Transcend: Senior Manager, Gtm Im Trade Controls

**Job Function**:
Technology Product & Platform Management
**Job Sub Function**:
Business Systems Analysis
**Job Category**:
People Leader
**All Job Posting Locations**:
São Paulo, Brazil
**About Innovative Medicine**
Transcend is a global business transformation program that will modernize our foundational transactional processes and harmonize them into one "clean" ERP as a standardized platform for growth and efficiency gains.
This program will simplify the Pharmaceutical ERP landscape from 7 to 1, standardizing processes to have a cost-effective, fit-for-purpose digital backbone that will enable us to support the Pharmaceutical business with agility. Additionally, the program will remediate the end-of-life system exposure that we risk towards the end of this decade.
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We are searching for the best talent for a Transcend: Senior Manager, Global Template Manager**(GTM) Innovative Medicines (IM) Trade Controls (1 of 2) This hybrid position will be located in Titusville, New Jersey. Alternate hybrid locations may be considered at other Innovative Medicine Supply Chain (IMSC) hubs such as Raritan, New Jersey; Horsham, Pennsylvania; Markham or Toronto, Canada; Beerse, Belgium; Latina, Italy; Cork, Ireland; Leiden, Netherlands; Zug or Schaffhausen, Switzerland; or São Paulo, Brazil.
**Key Responsibilities**:
- Collaborate with global stakeholders across Trade, Supply Chain, Compliance, and IT to gather detailed business requirements.
- Lead workshops, interviews, and validation sessions to understand current trade processes and identify gaps.
- Analyze and prioritize business needs, ensuring they align with overall corporate objectives and global trade policies.
- Translate business requirements into scalable and adaptable system templates tailored to support multiple regions.
- Define system architecture and configuration specifications that ensure compliance with international trade regulations.
- Develop standardized templates and workflows that streamline trade operations, documentation, and reporting processes.
- Coordinate with Compliance and Legal teams to incorporate regulatory requirements and updates into the system template.
- Create and maintain comprehensive documentation on system configurations, workflows, and best practices, and facilitate communication channels among regional teams to gather feedback and ensure consistency.
- Lead the end-to-end deployment process, including system configuration, testing, user acceptance, and go-live activities.
- Provide insights and support for all training and compliance documentation and set process for ongoing updates.
- Manage and develop change management activities, including stakeholder training, documentation, and support during transition, including establishing governance frameworks for system updates.
- Develop implementation roadmaps, timelines, and escalation plans to ensure timely execution.
- Oversee the development of test scripts and conduct system testing to ensure alignment with business requirements, including facilitating user acceptance testing (UAT), gathering feedback, and addressing issues prior to rollout.
- Monitor system performance, user feedback, and regulatory changes to identify improvement opportunities.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance system efficiency, compliance, and user experience.
- Manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and resource allocation to ensure successful delivery.
- Bring expertise in Trade Controls, driving connection between Automated, Self Service and Assisted platforms part of Transcend Strategy and designed blueprint.
- Regularly communicate to Deliver Leadership team and Trade Control, Transportation, Global Trade Compliance Organization on project updates, process changes, business issues and opportunities.
**QUALIFICATIONS**:
**EDUCATION**:
- Minimum of High School or equivalent diploma/degree is required; Bachelor's / University or equivalent degree strongly preferred
- Certifications are helpful in one or more of the following: PMP, FPX, or equivalent project management; APICS; and/or Lean/Six Sigma /Process Excellence
**EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS**:
**Required**:
- Minimum 8 years of relevant work experience
- Trade controls experience (e.g., process and systems, sanctions, embargos, sanctions/party lists, or other related areas)
- Experience with business process design, engineering, or optimization
- Demonstrated project management experience
- Strong interpersonal and negotiating skills, with demonstrated ability to influence/collaborate to get to desired result, including engaging and building relationships with senior business stakeholders
- Strong analytical skills, and business savv

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