Senior ERP Functional Consultant

Job Title:

Senior ERP Functional Analyst - SAP Manufacturing Procurement - CORE SDM Manufacturing Procurement (f/m/d)

Job Description:

The CORE (Customer Oriented Resilient Enterprise) program is a game changer for Bayer as we strive to become the best in class in the industry. It aims to develop and introduce an end-to-end (e2e) business, enabled by a state-of-the art and resilient technical backbone which enables Bayer to deliver a seamless experience for our customers, suppliers and employees. CORE is a multi-year, strategic Business-led, IT-enabled global program that will facilitate our transformational journey. We are searching for passionate, diverse, and courageous people who want to be part of our cross-divisional and cross-functional team.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities:

- You partner with manufacturing value streams to design, govern, and support the CORE template and deployments.

- You monitor external software development processes and enforce technical guardrails.

- You review code quality of developed software modules.

- You ensure CORE solution integrity and adherence to design, data, and process guidelines across deployments.

- You execute design for Grower Management.

- You onboard, train, and establish global solution design teams in IT hubs.

- You lead System Integrator Teams within agile workstreams and coach scrum teams.

- You maintain strong knowledge of Bayers manufacturing IT solutions, including S/4HANA, and apply Agile principles.

Who You Are:

- You have 8+ years of experience in a related systems area.

- You bring strong understanding of SAP Manufacturing/Procurement processes (S/4HANA, SAP PP-PI, Contract Life-Cycle Management).

- You have experience in SAP ABAP development; cloud technologies are a plus.

- You know the life-science industry (non-regulated), especially seeds and grower management.

- You demonstrate proven leadership and change management experience in global matrix organizations.

- You possess excellent communication, analytical, and organizational skills.

- You work accurately, persistently, and creatively both independently and collaboratively.

- You have proficiency in English (written and spoken).