SAP Functional Lead

Job Title:SAP Functional Lead

Location: Nashville, TN

Duration: 8 Months + Extension

Bill Rate: $78/hour

Job Type: C2C/1099 Contract

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization:
USC
GC
H-1B
OPT-EAD
GC-EAD
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Job Summary:

Leads the Plan-to-Fulfil assessment stream covering process manufacturing, quality management and supply planning. Responsible for translating legacy batch and formula-based manufacturing processes into an S/4HANA PP-PI fit-gap view.

Key responsibilities

• Lead discovery and fit-to-standard workshops for demand planning, MRP, process orders, batch management, quality planning and inspection processes.
• Assess legacy formulas, recipes and bills of material against S/4HANA master recipes, multi-level BOMs, work centres and production versions.
• Evaluate batch genealogy, traceability, shelf-life, potency and co-product / by-product handling requirements.
• Assess quality planning, incoming, in-process and final inspection, Certificate of Analysis and vendor / customer quality processes.
• Identify regulatory and EH&S driven design considerations relevant to specialty chemical manufacturing.
• Assess integration with the demand planning / forecasting platform and downstream fulfilment processes.
• Document gaps, dependencies, RICEF candidates and Phase 2 effort considerations for the workstream.

Required SAP and domain expertise

• SAP S/4HANA PP-PI with strong process manufacturing background (batch and formula-based production).
• Master recipes, process orders, phases, confirmations, capacity planning, yields, losses and costing integration.
• SAP QM across quality planning, inspection lots, usage decisions, CoA and non-conformance management.
• Supply and demand planning, MRP, ATP and integration with MM, WM/EWM, SD and FI/CO.
• Batch management, traceability and regulatory compliance in a process industry environment.

Experience and qualifications

• Minimum 15 years of SAP manufacturing and planning experience with multiple full lifecycle implementations.
• Demonstrated PP-PI leadership in chemicals, agro-chemicals, pharmaceuticals, food or similar process industries.
• Experience assessing or migrating from a non-SAP process manufacturing ERP is strongly preferred.
• Bachelor s degree in engineering, supply chain or operations; relevant SAP certification desirable.

Phase 1 deliverables owned

• PP-PI, QM and SCM as-is process inventory and fit-gap classification.
• Recipe, batch and substance data assessment inputs.
• Chemical industry gap register and Phase 2 design recommendations.

Note: We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.