Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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Our location in Waukegan, IL. currently has an opportunity for a MDG Material Master Architect.  This person will develop and execute IT strategies and development  for Master Data Governance (MDG) globally for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems.  This person will also understand Technical strategies and capabilities for Master Data Governance, provide advice, assistance and leadership in any area associated with the planning, procurement, provision, delivery, management, maintenance and effective business use of MDG systems, and identify, propose, initiate and lead significant improvement programs establishing requirements for the implementation of changes in processes, organizational roles and responsibilities and Master Data Management service delivery.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Identify current and emerging business needs and evaluates alternative IT solutions using standard information systems methodologies and best practices

Proactively seek out strategic business opportunities for the application of new or existing IT capabilities with IT leadership providing key opinions and comprehensive strategic analyses and insights to help discover strategic uses of IT products and services

Develop, lead, or review the creation of information systems strategy to support the strategic requirements for MDG.  Contribute to development of roadmaps and business cases that sequence IT solutions working towards the achievement of the business strategies

Develop and maintain SAP MDG solutions

Ensure compliance between business strategies and technology directions

Understand the Business User Stories to decompose them into technical solution implementation

Make recommendations to process stakeholders regarding the correct approach to achieve process improvement objectives

Develop business relationships and integrate activities with other IT departments to ensure successful implementation and support of project efforts. Manage relationships between clients and IT organizations to assure effective communication between the groups is occurring.

Broker services within IT community on behalf of customers; coordinate portfolio of solutions and identify interdependencies.

Identify standardization of processes and support solutions

Support planning, controlling and monitoring, risk management, and resource management to best meet project objectives

Regularly communicate status of solutions and services

Lead and manage data integration and conversion areas of planning, co-ordination and meeting customer expectations for SAP releases

Develop and maintain Software Life Cycle (SLC) documentation and objects to support data design, development, and conversion

Prepare testing plans to confirm that requirements and system design are accurate and complete

Conduct training and provide direct subject matter expertise to business and technical resources for all areas of master data management, including data conversion processes and tools

Develop domain expertise for key master data domains (customer, supplier, material, and other critical objects) to enable direct participation in data conversion activities in support of implementation projects

Effectively communicate end-to-end impact of master data to business and technical stakeholder groups

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING

Required

Bachelor's degree in computer science, business administration or another discipline relevant for the healthcare industry or equivalent experience

8-10 years of IT and ERP experience in large global company

Previous hands-on experience with SAP MDG MM is required

Strong knowledge in Material Master CRUD process

Strong working knowledge of MDG floor plan manager, BRF+ , MDG data models etc.

Strong knowledge of Material Master Data integration

Experience in setting IT or business strategy and business IT alignment

Strong project management skills

Good communication, logical thinking, decision making and problem-solving abilities

Strong teamwork and interpersonal skills and ability to communicate with all management levels

Strong ability to collaborate, influence and build consensus

Experience with GxP validation and/or other regulated environments

Preferred

Working knowledge of SAP data structures is required; SAP S4 experience strongly preferred

Familiarity with BPCS or other AS/400-based ERP systems is preferred

Experience in complex environments with a wide variety of interfaced applications preferred

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The base pay for this position is $111,300.00 – $222,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.