Global Process Owner, Plan to Produce (PTP)

Location:  Cork, Ireland Category: ERP

Hiring Manager: Michael O'Donnell (modonnell@bmrn.com), Robert Wheeler (ro900083@bmrn.com)

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Who We Are

BioMarin is a global biotechnology company that relentlessly pursues bold science to translate genetic discoveries into new medicines that advance the future of human health.

Since our founding in 1997, we have applied our scientific expertise in understanding the underlying causes of genetic conditions to create transformative medicines, using a number of treatment modalities.

Using our unparalleled expertise in genetics and molecular biology, we develop medicines for patients with significant unmet medical need. We enlist the best of the best – people with the right technical expertise and a relentless drive to solve real problems – and create an environment that empowers our teams to pursue bold, innovative science. With this distinctive approach to drug discovery, we’ve produced a diverse pipeline of commercial, clinical and preclinical candidates that have well-understood biology and provide an opportunity to be first-to-market or offer a substantial benefit over existing therapeutic options.

Global Process Owner, Plan to Produce (PTP) - Shanbally or Dublin 
Closing Date: 27th March 2025
 
BioMarin has experienced substantial growth organically since its inception, primarily over the last decade.  This steady growth in both cost structure and staff was essential to BioMarin’s emergence as a leading, fully integrated global biopharmaceutical company with approximately $2 billion in revenues from over 75 countries, a robust R&D pipeline, operating profits, and world-class technical capabilities through its 3,000 employees worldwide. As the company grows, BioMarin leadership desires to optimize the efficiency of its operations for the future through its next phase of growth.  
 
In 2022 BioMarin launched its Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) enterprise-wide operational initiative transforming the way we work by implementing an ERP system solution, SAP S4 HANA.
 
In Q1, 2025 our first five legal entities went live in SAP, the remaining entities will go live in Q1, 2026.
 
Implementing a new ERP impacts the entire company – putting this system in place is equally complex and transformational.  The project team is built around the Global Process Workflows as outlined below: 
 
  • Record to Report 
  • Order to Cash 
  • Source to Pay 
  • Plan to Produce
  • Inventory to Deliver 
  • Forecast to Plan 
  • Enterprise Asset Management 
  
The Global Process Owner (GPO) for each workflow is accountable for the development and integration of the workstream into the overall program and the Process Leads will report to them. 
This role is a key member of the ERP leadership team to bring the vision to life at BioMarin.
 
We are actively recruiting a Global Process Owner for Plan to Produce.
 
Key Responsibilities:
 
  • Leads and manages the work in the PTP work stream.
  • Leads the development of business process design ensuring alignment with the original system design for first phase go live.
  • Collaborate with business partners to influence processes, tools, and operating models within the PTP area.
  • Develop and execute strategy, goals, and objectives for the PTP business process and technology implementation and maintenance.
  • Lead and manage business requirements gathering, business process flows definitions, and system solution delivery for SAP PTP Workstreams.
  • Work closely with Finance, TOP’s (technical operations), Commercial, Supply Chain, and IT to align with the standardized global PTP business processes.
  • Act as a liaison between the SAP implementation team, master data team, and the business teams, providing mediation if required.
  • Support preparation for Project Ignite Steering Committee Meetings and ensure the efficiency of ERP decision-making process.
  • Support Technology Deployment Planning and Rollout for PTP processes.
  • Provide PTP input to develop a sustainable test plan and monitor testing.
  • Function as a change leader to maximize employee adoption of key initiatives and operating model change.
  • Support identification of key trainers and develop a comprehensive training and development plan for PTP.
 
Critical Attributes: 
  • The Global Process Owner will be a role that requires a growth mindset and dynamic set of business and collaboration skills, including the following:
  • Ability to work across multiple functions towards a common goal.
  • Strong financial and accounting acumen.
  • Great collaborator across all BioMarin, Systems Integrator and SAP personnel.
  • Effective communication, persuasion and influencing skills at all levels.
  • A bias for action and a “can do” attitude.
  • Solutions oriented and growth mindset.
  • Other desirable attributes include work experience in a similar transformational effort such as an ERP S4/HANA program or similar enterprise/local deployment in the bio-pharma context and experience implementing or working in a global business services environment.
 
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An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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