S/4HANA Logistics & Warehousing Business SME

Requisition ID: 34758

At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, our 8,000+ global associates proud to come to work each day, knowing that what we do impacts the lives of patients around the world. For Terumo, for Everyone, Everywhere.

We make medical devices and related products that are used to collect, separate, manufacture and process various components of blood and cells. With our innovative technologies and service offerings, we touch a patient's life every second of every day and are committed to continuing to increase the number of patients we serve. Advancing healthcare with heart.

With some of the best and brightest minds in the industry, an unmatched global footprint, comprehensive benefits and a distinct culture, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is a great place to work, grow and be part of a team that is focused on making a difference. Join us and help shape wherever we go next. You create your future and ours.

S/4HANA Logistics & Warehousing Business SME

JOB SUMMARY

The S/4HANA Logistics & Warehousing Business SME serves as the primary business lead and subject matter expert for Logistics, Warehousing, and Trade Compliance in support of the company's global SAP S/4HANA implementation.

This role represents Global Supply Chain Operations in the design, testing, and deployment of S/4HANA solutions, ensuring future-state processes align with global standards, regulatory requirements, and operational needs. The position combines deep functional expertise in transportation, warehousing, and trade compliance with strong project execution, cross-functional collaboration, and change leadership capabilities.

This leader partners closely with regional fulfillment teams, IT, system integrators, Quality, Procurement, and Finance to enable standardized, scalable, and compliant logistics processes while supporting long-term operational excellence beyond go-live.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES

S/4HANA Program Leadership & SME Representation

• Serve as the Global Logistics, Warehousing, and Trade Compliance SME for the SAP S/4HANA transformation program.
• Represent Global Supply Chain in design sessions related to logistics, warehousing, transportation management, and trade compliance, including dependencies with OTC, MDM, Finance, and Manufacturing.
• Provide expert insight into current-state processes, system usage, and known pain points to inform future-state solution design.
• Collaborate with IT and system integrator partners to define, validate, and refine functional and technical designs aligned with global standards.

Logistics, Warehousing & Trade Compliance Enablement

• Support the definition and deployment of standardized global logistics, warehousing, and trade compliance processes aligned to S/4HANA capabilities.
• Ensure system designs support end-to-end transportation management, 3PL integration, warehouse operations, trade compliance, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner with regional fulfillment teams to ensure global standards are executable at the regional and site level.
• Support inbound and outbound freight process design, including carrier integration, freight settlement, and performance visibility.

Testing, Cutover & Deployment Support

• Participate in and support all phases of the S/4HANA project lifecycle, including design validation, testing, data validation, cutover planning, and deployment.
• Lead or support user acceptance testing (UAT) scenarios related to logistics, warehousing, and trade compliance.
• Identify risks, gaps, and dependencies related to logistics processes and escalate issues with clear mitigation plans.
• Deliver regular status updates and milestone reporting to project leadership and supply chain stakeholders.

Change Management & Adoption

• Support change management activities, including training development, communications, and user readiness efforts.
• Act as a liaison between Global Supply Chain operations and the ERP project team to ensure smooth adoption.
• Support post-go-live stabilization, process adoption, and continuous improvement across regions and sites, as needed.

Continuous Improvement & Strategic Alignment

• Identify opportunities to improve logistics, warehousing, and trade compliance processes through system enablement and standardization.
• Support analytics and reporting capabilities to improve visibility to service, cost, risk, and compliance.
• Ensure alignment between S/4HANA logistics capabilities and longer-term supply chain strategy and technology roadmaps.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, Logistics, Transportation, or a related field; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience

• 8-10+ years of experience in global logistics, transportation, warehousing, and/or trade compliance within a complex supply chain environment.
• Hands-on experience with SAP core functionality and transactions; S/4HANA exposure preferred.
• Experience supporting ERP implementations, transformations, or major process standardization initiatives.
• Experience with logistics and warehouse technologies such as TMS, WMS/LWM, track & trace, and trade compliance systems.
• Experience working with 3PL providers and cross-functional global stakeholders.
• Strong ability to operate at both the strategic and detailed execution levels.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, project-driven environment with competing priorities.
• Experience in the medical device or pharmaceutical industry strongly preferred.
• Willingness to dedicate full-time effort to the S/4HANA transformation for a multi-year program duration.

Skills

• Deep understanding of manufacturing operations, including production execution, materials flow, inventory control, capacity planning, and scheduling.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end logistics, warehousing, and trade compliance processes.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into scalable system and process solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with comfort operating in ambiguity.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills across all organizational levels.
• Proven ability to collaborate, influence, and align stakeholders without direct authority.
• Strong organizational and prioritization skills with the ability to manage multiple workstreams.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, project-driven, and change-oriented environment.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

N/A

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

Typical Office Environment requirements include: reading, speaking, hearing, close vision, walking, bending, sitting, and occasional lifting up to 20 pounds.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an associate to successfully perform the essential duties of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

Additional Requirements

• Fulltime participation in the SAP S/4HANA program is required.
• Up to 10% global travel may be required.

Target Pay Range:$123,300.00to$154,100.00 -Salary to be determined by the education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities of the applicant, internal equity, and alignment with market data
Target Bonus on Base:10.0%

At Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies, we provide competitive total reward offerings that consist of compensation, benefits, recognition, along with a wealth of other well-being, work-life and recognition programs which support in unlocking the potential for you and your family.Included in our expansive list of benefits offerings are multiple group medical, dental and vision plans, a robust wellness program, life insurance and disability coverages, also a variety of voluntary programs such as group accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance and much more.To help you save for retirement, we offer a 401(k) plan with a matching contribution and for work-life balance we have vacation and sick time programs for associates.For us, it's about protecting the personal welfare of our associates and their families, helping to achieve personal goals and offering those extra touches for convenience, security and overall peace of mind.

• Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is part of Terumo Group, founded in 1921 and headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
• In 2024, Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies reached $1.5 billion in revenue.
• We employ nearly 8,000 associates globally, with global headquarters in Lakewood, CO, U.S., and regional headquarters in Brussels, Buenos Aires, Singapore and Tokyo.
• We manufacture devices, disposable sets and solutions at our facilities in Belgium, India, Japan, Northern Ireland, the U.S. and Vietnam. Our global presence enables us to serve customers in more than 130 countries.
• Our core values help set our direction, guide our actions and keep us true to our corporate mission of contributing to society through healthcare.
  
  
  
  • Respect - Appreciative of others
  • Integrity - Guided by our mission
  • Care - Empathetic to patients
  • Quality - Committed to excellence
  • Creativity - Striving for innovation
  
  
  
  
• We contribute to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS), raising $2.4 million USD since 2025.

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. All applicants will be afforded equal opportunity without discrimination because of race, color, religion, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, order of protection status, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, military status or an unfavorable discharge from military service.

Terumo Blood and Cell Technologies is committed to providing a safe, healthy and secure working environment.Our Colorado campus locations are tobacco-free workplaces, and we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing and detailed background verification.