Lead Consultant - Coupa and S/4HANA Procurement

Role Title: Lead Consultant - IT Business Analyst / Product Expert – Coupa and S/4HANA Procurement Location: Chennai

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world. AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme – Axial. The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain - from bench to patient. The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come. The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it. Whether it’s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. We are aiming to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients. The IT Business Analyst / Product Expert plays an important role within the Procurement and Materials Management Enterprise Business Partner (P&MM EBP) team, supporting the delivery, operation and continuous improvement of AstraZeneca’s global procurement technology landscape. The role combines the responsibilities of an IT Business Analyst and a Coupa Product Expert, with a particular focus on Coupa Procure-to-Pay, supplier collaboration and integration with SAP S/4HANA Procurement and Accounts Payable. The role will support the definition and adoption of global standard processes, ensuring that business requirements are translated into practical, scalable and compliant technology solutions. Working closely with Product Managers, Product Experts, Enterprise Business Partners, Procurement Operations, Finance and Accounts Payable teams, the role will analyse business needs, document functional requirements, support solution design and configuration, and coordinate testing, deployment and hypercare activities. The role will also act as a key domain expert for Coupa capabilities and their integration with S/4HANA and other applications across the Source-to-Pay landscape. The role will contribute to AstraZeneca’s fit-to-standard principles by finding opportunities for process simplification, automation and harmonisation while ensuring that local requirements are appropriately assessed and handled. The individual will support the ongoing product lifecycle, issue resolution and continuous improvement of Coupa and related procurement capabilities across AstraZeneca’s global operating environment.