Pharma and life-science manufacturer scaling ERP and data infrastructure globally
Merck Group operates a large-scale manufacturing and pharma business across 10,000+ employees with heavy SAP footprint (S/4HANA, ECC, FICO, BW) and emerging data modernization (Snowflake, Palantir Foundry, SAP Analytics Cloud). Active hiring across finance, operations, and HR signals ongoing ERP consolidation and compliance automation—confirmed by projects around ERP integration with procurement tools (Ariba, Fieldglass) and third-party risk management frameworks. The pain-point pattern (HR data accuracy, invoice automation, GxP compliance, procurement standardization) reveals a company modernizing transactional workflows and data quality across a global, regulated footprint.
Merck Group is a publicly traded, German-headquartered science and technology company with over 350 years of history. The company operates three business divisions: Life Science (serving research and biotech markets), Healthcare (pharmaceuticals and diagnostics), and Electronics. With headquarters in Darmstadt and active hiring across 22 countries, Merck employs a predominantly SAP-based ERP ecosystem for finance, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality management. Current organizational momentum centers on ERP migration (S/4HANA adoption), procurement standardization across regions, and integration of third-party risk frameworks—workstreams reflected in steady hiring across finance, operations, HR, and data teams.
Core: SAP (S/4HANA, ECC, FICO, BW, Fiori), Snowflake, Palantir Foundry, AWS, Elasticsearch, Kubernetes. Supporting: Microsoft Office, Ariba, OpenText, Redwood. Actively adopting SAP Analytics Cloud and Redwood; replacing Azure Entra ID.
ERP integration with Ariba and Fieldglass, SAP S/4HANA migration, third-party risk management (TPRM) framework design and workflow embedding, data quality improvement initiatives, and procurement standardization across regions.
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