IT Business Partner
Valneva, United Kingdom
Job Description
We are a specialty vaccine company that develops, manufactures, and commercializes prophylactic vaccines for infectious diseases addressing unmet medical needs. Our focused pipeline includes the world’s first vaccine against the chikungunya virus, the only Lyme disease vaccine candidate in advanced clinical development, which is partnered with Pfizer, as well as vaccine candidates against the Zika virus and other global public health threats.
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This role will support both local and Global IT, collaborating cross-functionally with Stakeholders to deliver topics as part of our digitization program as part of our wider business transformation.
Requirements
As the Business Partner for Manufacturing/SCM, you will drive transformation in Manufacturing and Supply Chain Management through leveraging ERP (Microsoft Dynamics 365), MES solutions (e.g., electronic batch record management, MasterControl, labeling, serialization), planning, and surrounding digital solutions. You will lead system architecture and lifecycle management, closely collaborating with Business teams, DIT teams, systems and data architects, and partner with vendors to ensure the success of core business goals.
- Lead and transform solutions leveraging ERP, MES, and surrounding systems such as Serialization Management, LIMS, eMBR, and labeling, especially for vaccine manufacturing, in accordance with business and technology priorities.
- Lead and transform solutions leveraging ERP and surrounding systems such as Planning, especially for Supply Chain Management and CMO management, transportation, and ESG topics in accordance with business and technology priorities.
- Leverage excellent subject matter expertise in the areas above, communication, teamwork, and governance skills to resolve challenges.
- Responsible for application maintenance and support for Dynamics SCM areas and expected to deliver business continuity leveraging external system integration partners.
- Develop and maintain Digital amp; IT roadmaps in alignment with business strategic plans within Product Supply globally and regionally while evaluating standard solutions (especially ERP and MES components) to maximize investments.
- Collaborate and harmonize with other Digital amp; IT functions, especially architects, to maximize business values while ensuring strategic alignment, compliance, security, and technology standards.
- Plan, execute, and close Digital amp; IT projects to realize business goals in corporation with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
- Transition solutions to service operation functions while developing system operation plans and providing knowledge transfer in corporation with stakeholders.
- Take part and/or coordinate to analyze, design, implement, and test change requests in corporation with the business/IT functions and partner vendors.
- Take part and/or coordinate to resolve escalated incidents in corporation with the business/IT functions and partner vendors while reporting to the Value Stream Lead and stakeholders promptly.
- Provide leadership and technical expertise in Supply Chain to identify and solve complex issues and/or challenges in the development and delivery of new and existing solutions.
Qualifications
- A minimum of 5 years' experience leading global applications and transformation delivery.
- Essential knowledge in MES (MasterControl, Labware) and/or ERP (Dynamics 365). At least 3 years configuration experience in at least three ERP submodules or within the MES applications in scope.
- Preferred experience as an ERP Key User.
- Preferred PMP or equivalent certification.
- Preferred experience in implementation, operation, and/or maintenance of ERP peripheral systems in Product Supply such as Artwork Management, Serialization Management, MES, etc.
Benefits
- Stock Options
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Gym membership OR fitness allowance
- Free Fruit
- Many others included