Americas Market Distribution Lead

Pfizer • Tampa, FL

6d • Hybrid

About The Position

At Pfizer, we are dedicated to delivering breakthroughs that transform patients' lives. Your contributions will be vital in navigating important discussions that impact our ability to achieve significant advancements in healthcare. Embrace the opportunity to contribute to a team committed to making a difference and help us drive forward with breakthrough solutions that change lives. Working as a part of a global team, the position will be primarily responsible for leading application development, enhancements, and continuous improvements within Pfizer’s SAP S4 HANA as well as integration with 3rd party Logistics Service Providers (LSP) systems, and issue resolution in the Market Logistics functional area. This role will be The single point of contact (SPOC) for all market Logistics stakeholders and LSPs in Pfizer Digital Solutions for the Americas Region The Subject Matter Expert (SME) for ERP Market Logistics processes and solutions Responsible for delivery and deployment of Digital solutions at Plant warehouses, Distribution centers and 3rd party Logistics Service providers (LSPs) and other entities. Responsible for developing strategies and identifying continuous improvement opportunities of existing processes and solutions An engagement partner for the sites and markets for all Logistics related Digital requirements. Responsible for maintaining relationships with internal and external stakeholders, customers, vendors required to deliver, deploy, support and issue resolution of digital solutions. Will be accountable for ensuring that Pfizer internal systems/solutions, Logistics service providers systems/solutions, integrations are compliant with Pfizer risk assessment and compliance standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical field preferred
• 7+ years IT experience
• 5+ years enterprise SAP Logistics/Supply Chain experience
• Experience working as part of a team in major, complex business change/IT programs
• SAP S/4 HANA in Sales & Distribution (SD), Inventory Management (IM), or Warehouse management (WM)
• Familiarity with SAP ATTP is ideal
• Experience with SAP IDocs
• Knowledge of software development lifecycle
• Demonstrated capability in communicating effectively and embracing diversity
• Working experience with all MS Office tools (Word, Power Point, Excel, Project, Visio etc.)
• People Interaction Skills. Including leadership, management and interpersonal skills.
• Experience with SAP integration with Transportation Management as edge system or native SAP solution.
• Experience with Manifesting systems and label management processes for outbound shipping.

Nice To Haves

• eWM experience is a plus
• Business systems subject knowledge
• Manufacturing and process automation systems knowledge
• Strategic thinking and problem solving
• Organizational knowledge/agility
• Experience with Lean/Operational Excellence tools and driving process efficiencies
• Ability to manage multiple priorities
• Knowledge and expertise with the following disciplines desired but not required: Project Management methodologies (i.e., PMI) Software Development Life Cycle methodologies Continuous Improvement methodologies (i.e, Six Sigma certified) GMP and associated regulatory requirements
• Candidate demonstrates a breadth of diverse leadership experiences and capabilities including: the ability to influence and collaborate with peers, develop and coach others, oversee and guide the work of other colleagues to achieve meaningful outcomes and create business impact.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with various business, operations, client partners and other stake-holders to understand ongoing and upcoming changes in the Market Logistics functional area
• Coordinate with stakeholders to establish priorities for Market Logistics digital requirements
• Initiate and manage project activities for the full lifecycle of the Market Logistics projects
• Work with Client partners and other stakeholders to provide updates and secure funding for market logistics initiatives.
• Document detailed requirements, gain alignment and communicate requirements to all stake holders in business and other Digital teams.
• Work with Solutions team, development team, integration team, risk management and compliance team and other teams as needed to develop, test and implement digital solutions for the projects.
• Provide guidance to Solution Development team to review test scenarios and verify outcome of testing
• Participate in RFPs to evaluate LSPs digital capabilities and assess suitability of the vendor and their capabilities for Pfizer in collaboration with the business stakeholders.
• Conduct Supplier Control Assessments and computer systems validation of LSPs in collaboration with Pfizer Risk Management team.
• Work with external vendors/LSP to communicate system integration and other process/solution requirements.
• Work with external vendors/LSPs to ensure adherence of project timelines on their development/testing/deployment and compliance activities
• Act as a project manager or partner with Project Manager and other team members in the following activities: Project plans creation and maintenance Updates on progress to key stakeholders Meeting organization and facilitation to align stakeholders and work teams on effort and statuses
• In an Agile environment, act as a product owner or an Agile team member to do the following activities. Participate in PI Planning, Sprints, and other Agile events Develop Themes, Epics, User Stories, and other Agile artefacts. Adopt Agile ways of working and Agile tools with a transformation mindset. Collaborate with other Agile team members to size, prioritize, develop, test and deliver minimum viable products (MVP) and incrementally accomplish the overall functionality.
• Ensure compliance with global standards for system design, application development, and maintenance lifecycle including documentation standards as per Good Manufacturing Processes (GMP)
• Act as the SME on Market Logistics processes/solutions to the Logistics team at the market, and LSP and ensure issue resolution.

Benefits

• a 401(k) plan with Pfizer Matching Contributions and an additional Pfizer Retirement Savings Contribution
• paid vacation, holiday and personal days
• paid caregiver/parental and medical leave
• health benefits to include medical, prescription drug, dental and vision coverage

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level