4 days ago
Portsmouth, NH, USAStaff+
Responsibilities
- Own end-to-end solution architecture for Plan-to-Make processes across SAP S/4HANA and integrated manufacturing platforms.
- Design and govern solutions for production planning, process industries, materials management, manufacturing operations, inventory management, and shop-floor integration.
- Lead integrations between SAP, MES, LIMS, planning systems, warehouse applications, and shop-floor technologies.
- Facilitate architecture workshops and solution-design sessions with global business leaders, functional and technical teams, vendors, and implementation partners.
- Ensure designs align with enterprise architecture principles, security requirements, data standards, and global templates.
- Drive adoption of standard SAP capabilities while minimizing custom development and technical debt.
- Evaluate technology options and recommend solutions based on business value, scalability, maintainability, security, and total cost of ownership.
- Support SAP transformations, manufacturing modernization, site deployments, acquisitions, divestitures, and system migrations.
- Identify architectural risks, dependencies, and integration impacts and develop mitigation strategies.
- Provide architecture leadership across design, build, testing, deployment, cutover, hypercare, and operational support.
- Develop architecture blueprints, solution documentation, technology roadmaps, and integration standards.
- Provide expert guidance for complex production issues involving manufacturing processes and system interactions.
- Travel up to 25% to support manufacturing sites, business initiatives, and project activities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- 10+ years of experience delivering SAP manufacturing solutions in complex enterprise environments.
- Deep expertise in SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA, including SAP PP, PP-PI, MM, and related manufacturing capabilities.
- Strong understanding of end-to-end Plan-to-Make processes, production planning, manufacturing operations, inventory management, and material movements.
- Experience designing and implementing integrations between SAP and MES, LIMS, planning, warehouse, and other manufacturing applications.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise integration technologies including APIs, IDocs, middleware platforms, and event-driven architectures.
- Proven ability to lead architecture and solution-design workshops with executive, business, and technical stakeholders.
- Experience translating complex business challenges into practical, scalable technology solutions.
- Strong understanding of application architecture, integration architecture, security, data management, and system dependencies.
- Experience supporting multiple manufacturing sites and cross-functional teams in large global organizations.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, influencing, and decision-making skills.
- Experience with enterprise MES platforms such as Emerson Syncade, Rockwell PharmaSuite, or similar systems.
- Knowledge of SAP Business Technology Platform, SAP Fiori, and modern cloud integration frameworks.
- Experience with digital transformation, SAP migration, merger and acquisition, or divestiture initiatives.
- Preferred experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, life sciences, or advanced manufacturing.
- Preferred understanding of GxP, CSV, data integrity, validation, audit, and compliance requirements in regulated environments.
- Preferred experience developing technology roadmaps, enterprise standards, and application simplification strategies.
- SAP certification related to manufacturing, supply chain, or solution architecture is preferred.
Benefits
- Performance-related bonus.
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- 401(k) matching plan.
- Life insurance and short-term and long-term disability insurance.
- Employee assistance programs.
- Paid time off.
- Based in the Portsmouth, NH office with a typical Monday-through-Friday onsite schedule.
- Travel up to 25% is required.
Tech Stack
SAP Cloud Platform
Categories
Solutions Engineering
About Lonza
Lonza is a pioneer and world leader in the CDMO industry, setting the pace with cutting-edge science, smart technology, and lean manufacturing. United by a common purpose, we turn our customers’ breakthrough innovations into viable therapies and manufacture the medicines of tomorrow. Founded in Switzerland in 1897, our company is the first and original CDMO, and today we are more dynamic, agile and forward-focused than ever before. As one of the largest Western CDMOs, we bring together a global team of around 18,500 colleagues across five continents to deliver comprehensive, integrated solutions for our customers' complex needs. For our customers and their patients, we bring quality, safety and reliability to bring life-enhancing and life-saving treatments to market at speed and at scale. For our colleagues, we strive to create a sense of belonging and inclusion where every person can thrive and bring their best.