Must Have Technical/Functional Skills
- 10+ years of SAP Manufacturing experience, including 7+ years in SAP Production Planning (PP) and execution processes.
- Minimum three full-cycle SAP implementations, including at least two SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing implementations.
- Strong expertise in Discrete Manufacturing, Process Manufacturing, Repetitive Manufacturing, and batch-managed production processes.
- Hands-on configuration experience with material masters, BOMs, work centers/resources, routings, master recipes, production versions, and PRTs.
- Expertise in demand management, MRP Live, production and process orders, repetitive manufacturing, capacity planning, confirmations, goods movements, and settlement integration.
- Strong experience with Batch Management, classification, batch determination, shelf-life management, and batch traceability.
- Experience with PP/DS for detailed scheduling, finite capacity planning, heuristics, setup optimization, and alert monitoring.
- Integration experience with MM, SD, EWM, QM, PM/EAM, Product Costing, TM, and SAP Digital Manufacturing or third-party MES.
- Experience supporting data migration, interfaces, functional specifications, SIT, UAT, cutover, go-live, and hypercare.
- Strong knowledge of SAP Fiori, SAP Activate, global template deployment, and manufacturing process standardization.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing and Production Planning solution design, configuration, testing, deployment, and stabilization for the Helix transformation program.
- Facilitate fit-to-standard workshops and translate business requirements into scalable global manufacturing process designs.
- Design Discrete Manufacturing processes covering make-to-stock, make-to-order, engineer-to-order, production orders, confirmations, backflushing, and component staging.
- Design Process Manufacturing processes covering master recipes, resources, process orders, phases, process instructions, co-products, by-products, and batch execution.
- Design Repetitive Manufacturing processes including rate-based planning, production versions, reporting points, planned orders, and material staging.
- Define planning processes for demand management, MRP Live, lot sizing, scheduling, capacity evaluation, production leveling, and exception management.
- Lead PP/DS solution design for finite scheduling, sequencing, setup optimization, heuristics, pegging, and planner alerts.
- Define Batch Management, classification, batch determination, shelf-life, genealogy, and traceability requirements across manufacturing and quality processes.
- Own cross-functional integration with MM, SD, EWM, QM, PM/EAM, Product Costing, TM, SAP Digital Manufacturing, and shop-floor systems.
- Guide MES, SCADA, PLC, and equipment integration requirements in collaboration with Digital Manufacturing, BTP, and integration teams.
- Prepare functional specifications, test scenarios, security requirements, conversion rules, cutover plans, operating procedures, and training inputs.
- Lead defect resolution, deployment readiness, mock cutovers, production cutover, hypercare, and transition to support.
- Coordinate onshore and offshore teams, manage dependencies and risks, and communicate decisions and progress to business and program stakeholders.
- Proactively challenge unnecessary customizations and guide stakeholders toward standard, sustainable SAP manufacturing capabilities.
Generic Managerial Skills, If any
- Strong leadership, ownership, stakeholder management, and executive communication skills.
- Ability to lead global design workshops and drive alignment across manufacturing plants, business teams, and technology workstreams.
- Experience coordinating onshore and offshore teams in a large, multi-site transformation program.
- Strong governance, risk management, decision facilitation, and issue-resolution skills.
- Ability to mentor team members and maintain accountability for solution quality, schedule, and business outcomes.
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