Merck KGaA Posted August 15, 2026

Senior Expert SAP SD

Bangalore, Karnataka, India FULL_TIME
Information Technology Senior

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About this opportunity

Work Your Magic with us!

Ready to explore, break barriers, and discover more? We know you’ve got big plans – so do we! Our colleagues across the globe love innovating with science and technology to enrich people’s lives with our solutions in Healthcare, Life Science, and Electronics. Together, we dream big and are passionate about caring for our rich mix of people, customers, patients, and planet. That's why we are always looking for curious minds that see themselves imagining the unimaginable with us.

Your role

As Expert in the area of  SAP SD you are responsible for the Sales topics to provide state of the art solutions and services. This includes the implementation of appropriate systems enhancements following established processes to meet customer requirements. The Expert will interact with our Business facing organization to plan, prepare, execute and monitor projects as well as individual Change Requests. This will be done by leveraging self-technical skills and by using our internal technical partners.

In this role we require an excellent knowledge of SAP Sales and the adjacent modules combined with a good understanding of associated O2C (Order to Cash) business processes integrated with ERP systems. Thus he/she should be in the position to consult business partners to find suitable and sustainable solutions meeting customer demands.

Sales are connected to all relevant ERP systems to centrally create, change, and distribute, or to consolidate master data across the complete enterprise system landscape. The integration of all those components and participate in architecture design decisions is also part of this position.

Responsibilities

Ensure customer satisfaction through proper solution design delivery and applications life cycle management while maintaining necessary internal (process, security) and external (GxP, GDPR, license) compliance.

Secure minimal business disruption on application Go-live based on proper design and formal project hand-over process.

Job Functions:

Good exposure on RFCs and ecommerce integration.

Strong exposure to integration technologies including EDI, IDOC, ALE, RFC, PI and Web-Services

Demonstrate capability to utilize best practices to support SAP ERP Configurations across modules for the business.

Proven ability to understand the Business Processes of the organization and the core application environments.

Ability to handle multiple tasks and adapt to changing priorities

Problem Management

Lead master plan and priorities toward ticket elimination and automation

Proactively suggest possible solutions and propose an action plan for improvement to management

Lead the resolution of critical or complex incidents including related crisis management when appropriate

Change and Release Management

Establish documentation of current and target application architecture (incl. CMDB)

Establish and implement the Life Cycle Mgmt plan for applications in scope

Secure Change Management processes in line with relevant SOPs

Ensure complete and accurate handover documents created prior to production release

Manage the application portfolio at the most appropriate level of release

Coordinate communication and coordination with the relevant stakeholders (infrastructure, business partners, business analysts, business key users, etc.)

Project Delivery

Lead technical design of applications/solutions in portfolio

Provide technical services and functional advice on the implementation of business applications

Provide functional/technical support to project teams

Provide the technical input for defining and maintaining the development standard and guidelines

Who you are:

Education/Professional Experience

Bachelor/ Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Sciences and/or Business Administration

12+ years’ experience in SAP SD

4 years’ experience within an international environment

Must have experience of all life cycles of implementing an SAP SD Solution

Languages

English mandatory (written and spoken)

An additional language (German, Spanish or Portuguese) is an asset

Skills and Competencies

Strong interpersonal and organizational skills

Strong written and oral communication skills

Good problem-solving skill

Willingness to travel

Ability to make difficult decisions and act autonomously

Integration skills regarding the use of functionality within SAP SD

Expert knowledge in EDI and IDocs

Expert knowledge in Output determination

Good knowledge in the surrounding modules (LE, MM-PUR, MM-IM, FI, CO, GTS)

Basic knowledge in ABAP – development, exits, debugging, etc.

Basic knowledge in Archiving

What we offer: We are curious minds that come from a broad range of backgrounds, perspectives, and life experiences. We believe that this variety drives excellence and innovation, strengthening our ability to lead in science and technology. We are committed to creating access and opportunities for all to develop and grow at your own pace. Join us in building a culture of inclusion and belonging that impacts millions and empowers everyone to work their magic and champion human progress!

Apply now and become a part of a team that is dedicated to Sparking Discovery and Elevating Humanity!

Job details

Seniority
Senior
Function
Information Technology
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Employment type
FULL_TIME

How this role compares

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We currently track 407 comparable Senior Information Technology roles across 39 biopharma companies.

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388Currently active
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21Countries represented

Salary context

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Therapeutic area mix

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