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Job Description
You ensure Procurement data and system readiness by driving highquality data analysis, validation, and process alignment across enterprise platforms.
As a System Analyst Procurement (Senior Specialist), you play a critical role in supporting the SAP S/4HANA transformation, including VendortoBusiness Partner transition and data migration activities. You will work across SAP S/4HANA and connected Procurement systems to ensure data integrity, reporting readiness, and system alignment. Leveraging HANA as a data foundation, you will help enable scalable, analyticsready solutions. Over time, you will contribute to the evolution and continuous improvement of Procurement systems and data ecosystems.
What You'll Do
Adaptability, Collaboration, Data Analytics, Data Migrations, Data Validation, Driving Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Procurement Systems, SAP S/4HANA, Structured Query Language (SQL)
Preferred Skills
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US And Puerto Rico Residents Only
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
Requirements
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
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We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
The salary range for this role is
$96,200.00 - $151,400.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only:We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only:We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship
No
Travel Requirements
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid
Shift
1st - Day
Valid Driving License
Yes
Hazardous Material(s)
N/A
Job Posting End Date
06/6/2026
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You ensure Procurement data and system readiness by driving highquality data analysis, validation, and process alignment across enterprise platforms.
As a System Analyst Procurement (Senior Specialist), you play a critical role in supporting the SAP S/4HANA transformation, including VendortoBusiness Partner transition and data migration activities. You will work across SAP S/4HANA and connected Procurement systems to ensure data integrity, reporting readiness, and system alignment. Leveraging HANA as a data foundation, you will help enable scalable, analyticsready solutions. Over time, you will contribute to the evolution and continuous improvement of Procurement systems and data ecosystems.
What You'll Do
- Execute detailed analysis, cleansing, and harmonization of Procurement master data (suppliers, Business Partners, materials, purchasing data).
- Prepare and maintain mapping tables and transformation rules for VendortoBusiness Partner conversion.
- Support SAP S/4HANA transformation activities, including data migration, validation, and testing.
- Perform data quality checks, reconciliation, and issue tracking during migration cycles.
- Apply structured, datadriven approaches (including SQL-based logic and reporting concepts) to analyze and validate large datasets.
- Ensure changes in Company Codes, GL accounts, and organizational structures are accurately reflected in systems and data models.
- Coordinate inputs across Procurement, Finance, Tax, Compliance, and IT stakeholders.
- Support testing and validation of thirdparty interfaces and connected Procurement systems.
- Maintain and update data governance, system, and project documentation, including data definitions and lineage.
- Provide business context to ensure accurate data validation and alignment across systems.
- Experience with SAP Procurement master data and Business Partner concepts (S/4HANA exposure preferred).
- Strong understanding of data structures, data flows, and reporting concepts.
- Familiarity with SQL or SQL-like querying and analytics environments.
- Understanding of how HANA supports reporting, analytics, and data performance (preferred).
- Experience working with large datasets, data validation, and structured analysis approaches.
- Ability to operate with a system thinking mindset, understanding cross-system dependencies and data flows.
- Experience working across integrated system landscapes (SAP, Procurement platforms, reporting tools).
- Strong Excel skills (data cleansing, reconciliation, pivot analysis).
- Strong attention to detail and structured documentation approach.
- Ability to collaborate across Procurement, Finance, IT, and Compliance teams.
- Persistence and rigor in driving data issues to resolution.
- Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Data Analytics, or related field (or equivalent experience).
- 5 years of experience in Procurement, SAP, data, or system-related roles.
- Experience supporting SAP ECC to S/4HANA transformation programs or similar system/data transformations.
- Proven experience in data analysis, validation, and governance within enterprise systems.
- Demonstrated experience supporting testing, deployment, and stabilization activities.
- Strong stakeholder collaboration and ability to translate business needs into system and data requirements.
Adaptability, Collaboration, Data Analytics, Data Migrations, Data Validation, Driving Continuous Improvement, Leadership, Procurement Systems, SAP S/4HANA, Structured Query Language (SQL)
Preferred Skills
Current Employees apply HERE
Current Contingent Workers apply HERE
US And Puerto Rico Residents Only
Our company is committed to inclusion, ensuring that candidates can engage in a hiring process that exhibits their true capabilities. Please click here if you need an accommodation during the application or hiring process.
Requirements
As an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer, we provide equal opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, age, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.As a federal contractor, we comply with all affirmative action requirements for protected veterans and individuals with disabilities. For more information about personal rights under the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment laws, visit:
EEOC Know Your Rights
EEOC GINA Supplement
We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing together, talented, and committed people with diverse experiences, perspectives, skills and backgrounds. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when people with diverse ideas, broad experiences, backgrounds, and skills come together in an inclusive environment. We encourage our colleagues to respectfully challenge one another's thinking and approach problems collectively.
Learn more about your rights, including under California, Colorado and other US State Acts
The salary range for this role is
$96,200.00 - $151,400.00
This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. An employee's position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, geographic location, government requirements, and business or organizational needs.
The successful candidate will be eligible for annual bonus and long-term incentive, if applicable.
We offer a comprehensive package of benefits. Available benefits include medical, dental, vision healthcare and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, including 401(k), paid holidays, vacation, and compassionate and sick days. More information about benefits is available at https://jobs.merck.com/us/en/compensation-and-benefits.
You can apply for this role through https://jobs.merck.com/us/en (or via the Workday Jobs Hub if you are a current employee). The application deadline for this position is stated on this posting.
San Francisco Residents Only:We will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records for employment in compliance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance
Los Angeles Residents Only:We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance
Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully
Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company. No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails.
Employee Status
Regular
Relocation:
No relocation
VISA Sponsorship
No
Travel Requirements
10%
Flexible Work Arrangements
Hybrid
Shift
1st - Day
Valid Driving License
Yes
Hazardous Material(s)
N/A
Job Posting End Date
06/6/2026
- A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFOREthe listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.
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Salary : $96,200 - $151,400