Consultant-Supply IT

Role Summary

Product Manager role focused on discovering and delivering digital solutions within a complex product area, ensuring they are valuable and viable and delivering meaningful outcomes aligned with corporate strategy and goals. The role outlines the changes needed to Elanco’s ERP system to support manufacturing and quality processes, with facilitation of prioritization with the Global Process Owner and budget approval through business leadership. You will drive innovation and efficiency, leveraging expertise to enhance processes and digital products, with opportunities to broaden impact across other product spaces as priorities evolve.

Responsibilities

• Lead product growth and innovation, enhancing product value through strategic insights, ensuring product feasibility, compliance, and alignment with both customer and business needs.
• Outline changes needed to Elanco’s ERP system that support manufacturing and quality processes; facilitate prioritization with the Global Process Owner.
• Obtain funding for changes by working with business leadership to secure budget; communicate with vendors to obtain the needed resources.
• Concentrate on driving innovation, efficiency, and leveraging expertise to enhance processes and digital products; broaden impact by transitioning into other product spaces as priorities evolve.

Qualifications

• Required: Educational Background: Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (e.g., computer science, data science, business).
• Preferred: 7+ years technology experience with SAP in a life sciences area showcasing strong learning agility.
• Preferred: 3+ years experience implementing, validating, and maintaining GxP systems and associated documentation and supporting manufacturing operations.

Skills

• Ability to discuss with Global Process Owners what the desired business process/outcome is and how the system will need to adapt to manage that outcome.
• Understanding of Supply Chain SAP transactions used by who and when.
• Translating business language to SAP IT language.
• Having cross module understanding of Supply Chain SAP dependencies.
• Understanding the data/processes in scope of expertise.
• Provide influential insights and establish domain expertise supported by strong analytical skills.
• Introduce proactive solutions addressing market and customer demands.
• Champion further customer engagement initiatives to streamline user experiences.
• Maintain and prioritize product backlog and adapt in strategic development efficiently.
• Execute iterative and valuable product outcomes through practiced agile methodologies.
• Analyze and resolve product challenges using data-driven insights.
• Identify impactful solutions, mitigating potential risks.
• Collaborate with teams to lead clear definitions and measurable objectives in problem articulation.
• Persuasively communicate strategic product value across varied audiences.
• Maintain transparency and alignment in stakeholder discourse.
• Invite and engage in active listening to refine understanding and promote team collaboration.
• Demonstrate ownership in product strategy and budget management.
• Lead in business planning processes while showing flexibility to strategic shifts.
• Provide experience-based recommendations to leadership, demonstrating strategic insight.
• Inspire and evangelize product vision and strategic direction within teams.
• Cultivate a thriving team environment through effective leadership practices.