.

Director AXAPTA 2012 will define the Strategy, Roadmaps, Design, Build and Operations of Smith & Nephew’s AXAPTA 2012 platforms. The role collaborates with the Head of ERP Proficiency Center.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for recruiting, running, growing and developing around 8 person team in Pune that will have a proactive customer-centric, a good business understanding and technology expertise.

The scope of the role is Global and will cover:
Building, developing and leading a dedicated and skilled AXAPTA 2012 (POWER) organization

Delivery of AXAPTA 2012 change projects and major technology upgrade projects

Delivery of ongoing improvements to improve business value inline with business priorities

Full range of support from break/fix to systems performance and systems administration

Defines / maintains / improves AXAPTA 2012 release cycle management processes to ensure smooth implementation of changes into the production environments

Responsibilities:
(10%) Active member of the IT ERP Proficiency Center team. Collectively defining ERP Strategy, roadmap and project portfolios.

(10%) Provide strategic direction and leadership regarding AXAPTA 2012 solution planning, analysis, design, System Development, testing, and maintenance and modification of AXAPTA 2012 system.

(20%) Leading, building and responsible for a team of IT Managers and individual contributors. Developing leadership skills within the team. Living the cultural qualities, we want to see in our teams.

(30%) Being responsible for the AXAPTA 2012 (POWER) delivery tracks and ensure that projects are delivered on time, within budget and meeting business expectation.

(20%) Managing AXAPTA 2012 (POWER) support and operations, ensure SLAs and various service and performance indicators are met. Responsible as a senior operational critical issue point for AXAPTA 2012 service performance issues and crisis management

(10%) Responsible for senior relationships with our key suppliers, running supplier performance reviews and acting as customer concern point for performance issues.

Location: Pune, India

Education:
Bachelor’s degree in business administration or information technology management.

Master’s degree in business management and/or information technology fields preferred.

Licenses/ Certifications:
AXAPTA 2012 / Dynamics 365 certification

ITIL Qualifications

Experience:
A senior IT leadership role with similar breadth and responsibilities with a Global multinational

Experience in information systems, applications – including AXAPTA and project management, preferably in regulated life science industry.

Management of multiple full implementation cycles of AXAPTA 2012 / Dynamics 365 in a global environment required.

Management experience in large, distributed IT organizations advising application development and support.

Competences:
Functional and technical expertise in AXAPTA 2012 business processes and model (Sales, Distribution, Finance, Manufacturing, RA/QA)

Large ground-breaking projects

Vendor and offshore management

Budget management

Ability to work with globally located, culturally diverse teams

Strong English language skills

Personal:
Leadership skills, good interpersonal skills, outstanding teammate and able to build positive relationships

Customer and execution Focus, Integrity, Analytical and lateral thinking

Proactive, tenacious and meticulous

Travel Requirements: 10–25%