SAP Production Planning and Quality Management Consultant

Role: SAP Production Planning and Quality Management Consultant

Location: Byhalia, MS

Duration: 6+ Months

Job Description:

• Design and implement secure, compliant, and cost effective cloud integration solutions.
• Analyze, design, implement integration requirements, architect cloud infrastructure and continuously optimize performance and cost.
• Analyze, design, implement business requirements for manufacturing strategies (make to stock, make to order) and design appropriate SAP PP solutions.
• Configure master data-including material masters, bills of materials (BOMs), routings, work centers and production versions-to model Amplify's battery cell manufacturing processes.
• Implement demand management, MRP (Material Requirements Planning), Long Term Planning and capacity planning to ensure efficient production scheduling and resource utilization.
• Set up planning strategies, lot size procedures, and production scheduling profiles.
• Manage production orders through creation, release, scheduling, confirmation, and settlement.
• Integrate PP with quality management (e.g., in process inspections, final goods inspections), plant maintenance (ensuring equipment readiness), material management, finance/controlling (costing and variance analysis) and MES systems for real time shop floor execution.
• Support advanced PP functions where applicable, such as Kitting, Variant Configuration, Kanban, or Batch Management, and ensure data consistency and traceability throughout the production lifecycle.
• Document PP processes comprehensively in Business Process Documents (BPDs).
• Design, configure and implement quality inspection processes for inbound raw materials, in process operations, and outgoing finished goods.
• Create inspection plans, sampling procedures, control plans and characteristic specifications to support APQP and PPAP requirements.
• Implement Quality Issue Resolution (QIR), Non Conformance Report (NCR) and Corrective and Preventive Action (CAPA) processes for capturing, analyzing, and resolving defects or non conformities across the product lifecycle.
• Configure quality notifications, defect recording, usage decisions and corrective/preventive actions, integrating NCR/CAPA workflows to address root causes and prevent recurrence.
• Ensure final products meet customer and regulatory requirements through robust outgoing inspection processes and compliance checks.
• Develop and implement EDI integrations and supplier quality interfaces to exchange PPAP/APQP documentation, certificates of conformance, NCRs, CAPAs and other corrective actions.
• Establish collaborative processes for monitoring supplier performance, managing non conformances and coordinating corrective action plans.
• Integrate supplier collaboration tools (e.g., Ariba) with SAP to streamline supplier onboarding, communication, and quality tracking.
• Create and maintain Business Process Documents (BPDs) and process flow diagrams that capture current processes, requirements and proposed solutions for production planning, inbound and outgoing quality management, supplier collaboration and QIR.
• Ensure SAP PP/QM solutions integrate seamlessly with other SAP modules (MM, SD, FI/CO, PM/EHS, WM/EWM) and third party systems (MES, LIMS).
• Facilitate data flows with suppliers via EDI and collaboration platforms.
• Lead SAP implementation and upgrade projects from analysis through design, configuration, and deployment.
• Manage project timelines, budgets, risks, and deliverables.
• Provide Level 2 and 3 support troubleshooting complex issues.
• Train end users on SAP PP/QM functionality, APQP/PPAP workflows, QIR, NCR/CAPA processes, outgoing quality management and the use of BPDs.
• Work with stakeholders in production, quality, maintenance, and EHS to analyze existing processes.
• Design and document optimized manufacturing schedules, capacity planning and quality assurance workflows, including final inspections and shipping quality controls.
• Implement end to end workflows for production orders, supplier collaboration, quality inspections (incoming, in process, outgoing) and QIR handling.
• Stay current on SAP S/4HANA innovations, industry standards and emerging technologies (IoT, machine learning, advanced analytics).
• Identify opportunities to enhance production planning, predictive quality, and supplier collaboration through technology.
• Perform root cause analyses for recurring issues.