Our client is seeking for an experienced SAP Production Planning (PP) Functional Consultant to join their project in January 2025 and will run for a 6 months, with possibility of an extension. The ideal candidate will have 5 + years of experience in implementing and supporting SAP PP environments and will be responsible for implementing, configuring, and supporting the Production Planning (PP) module within SAP S/4HANA to ensure efficient manufacturing operations by aligning system functionality with business processes for production, capacity planning, and shop floor control. This will be a hybrid role with the exact of on-site scheduled days to be confirmed.
Key Responsibilities:
- Configure SAP PP module components including Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Work Centers, Routings, Production Versions, and BOMs (Bills of Material).
- Integrate SAP PP with related modules such as MM (Materials Management), SD (Sales and Distribution), QM (Quality Management), and PM (Plant Maintenance).
- Perform end-to-end implementation activities including requirement gathering, fit-gap analysis, design, testing, and go-live support.
- Develop functional specifications for custom developments (RICEFW objects).
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to understand manufacturing processes and translate them into SAP solutions.
- Conduct workshops to document and optimize business processes for discrete, repetitive, or process manufacturing environments.
- Recommend best practices for production scheduling, capacity planning, and order management.
- Provide day-to-day production support for SAP PP users.
- Troubleshoot and resolve issues related to MRP runs, production orders, and master data inconsistencies.
- Maintain system documentation and configuration guides.
- Ensure seamless integration between PP and other functional modules and external systems (e.g., MES, APO/IBP).
- Support master data management including BOMs, routings, work centers, and production versions.
- Validate and support data migration during system upgrades or new implementations.
- Prepare and execute test plans, unit tests, integration tests, and user acceptance tests (UAT).
- Conduct end-user training sessions and develop training materials.
- Experience with SAP S/4HANA PP or PP-PI preferred.
- SAP certification in Production Planning is an asset.
