Senior SAP Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling Consultant

SAP PP Solution Architect –  (Primary Skill – Product Development; Secondary – Program management) 

• SAP S/4HANA implementation experience of around 12 years 

• Understand the current business process across all regions / plants. 

• Independently guide and mentor junior team members, fostering their development and ensuring high-quality deliverables. 

• Understand the functionality of current Legacy Material requirements Planning (MRP) and associated upstream and downstream systems 

• Work with various stakeholders to study the transformation of current process / legacy systems to Industry best standards / technology/ systems focusing on the SAP PP / PPDS modules 

• Perform Requirements Gathering, Business Analysis, and Fit-Gap / Fit-to-Standard Analysis to understand the as-is/to-be states and identify key functionality / process gaps 

• Recommend possible technology / process solution to address gaps 

• Develop roadmap / transformation map without impacting the operations 

• Deploy SAP S/4 PP/PPDS across various sites globally and integrate with both legacy & other best-in-breed applications 

• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement 

• Work closely with product owners and product anchors to establish an inclusive product roadmap for Production planning and Inventory management business transformation 

• Lead the blueprinting sessions to understand the Production Planning business requirements, work closely with functional and technical consultants and product owners to derive an overall solution. 

• Handle the release and cutover of SAP MMP program.  

• Analyze the need for customization and prioritize the RICEFW objects and size them  

• Ensure the product roadmap and prioritization is aligned across other product teams 

• Create functional specification, Key design document, prototypes or Proof-of-Concepts wherever required 

• Collaborate with integration team to Integrate SAP MMP system with other supply chain downstream and up-stream system 

• Have good functional knowledge on IDOC’s, BADI, Fiori applications etc. 

• Troubleshooting and resolving functional issues related to the SAP MM system. 

• Collaborating with the technical team to understand and implement business requirements. 

• Ensuring the system is performing optimally and securely. 

We are looking for a S4 Hana PP / PPDS Product Manager with the following skills: