Senior BW Consultant – SAP Data & Analytics

📌Positions are open to Mexican Citizens and official residents of Mexico.
📍Location: Guadalajara (hybrid)
📌Strong English interpersonal skills required

About the AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused pharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. At Astra Zeneca, we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to work!

Job Description

A unique opportunity to be a part of SAP HANA team that work on latest cutting technology like HANA, SLT for developing the Analytics applications. You will be responsible for implementation/delivering of SAP HANA solutions to support AstraZeneca. As a Senior consultant, you will be responsible for data modelling / report development in Native HANA, SAC and able to understand the functional requirements and create the technical Design Documents.

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a team that is transforming our ability to develop life-changing medicines.

Accountabilities

• Expert knowledge in design & creation of Information Models in HANA using Calculation views (both Script based & graphical)

• Knowledge of data warehousing, tables, and structures (star schema, dimensions, master data)

• Contribute to design of data models and data structures.

• Making recommendations on strategic direction and roadmap for the use and implementation of SAP applications, integrated third party systems.

• Good understanding of Functional areas: FI, P2P, OTC, Supply Chain and Manufacturing with basic experience on SAP Tables from supply chain logistics, warehousing and or Finance processes in SAP.

• Report development based on SAP HANA modelling/application and relevant Hana development is preferred.

• Extensive knowledge in SAP Analytics Cloud

• Participate to all the project phases (Functional Specification, Technical Design, Development, Testing, Cutover and Hyper Care)

• Analyse performance bottlenecks (SQL Plans) and provide optimization techniques.

• Advantageous to have Experience in SAP BW4HANA or SAP BW Experience in Bex Query

• Create and maintain internal documentation and end-user training materials as needed.

• Provide input to standards and guidelines and implement best practices to enable consistency across all projects.

Requirements

• SAP BW & HANA experience of 5 to 10 years and with good exposure on different functional areas

• SAP HANA development and planning, architecture and implementation of large scale data warehousing initiatives on SAP HANA platform.

• Expertise in Native Hana hands-on development experience: creating SAP HANA information models.

• Expertise in building Procedures and Hana Views (Calculation views) with graphical and SQL Scripting

• SAP HANA migration & Optimization, performance tuning

• A strong understanding of data replication from SAP ECC to SAP S/4HANA, Oracle DB, SAP HANA DB via SAP Landscape Transformation (SLT)

• Hands on experience in SAP Analytics Cloud

• Experience in Embedded Analytics and CDS view modelling

• Experience in building oData services/APIs to expose Native HANA data for third party applications consumption.

• Functional background and understanding of SAP ERP, ECC or S/4HANA business processes.

• Experience with Enterprise Data Warehouse and Reporting Strategy

• Creation and enhancement of SAP HANA Web-based applications with emphasis on data modelling

• Must be able to communicate effectively with customers in gaining confidence and closing projects.

• Certification required on BW4HANA and SAC

• Keeps self, up to date on latest BW/4HANA technologies and functionalities. 

• Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a Team.

• Strong communication and presentation skills, a keen eye for detail.

• Strong team player able to work across the teams and communicate in business and IT terms
  - Comfortable with ambiguity and possessing an agile and open mindset
  - Self-motivated, demonstrated personal credibility and positive energy
  - Able to deliver large work efforts and meet challenging deadlines
  - Able to think out of the box, thrive in ambiguous and stressful situations.

Desirable

• Worked in a hybrid environment with a mix of internal/external resources across geographical locations

• Knowledge in Datasphere, in SDA (Smart Data Access), SDI

• Exposure in Central Finance (CFIN)

• Exposure to Core Data Services (CDS) & Fiori APPS development

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we ignite ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working give us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn’t mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our outstanding and bold world.

AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law.

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.