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MSD

Specialist, Manufacturing Automation

MSD
Hyderabad, Telangana On-site
On-Site Full-Time Hyderabad, Telangana India

About the Role

Job Description

Specialist, Manufacturing Automation

The Operations Orchestration product team (OOPT) focuses on building and sustaining digital products for shopfloor operations management. This product line encompasses two key capabilities Finite Scheduling and Manufacturing Productivity. These capabilities are essential for the optimized operation of the shop floor and provide enhanced visibility of the status of the production process. Operations Orchestration operates within the Manufacturing Value Team (MVT) of Digital our Manufacturing Division.

Our product team is expanding rapidly to meet increasing demand for Finite Scheduling capabilities across the worldwide our Manufacturing Division network. As such, we are recruiting for Specialists who will be responsible for developing and maintaining manufacturing process models in the RTMS platform. These roles will work closely with other OOPT and site personnel to successfully deliver scheduling and capacity analysis models in accordance with defined requirements and objectives.

The Specialists will participate on new deployments as well as provide ongoing operational support at existing our Manufacturing Division sites. Duties will include model configuration, testing, and documentation, along with responding to support and enhancement requests from site schedulers.

Because our team has global reach, the roles will collaborate with team members across multiple timezones (CET, GMT, and US Eastern) and therefore require the ability to adjust working hours to facilitate this remote collaboration. In addition, clear and effective written communication is essential for success in these roles.

Responsibilities

Develop and/or modify process models for Drug Substance, Drug Product and Packaging operations using discrete event simulation
Provide technical support for process optimization analysis, such as debottlenecking, capacity analyses, and what if analysis for manufacturing operations
Assist technical OOPT members with data analysis for manufacturing system integrations and the debugging/testing of data interfaces using SQL.
Provide customer support for the RTMS platform. This includes troubleshooting, escalating, and resolving issues reported by the users at the different sites
Use of agile tools (e.g. Jira, Confluence) and methodologies (e.g. sprints) to deliver defined product increments
Delivery in accordance with defined scope/time/acceptance criteria

Required Education And Experience

B.S. in Science/Engineering or equivalent technical field with 5-7 years of relevant experience.
Demonstrated experience in mathematical modeling and at least one programming/scripting language (e.g. C/C++, Matlab, Python, R, C#, Java).
Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical personnel to achieve the desired outcomes
Excellent, proactive written communication, coupled with the ability to divide assigned tasks into smaller increments to leverage the timezone differences across the team. For example, the ability to receive written feedback on a task from a colleague/customer working overnight, and then work independently to address the feedback and reply in writing so that the colleague/customer can review the completed task when their work hours resume.
Strong analytical problem-solving skills and ability to work independently within the role’s defined responsibilities. For example, although these roles work in collaboration with other technical team members, success will require the ability to proactively and independently overcome obstacles. Successful candidates should be prepared to apply their full expertise to situations and take appropriate initiative to solve problems.
Ability to work both independently and collaboratively with a globally dispersed team
Practice in Agile Methodology and Continuous Improvement and with a Digital & Innovative mindset
Expertise in authoring and executing technical documentation following industry standards and methodologies (SDLC, AGILE)
Excellent communication and problem-solving skills with a sense of ownership, enthusiasm, and innovation

Preferred Job Description

Preferred Experience an Job Description

Senior Manager, Software Engineer - Costing & Intercompany Profit Elimination

The Opportunity

Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130- year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.
Be part of an organisation driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that support a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products.
Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be a part of a team with passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, and which creates custom software, allowing us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats.

Our Technology Centres focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. An integral part of our company’s IT operating model, Tech Centres are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy.

A focused group of leaders in each Tech Centre helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centres.

Role Overview

We are seeking an energetic and technically astute professional to help us identify and deliver cutting-edge business solutions that drive significant business value. Collaborate with our Finance and IT colleagues and leverage advanced cloud-based solutions to transform our critical organizational functions. This candidate will be critical to helping us shift to modern ways of working to accelerate the execution of our strategy to increase flexibility, accelerate time-to-market of solutions, and drive significant business value.

What Will You Do In This Role

Build and maintain relationships with global Finance and IT colleagues to accelerate the delivery of business solutions.
Develop a deep understanding of the Finance business processes, systems, and data related to financial close, consolidation, and external reporting.
Explore and assess various technology solutions applicable to requirements.
Actively participate in the technical implementation and support of key applications to help ensure alignment between business needs and solutions.
Demonstrate the ability to evaluate new ideas and proposed methods for practicality and ease of implementation.
Utilize open communication to acknowledge diverse thoughts and opinions.
Demonstrate ability to independently solve problems that arise within job responsibility and expectations.
Share best practices, tools, and techniques across product teams.
Partner with our vendors to optimize solutions and enhance product capabilities for added value.
Work within agile teams and contribute to common goals.
Thrive in a dynamic, rapidly changing, highly matrixed business environment.

What Should You Have

Bachelors’ degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or any Technology stream.
7+ years of relevant work experience, with at least 5+ years of experience working with financial systems.
Technical/programming knowledge in using SAP HANA Studio and HANA database.
Strong Data Analysis skills with knowledge of SAP FI/CO transactions and data engineering skills in a modern IT environment.
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to quickly establish credibility and trust with a variety of stakeholders.
Strong written and verbal communications skills including the ability to communicate with both a business and technical audience.
Critical thinker who can effectively embrace new ideas and technologies while balancing the needs of stakeholders and users.
Familiarity with web development (HTML, CSS, API, Javascript, etc.), and Data Modeling/Design, related AWS components
Demonstrable experience in contributing to design, build, and support of large scale IT solutions using modern technologies.
Experience working on Agile teams and knowledge of Scrum framework.

Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation.

Who We Are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What We Look For

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

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Employee Status

Regular

Relocation

VISA Sponsorship

Travel Requirements

Flexible Work Arrangements

Hybrid

Shift

Valid Driving License

Hazardous Material(s)

Required Skills

Data Engineering, Data Visualization, Design Applications, Software Configurations, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Solution Architecture, System Designs, Systems Integration, Testing

Preferred Skills

Job Posting End Date

06/27/2025

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Requisition ID R345623

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