Minimum Education & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Minimum 7 years of experience in SAP Process Industry Supply Chain functions (Manufacturing Operations, Production Engineering, Production Planning, Inventory Management, Procurement) gathering requirements, configuring, customizing and support
• Integration across other SAP lines of business (Quality Management, Product Lifecycle Management, Order Management, Warehousing, Finance)
• Integration with Advanced Planning Solutions preferred
• Minimum 4 full lifecycle implementations in SAP, S4 a plus
• Willingness to travel when required

Knowledge/Skills Needed: 

• Exceptional ability to lead now-to-new change using positive and collaborative methods
• Ability to listen, build rapport, and develop credibility as a strategic partner capable of setting expectations with partners and achieving alignment & agreement
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to creatively translate business requirements into technical solutions
• Able to effectively analyze complex technical issues and provide timely solutions
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and projects simultaneously
• Able to organize resources, establish priorities, and manage concurrent efforts
• Effective project management and facilitation skills.
• Strong communication skills in writing, speaking, and presenting
• Ability to shift opinions using influence over positional power
• Ability to share-ownership and drive results as a team
• Strong humility, listening, creativity, and negotiation skills
• Exude energy, focus, assertiveness, and diplomacy
• Highly adaptive with ability to work independently and function in a team as needed.
• Experience in Pharma or Life Sciences preferred
• SAP (S4) certification(s), preferred
• ITIL experience, preferred

Competencies: 

• Technical Expertise
  • Acts as a subject matter expert for all assigned technical areas
  • Analyzes impact of new technology and makes recommendations
  • Facilitates knowledge sharing and creative problem solving in/out of area of responsibility
  • Has advanced skills in project management and continuous/process improvement
  • Knows and/or has experience with pharmaceutical concepts (e.g. GxP, validation)
• Collaboration and Communication
  • Builds strong relationships with stakeholders external to IT and utilizes them to identify new opportunities
  • Communicates well in team settings and understands diverse perspectives
  • Mentors and motivates junior members of the team
• Self-Awareness and Adaptability
  • Proactively manages changes and facilitates knowledge sharing within areas of responsibility
  • Provides clarity to others in ambiguous situations
  • Contributes ideas for continuous improvement
  • Acts as a role model, particularly in difficult situations
  • Follows policies and procedures, identifies necessary changes and participates in updates as required
• Decision Making
  • Leads technical projects and resolves highly-complex, difficult problems in/out of responsibility area
  • Makes timely and accurate decisions by leading discussions and facilitating acceptance for the solution
  • Takes intelligent risk and accountability, prioritizing and evaluating the impact of decisions
• Customer Focus
  • Anticipates major customers’ needs and is committed to developing value-added solutions that meet them successfully
  • Builds customer relationships and adapts communications styles appropriately

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About Us

Why join Team Alkermes?

Alkermes applies its deep neuroscience expertise to develop medicines designed to help people living with complex and difficult-to-treat psychiatric and neurological disorders. A fully-integrated, global biopharmaceutical company, headquartered in Ireland with U.S. locations in Massachusetts and Ohio, we are committed to pursuing great science, driven by deep compassion to make a real impact in the lives of patients. Alkermes has a portfolio of proprietary commercial products for the treatment of alcohol dependence, opioid dependence, schizophrenia and bipolar I disorder, and a pipeline of clinical and preclinical candidates in development for various neurological disorders, including narcolepsy.

Beyond our important mission of developing medicines to address unmet patient needs, we actively seek to foster a culture of diversity, inclusion and belonging throughout our business. We strive to ensure that all voices are respected and valued, recognizing that our diversity of thought, background and perspective makes us stronger. We are proud to have been recognized as an employer of choice by many national organizations, including being certified as a Great Place to Work in the U.S. in 2024, honored as a Healthiest Employer in both Ohio and Massachusetts in 2023, a Best Place for Working Parents in 2023, and to have received the Bell Seal at the Platinum level for Workplace Mental Health by Mental Health America for three consecutive years (2021-2023). 

Alkermes, Inc. is an equal employment opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any qualified applicant or employee because of race, creed, color, age, national origin, ancestry, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression and identity, disability, genetic information, veteran status, military status, application for military service or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal law.  Alkermes also complies with all work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements of the Immigration and Nationality Act and IRCA.  Alkermes is an E-Verify employer.