Planning Master Data Analyst (12 month FTC)

Viatris; Dublin; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Excellent career progression

Work-life balance initiatives

Bonus scheme

Health insurance

Pension

Job summary

Viatris is seeking a Global Supply Chain Planning Master Data Analyst to define, govern, and maintain high-quality planning master data across SAP and planning systems. You will collaborate with Planning, IT, Data Quality, and Master Data teams to ensure data readiness and support SAP S/4HANA transformation.

Responsibilities include end-to-end master data processes, data quality monitoring, and post-go-live stabilization.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of master data as a strategic enterprise asset.
• Hands-on functional experience with SAP master data within supply chain processes (MM, PTP, OTC).
• Experience supporting data validation, cleansing, and migration activities.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, global transformation environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, IT, or commercial discipline.

Responsibilities

• Define and govern planning master data across SAP and planning platforms.
• Lead SAP S/4HANA data readiness, planning master data harmonisation, and data model support.
• Support data migration, cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilisation.
• Execute test scenarios and scripts across SIT and UAT phases.
• Define and monitor data quality KPIs, dashboards, and scorecards.
• Collaborate with Planning, IT, Data Quality, and Master Data teams to align planning data with business needs.

Skills

Master data governance

SAP master data (MM, PTP, OTC)

Data validation & migration

Analytical & problem-solving

Communication skills

Transformation program experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in scientific, engineering, IT, or commercial discipline

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

Job description

McDermott Laboratories Limited Viatris is a global healthcare company uniquely positioned to bridge the traditional divide between generics and brands, combining the best of both to more holistically address healthcare needs globally. With a mission to empower people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life, we provide access at scale, currently supplying high-quality medicines to approximately 1 billion patients around the world annually and touching all of life's moments, from birth to the end of life, acute conditions to chronic diseases. We have been included on number of award lists that demonstrate the impact we are making. Our global portfolio includes best-in-class, iconic brand-name products as well as global key brands; generics, including branded and complex generics; and other offerings across a wide range of therapeutic areas. We are committed to helping create healthier communities worldwide through education, outreach and better access to treatment. For those driven to live their lives with purpose, Viatris helps employees realise their full potential by creating a collaborative culture that fosters courage and resilience. Viatris is more than just a place to work. This is a place to make a difference in the world.

The Role & What You Will Be Doing

The Global Supply Chain Planning Master Data Analyst is responsible for defining, governing, and maintaining high-quality planning master data across SAP and advanced planning systems in support of global supply chain operations. The role ensures planning data is fit for purpose, supports standardised global processes, and drives effective planning, execution, and reporting — including active involvement in SAP S/4HANA transformation. It requires close collaboration with Planning, IT, Data Quality, and Master Data teams across system deployments, testing, and data migrations.

Master Data Ownership & Governance

• Serve as global functional expert for supply chain planning master data across SAP and planning platforms
• Define and maintain end-to-end master data processes covering creation, maintenance, validation, and governance
• Develop and continuously improve policies, standards, and procedures with a focus on data quality and scalability

SAP S/4HANA & Transformation

• Lead SAP S/4HANA data readiness, planning master data harmonisation, and support for new data models
• Support data migration, cutover activities, and post-go-live stabilisation
• Execute test scenarios and scripts across SIT and UAT phases

Data Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Define and monitor data quality KPIs, dashboards, and scorecards
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across data, processes, and systems
• Collaborate with stakeholders across supply chain, manufacturing, IT, and commercial teams to align planning data with business needs

About Your Skills & Experience

For this role, we’re looking for a candidate who has an effective combination of the following qualifications, skills and experiences:

• Strong understanding of master data as a strategic enterprise asset.
• Hands‑on functional experience with SAP master data within supply chain processes (MM, PTP, OTC).
• Experience supporting data validation, cleansing, and migration activities.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and communication skills.
• Ability to operate effectively in complex, global, transformation‑driven environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in a scientific, engineering, IT, or commercial discipline.

At Viatris, we are dedicated to building a truly diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t fully align with every requirement, we still encourage you to apply. You may just be the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits at Viatris

• Excellent career progression opportunities
• Work‑life balance initiatives
• Bonus scheme
• Health insurance
• Pension

Diversity & Inclusion at Viatris

At Viatris, diversity and inclusion are essential to our mission. The diversity we foster in all aspects of our business can be one of our greatest strengths in redefining healthcare not as it is, but as it should be. If you would like to know more about what diversity, equity and inclusion means to us, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/Careers/Diversity-and-Inclusion

Sustainability at Viatris

Corporate social responsibility is fundamental to the Viatris mission. We work to advance responsible and sustainable operations and leverage our collective expertise to empower people to live healthier at every stage of life, recognizing that our actions affect the stakeholders and communities we serve. To learn more about our efforts, please visit https://www.viatris.com/en/about-us/corporate-responsibility

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Viatris, we offer competitive salaries, benefits and an inclusive environment where you can use your experiences, perspectives and skills to help make an impact on the lives of others. Viatris is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Viatris is a global healthcare company formed in 2020 through the combination of Mylan and Upjohn, a legacy division of Pfizer. By integrating the strengths of these two companies, including our global workforce, we aim to deliver increased access to affordable, quality medicines for patients worldwide, regardless of geography or circumstance. We believe in healthcare as it should be – empowering people worldwide to live healthier at every stage of life. Because of our unwavering belief that better access leads to better health, we leverage our best‑in‑class manufacturing and scientific expertise and proven commercial capabilities to bring quality medicines to patients when and where they need them.