Lead Consultant | SAP Functional | SAP PP
Ipolarity LLC"Project Niche Skills" - VD Profiles submissions allowed
2 Positions are open for this role.
Job title - Lead Consultant | SAP Functional | SAP PP/PPDS
Work location - Allen Park, MI 48101 ( Client location )
Is it Hybrid, onsite - Onsite
Travel required - The candidate must be ready to travel anywhere within US client locations 1 2 times every 3 months for 2 7 days. The company will cover the tr
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avel and accommodation expenses.
Tentative Start date - ASAP
Contract duration - 1 year
Vendor rate - ####
Minimum years of experience needed in the required skills- 8 to 10 Years
Minimum over all work experience required - 8 to 10 Years
Domain - Automotive industry is preferred
Any certification required - SAP PP or PPDS Certification preferred
Mandatory skills required - 8 to 10 years SAP PPDS and iPPE experience.
Worked with Auto Industry Process preferred
Analyze business requirements related to production planning and manufacturing
Complete job description -8 to 10 years SAP PPDS and iPPE experience.
Business Process Integration
Work closely with Production Planning, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and plant stakeholders to understand current-state processes and future business requirements.
Review SAP S/4HANA business process designs and ensure alignment with operational requirements.
Bridge communication between business stakeholders and the SAP functional/system integration teams.
SAP PP/DS & PP Solution Support
Provide functional expertise across SAP PP/DS and PP processes, including MRP, production planning, production execution, capacity planning, discrete/repetitive manufacturing, and production master data.
Support PP/DS processes related to detailed scheduling, resource and component availability, heuristics, planning runs and planning-board-based scheduling. SAP describes PP/DS as supporting procurement proposals, detailed resource scheduling, production planning runs, interactive planning, and optimization.
Support configuration validation and identify functional gaps or required enhancements.
Requirements & Design
Conduct business workshops to gather, analyze, validate, and document requirements.
Translate manufacturing requirements into functional requirements and work with SAP functional and technical teams on solution realization.
Prepare/review functional specifications for enhancements, interfaces, reports, conversions, and forms where required.
Production Master Data
Support definition and validation of production master data including materials, BOMs, routings, work centers/resources, production versions and relevant PP/DS planning data.
Coordinate with business and data teams to ensure planning master data is complete and ready for testing and deployment.
Cross-Functional Integration
Validate end-to-end integration of PP/DS and PP with Procurement/MM, Sales, Finance, Inventory, Quality, EWM/Warehouse processes and other supply-chain solutions as applicable.
Identify integration gaps and coordinate resolution across functional teams. Cross-functional PP integration is also explicitly called out in the existing internal role definition.
Testing & Defect Management
Develop/review business scenarios and test cases covering end-to-end production planning and execution.
Participate in functional, integration and user acceptance testing.
Analyze defects, coordinate with implementation teams, validate fixes and support business sign-off.
Data Migration & Validation
Support production master-data mapping, cleansing, migration and validation.
Validate migrated data and associated business processes during mock conversions and cutover cycles.
Business Readiness & Training
Develop business process documentation, job aids and training materials.
Conduct SAP S/4HANA PP/DS and PP process familiarization and training for business users.
Support business users through testing, deployment and post-go-live adoption. This aligns directly with the Business Integrator scope found in your internal material, including product awaren