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SAP S/4HANA Sales & Distribution (SD) Specialist

ID:  2237
Date of Posting:  Feb 21, 2026
Business Area:  Information Technology
Job Type:  Direct Employee
On site / Remote / Hybrid:  Hybrid
Hub Office: 

Milano, IT

Territory: 
Full-Time or Part-Time:  Full Time
Seniority:  Mid-senior

With its beginnings in a family run pharmacy in Correggio, Italy in the 1920s, Recordati is now a global pharmaceutical company, listed on the Italian stock exchange, with over 4,500 employees and turnover of over Euro 2bn.

We are a group of like-minded, passionate individuals who go to extraordinary lengths for our patients, customers, partners, investors and the people across the globe who we serve. We develop and commercialise medicines to serve people living with common diseases, as well as those living with some of the rarest, in around 150 countries.

At Recordati, our mantra is simple. We’ve always believed that health, and the opportunity to live life to the fullest, is a right, not a privilege. Whether that is for common diseases or the rarest – we want to give people the opportunity to be the best version of themselves.

This drive will never stop. Together, we will always be reimagining tomorrow – with new ideas, new technologies and new innovations to fight diseases.

Recordati. Unlocking the full potential of life.

Job Purpose

We are looking for an experienced SAP S/4HANA SD to join our Center of Excellence, responsible for application management, operations, continuous evolution, and new implementation projects across our international footprint. The role covers the full SD functionalities (pricing, order management, delivery & shipping, billing, credit management, ATP…), with strong collaboration across MM (Materials Management) and FI (Finance), and a key focus on intercompany scenarios and integration with external partners/platforms for master data, orders, deliveries, and billing documents.

Key Responsibilities

•    Manage SD configuration in S/4HANA: sales documents, delivery, shipping, billing, pricing conditions, credit management, ATP, returns.
•    Design and operate intercompany flows (order to cash) ensuring seamless touchpoints with MM and FI (materials valuation, account determination, tax, revenue recognition).
•    Support master data management (customers, materials, pricing) partnering with MDG for harmonization and distribution across legal entities (material master). 
•    Design, operate and monitor B2B/3PL/Distributor integrations flows (IDoc/EDI/API) through SAP BTP Integration Suite to ensure reliable exchange of master data, orders, deliveries, invoices. 
•    Organize, execute and monitor application management activities (incident, problem, change), contributing to corrective/adaptive maintenance and evolutions.
•    Prepare training materials and conduct user enablement for subsidiaries and HQ. 
•    Participate to rollouts implementation, and template evolution; lead fit gap, blueprinting, build, test (incl. integration/UAT), cutover, and go live/hypercare.
•    Work closely with Process Owners (Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance) and with cross functional IT (MM, FI, EWM, PP PI, QM).
•    Ensure adherence to pharma/GxP relevant practices where applicable; collaborate with QA/CSV when SD processes impact regulated areas.

Required Education

Bachelor’s degree in an IT-related field

Required Skills and Experience

•    Minimum 4 years in SAP SD (S/4HANA preferred), with at least two full end‑to‑end implementations successfully completed.
•    Strong knowledge of dependencies with MM, FI and intercompany scenarios.
•    Hands‑on experience with integration (IDoc/EDI/API) towards external partners/3PLs/platforms for master data, orders, deliveries, billing. (In line with the enterprise integration stack.) 
•    Exposure to MDG for master data governance (material/customer) is highly valued. 
•    Familiarity with pharmaceutical industry processes and constraints (plus).
•    Exposure to one or more of the following areas\modules MM, MDG, EWM,  QM, PP, FI, CO, BTP-Integration Suite.
•    Basic programming knowledge (e.g., ABAP) to support technical debugging and collaboration with development teams

Communication: Excellent written and verbal skills; comfortable leading workshops and cross‑country stakeholder meetings. 

Required Languages

Fluent in spoken and written English

At Recordati we believe in people! Inspired by our purpose - unlocking the full potential of life - we are committed to creating a diverse environment and cultivating a culture of inclusion. We strive to continually lead with our values and beliefs, enabling our employees to bring their whole selves to work and develop their potential.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We recruit, develop and reward without regard to, amongst others, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, physical or mental ability, race, ethnicity, political or religious belief.

If you are looking to join a company where you can try new things, speak openly, and be bold, we invite you to apply today.

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