TPRM Solution Specialist

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Job Description

The Future Begins Here

At Takeda, we are leading digital evolution and global transformation. By building innovative solutions and future-ready capabilities, we are meeting the need of patients, our people, and the planet.

Bengaluru, the city, which is India’s epicenter of Innovation, has been selected to be home to Takeda’s recently launched Innovation Capability Center. We invite you to join our digital transformation journey. In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.  

At Takeda’s ICC we Unite in Diversity

Takeda is committed to creating an inclusive and collaborative workplace, where individuals are recognized for their backgrounds and abilities they bring to our company. We are continuously improving our collaborators journey in Takeda, and we welcome applications from all qualified candidates. Here, you will feel welcomed, respected, and valued as an important contributor to our diverse team.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to boost your skills and become the heart of an innovative engine that is contributing to global impact and improvement.

Objectives

• Expertise in the area of 3rd Party Vendor Onboarding and Risk Management focusing on APEX Analytix
• Development of configuration according to scope definition and business priority-setting.
• Proactively identifies technology solutions and changes needed on APEX Analytix and related products/solutions to meet business objectives, taking into account the implications of change on the organization and all stakeholders.
• Provide support and bug fixes based on business requirement and prioritizing changes.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Provides technical and functional expertise in the area of Indirect Procurement specialising 3rd Party Onboarding and Risk Management (mainly APEX Analytix)
• Manages complex Indirect Procurement applications throughout the application lifecycle including technical environments, Incident change, Problem and release management.
• Establishes and manages the relationship with Finance, Procurement and all related risk management areas defined in the Third Party Risk Management Process
• Manages requirements gathering, prioritization and negotiation with business stakeholders in order to ensure the total solution delivered meets or exceeds expectations.
• Maintains and influences business process design; validates and interprets business needs by conducting feasibility studies and drafting business cases
• Solves unique and complex problems with a broad impact on the business and interprets ways of prioritizing opportunities to streamline business and/or system processes
• Understand the DevOps Process and SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle)
• Perform configuration delivering the prioritized demand
• Able to translate the down the business requirement /demand into technical specification.
• Uses knowledge of business operations, investigates and identifies operational needs, problems and opportunities, and uses Business Process Mapping to phrase and manage requirements or organizational improvements.
• Capable leadership to project team to deliver small-size and moderate complex system implementations, within cross-functional projects that allow the business to reach its strategic objectives in a cost-effective way.
• Has authority and responsibility for a specific area of work, including technical, quality aspects and may represent the organisation.
• Ensures technical documentation according to Takeda Quality Management System (QMS), Software Development Life Cycle, and Project Life Cycle standards.
• Ensures delivered solutions are compliant with associated federal regulations (SOX, OFCCP, labor laws, GMP, GxP, GCP, etc.).
• Establish relationships with relevant colleagues from Global Functions within the Global IT Organization and leads change in analysing and guiding on solutions within ongoing processes.

DIMENSIONS AND ASPECTS

Technical/Functional (Line) Expertise

• Manages complex 3rd Party onboarding and Risk Management, mainly APEX Analytix throughout the application lifecycle including technical environments, change, and release management.
• Understand the integration between APEX Analytix and any connected system
• Uses knowledge of business operations, investigates and identifies operational needs, problems and opportunities, and uses Business Process Mapping to phrase and manage requirements or organizational improvements.
• Ensures documentation according to Takeda Quality Management System (QMS), Software Development Life Cycle, and Project Life Cycle standards.
• Deep expertise in configuration/customizing of APEX Analytix

Leadership

• Manages requirements gathering, prioritization, and negotiation with business stakeholders in order to ensure the total solution delivered meets or exceeds expectations.

Decision-making and Autonomy

• Makes decisions that impact, the system configuration on APEX Analytix
• Is a subject matter expert in the business area of expertise and actively shares emerging industry standards/trends with customers and peers.

Interaction

• Maintains and influences business process design; validates and interprets business needs by conducting feasibility studies and drafting business cases and use BPM Tooling
• Establish relationships with relevant colleagues from Global Functions within the Global IT Organization and leads change in analysing and guiding on solutions within ongoing processes.

Innovation

• Ensures delivered solutions are compliant with associated federal regulations (SOX, OFCCP, labour laws, GMP, GxP, GCP, etc.).

Complexity

• Solves unique and complex problems with a broad impact on the business and interprets ways of prioritizing opportunities to streamline business and/or system processes.

EDUCATION, BEHAVIOURAL COMPETENCIES AND SKILLS:

Essential

• Bachelor Degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 6 to 8 years of Technical and Functional Expertise in Vendor Onboarding and Risk Management related area/solution
• Experience of at least 1 full life cycle project for environments like Vendor Onboarding and Risk Management related solution (e.g. Ariba Risk) from Blueprint, Realization, Migration, Cut-over, Training, Go-Live, Stabilization
• Ability to write, speak and lead in the English language.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills, business acumen with problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Professional in-depth knowledge of business processes in pharmaceutical industry within functional area.
• Ability to prepare and execute business meetings virtual, face-to-face, cross functional, local or global to ensure meeting required deliverables.
• Experience in communicating efficiently to business and IT leaders on content, context, process and decision making.
• Knowledge of business and system solutions and experience with implementing applications.
• Experience in Business Analysis
• Experience in Stakeholder relationship management.
• Experience in communicating complex information in a clear and engaging manner, adjust form and meetings to this and builds collaborative network of relationships in the business area and outside.
• Experience in presenting on conferences and business meetings.

Desired

• APEX Analytix experience
• Experience in configuring other Risk Solution Systems
• SAP Ariba integration

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Travel Requirements –

• Access to transportation to attend meetings.
• Ability to fly to meetings regionally and globally.

BENEFITS:

It is our priority to provide competitive compensation and a benefit package that bridges your personal life with your professional career. Amongst our benefits are:

• Competitive Salary + Performance Annual Bonus
• Flexible work environment, including hybrid working
• Comprehensive Healthcare Insurance Plans for self, spouse, and children
• Group Term Life Insurance and Group Accident Insurance programs
• Health & Wellness programs including annual health screening, weekly health sessions for employees.
• Employee Assistance Program
• 3 days of leave every year for Voluntary Service in additional to Humanitarian Leaves
• Broad Variety of learning platforms 
• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Programs
• Reimbursements – Home Internet & Mobile Phone
• Employee Referral Program
• Leaves – Paternity Leave (4 Weeks) , Maternity Leave (up to 26 weeks), Bereavement Leave (5 calendar days)

ABOUT ICC IN TAKEDA:

• Takeda is leading a digital revolution. We’re not just transforming our company; we’re improving the lives of millions of patients who rely on our medicines every day.
• As an organization, we are committed to our cloud-driven business transformation and believe the ICCs are the catalysts of change for our global organization.

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