SME - ERP VIM

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) - it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose - all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you'll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals lives better makes life better - join our team today!

Position: SAP Vendor Invoicing & VIM Techno-Functional Lead

Being a new company, we can shape our new ERP solution to facilitate our business by implementing the best practices and providing a key foundation to our growing company.Bring your skills and talents to Elanco and our ERP team, where you will have the opportunity to make an impact on the lives of animals and people around the globe.

Position Summary:

SAP Vendor Invoicing & VIM Techno-Functional Lead is an important position in the ERP team where you will have the opportunity to partner with key stakeholders, architects, AMS providers and ensure timely delivery of compliant quality solutions in the areas of Accounts Payable-Invoice processing and OpenText VIM.

Responsibilities:

The primary purpose of this job is to suggest process/system improvements, deliver enhancements, system fixes in SAP (RICEFW) in partnership with our AMS providers by managing the releases in OpenText VIM functionality and analyzing developments in invoice processing.

.Responsible for the IT support and enhancing the overall vendor invoice management across multiple countries including Logistics Invoice Processing in S/4HANA, OpenText VIM, e-Invoicing

.Analyzing other tools for vendor invoice processing and work on roadmap and willing to work on new technologies including AI, Bots..etc

.Responsible for overall release management in SAP related to OpenText VIM processes within Accounts Payable Invoice processing.

.Work with business stakeholders, architects, implementation partners and AMS providers to enable business outcomes and ensure optimal functionality of SAP.

.Study the current processes and document the process flows for various scenarios, country specific scenarios and enhancements

.Provide technical guidance and effort estimates on new solutions to optimize business expansion, ensure they are well documented and simple to understand.

.Provide support for ongoing operations and identify opportunities to improve processes.

.Responsible for change management communication, accountable for user acceptance tests and documentation prior to going live, and post go-live production support handover.

.Ensure adherence to global SAP design and architecture and participate in architecture review boards as needed.

.Responsible for ensuring all changes/enhancements meet required quality and compliance requirements (GxP, SOX)

Basic Qualifications:

.Bachelor's degree in computer science, Informatics or Engineering

.Minimum 10 years of experience indeveloping and configuring solutions (RICEFW) in the area of Accounts Payable Invoice processing and OpenText VIM with exposure to e-Invoicing.

.Minimum 2 end to end implementation project in Open text VIM in global business scenario with multiple countries.

.Good understanding in the following areas: SAP P2P, Invoice processing, OpenText VIM 23.4 or above, Invoice workflows in S/4HANA.

.Should have experience in handling invoices in OpenText VIM through various channels including processing pdf invoices through Scan, OAWD and email, XML, EDOC_cockpit, IDoc , integration with e-invoicing scenarios.

.Good understanding of integration with other SAP modules like Finance (FI), Materials Management (MM) and Tax.

.Very good knowledge of add-ons and server components in the VIM landscape withconfiguration knowledge in OpenText VIM and S/4 Logistics Invoice Verification.

.Knowledge of VIM reports, use of Fiori applications, exposure to new features like smart coding. etc

.Expert knowledge of processing of invoices, credit memo, subsequent debit/credit and down payments, handling o blocked invoice workflows, Non-PO invoice, 2-way match , 3-way match scenarios.

.Configuration of Invoice processing in S/4 including Document types, Invoice tolerance checks, MRBR, Invoice output control..etc

.Experience in development/configuration/solution evaluation/validation and deployment.

.Knowledge in integrations technologies using SAP PO, SAP CPI, and experience in working with Solution manager and ServiceNow for release management.

.Good understanding of business processes in the Life sciences/Pharmaceutical domain and compliance with GxP.

.Good analytical and communication skills ability to communicate effectively both verbally and with written communications.

.Ability to listen, hear, and translate complex business requirements in simple easy to understand language.

.Capable of managing multiple projects and competing requirements with good time management skills.

Additional Skills/Preferences

.Knowledge in: SAP Document Compliance, e-invoicing

.Concur expense

.SAP Certification in OpenText VIM, SAP Financial Accounting.

.Vendor invoices through Ariba Network (SAP Business Network)

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status