Turkish pharmaceutical manufacturer with SAP-driven operations and product development
Santa Farma is an 80-year-old Turkish pharmaceutical manufacturer operating across production, contract manufacturing, and drug development. The tech stack is enterprise-grade (SAP modules for finance, supply chain, and projects) with emerging BI work (Power BI, Excel VBA) — indicating a shift toward self-service reporting and analysis. Current hiring spans healthcare, marketing, and engineering with director-level roles, suggesting simultaneous scaling of clinical/regulatory and product teams alongside infrastructure modernization.
Notable leadership hires: Medical Director
Founded in 1944 as Farma Laboratory and restructured through merger with Santa Laboratory in 1954, Santa Farma operates as a pharmaceutical manufacturer and contract producer in Turkey. The company produces branded drugs and manufactures products under licensing agreements for multinational pharmaceutical partners. Operations are centralized in Istanbul and serve the Turkish healthcare market. The organization runs on SAP (financial, manufacturing, and project modules) with active efforts to improve reporting capabilities through Power BI and custom Excel analytics.
Santa Farma runs SAP across finance (FI, CO), supply chain (MM, SD), and project management (PS), plus SAP BPC for consolidation. Microsoft Office, Excel, and Power BI support reporting and analysis.
Key challenges include master data integrity, computerized system validation, sales process efficiency tracking, and reporting/analysis improvement. The company is also developing new KPI and goal-setting frameworks.
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