Senior SAP Production Planning Consultant

SAP PP Senior Consultant

About: SAP Production Planning (PP) role with S/4HANA experience focuses on implementing,

configuring, and supporting SAP PP/PP-DS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling) within the S/4HANA environment. Key responsibilities include end-to-end implementation, configuration of master data and planning tools, integration with modules like MM, SD, and QM, and using S/4HANA features like Fiori apps. Requirements typically include extensive experience in SAP PP, multiple full-cycle S/4HANA implementations, strong domain knowledge in manufacturing, and excellent communication skills.

Roles & Responsibilities:

1.High level of expertise on SAP PP module & hands on experience / Expertise in S4 HANA

2.On demand support to Global Business Process and Operational Divisions Teams as well as partners in charge of administration of data centers (database administration, upgrades, performance,)

3. Proficient and well versed in working in S4 HANA system

Analyze business requirements and translate them into SAP S/4HANA functional specifications

across relevant modules (e.g., MM, SD, PP, FI/CO, QM, PM).

Configure and customize SAP S/4HANA modules to align with business processes and Client

standards.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration between modules and

third-party systems.

Conduct unit testing, integration testing, and support user acceptance testing (UAT).

Provide end-user training and create functional documentation and SOPs.

4.Accountable for Solution issues escalated to the Global Support team. Ensure that tickets are properly responded to, fixed, tested and follows-up those until they are properly closed according to process defined. Support provided is functional (analysis, feed-back, recommendation ).

5. Analyze content of releases on his/her area and recommend best organization as far as testing is

concerned.

6.Liaise with regional / local support teams and testing factory to ensure that release validation process is done properly

7. Analyze, challenge, validate recommendations and actions of on his/her area

8.Liaise with Global Data Excellence and Business Process Leaders organization regarding problem

solving and enhancement

9.Contribute, review and validate Core bugs & enhancements specification. Contribute to testing and validation.

Technology Skills:

1. 7 to 10 years of SAP PP experience with exposure to multiple projects like Global template

design / build / validation, roll-out and support.

2. Sound Knowledge in the area of SAP PP (Production Planning) with hands-on experience

on the following areas.

Discrete Manufacturing

Order creation, release & confirmation

Integration with Planning

Good knowledge on Printing of documents

REM

Collective Orders

Major Strategies Used

Knowledge on Information system of Orders

Production Kanban

Handled Different types of Subcontracting

Capacity Planning

SOP

Master Production scheduling

Demand Management

Material Requirement planning

MRP Basics

MRP Results

Purchase order Flow & Stock Transfer flow

Handled Different types of Subcontracting

EDI /IDOC integration usage with PO-SO flow

Long Term Planning

Exposure to any interface working is preferable

Exposure to MM integration topics is added advantage

Time Tracking integration with Orders

Exposure to QM, PM integration topics is added advantage

Exposure to MES system is added advantage

Archiving knowledge of Order is added advantage

3. Should have good working experience on Agile methodology.

4. S4 HANA S4 HANA work experience is needed

5. To have exposure on the regression testing

6. Exposure to ABAP Skills (Basic debugging skills)

7. The resource should have at least 7 years of SAP PP Experience and good experience in

Procurement or Inventory Domain

8. Business experience or very good awareness on his/her area. Domain experience in

Manufacturing is an added advantage

9. Very good knowledge of SAP functional (processes, available functionalities, ) and technical

background (customizing, environment, transport orders, ), different stages of projects (run,

deployments, testing, ) as well as project management skills (planning follow-up, team work,

multiple teams interaction,

Behavioral Skills:

1.Excellent communication skills both verbal and written with the ability to tailor communication to the intended audience (excellent English is a must)

2.Team player and networking (colleagues as well as external partners)

3.Capacity to challenge requirement as well as capacity to show added value in relationship with

4. Business Customer centric and capacity to deliver high level of service

Y

ears of Experience: 7-10

Education: BE/ B Tech./MCA/ Graduate/MBA