Department: Information Technology – SAP COE
Role Level: Functional Lead
Reports To: SAP COE Leadership
Location: Tulsa, OK or Memphis, TN preferred
Travel: 50%
Position Summary
The SAP FTP Lead owns AAON's Forecast-to-Produce process in SAP. This role supports planning, manufacturing execution, MRP, production orders, routing and BOM integration, production scheduling, shop floor transactions, quality management processes, and cross-functional integration with QTI, EWM, PTP, RTR, MDG, and Engineering systems. The role is critical to stabilizing manufacturing operations, improving demand-to-supply visibility, strengthening in-process and finished-goods quality controls, reducing manual workarounds, and preparing AAON for scalable plant rollouts.
Process Scope
- MRP and planning processes
- Production orders and shop floor execution
- BOMs, routings, work centers, production versions, and master data dependencies
- Make-to-order, configure-to-order, and engineer-to-order manufacturing integration
- Production scheduling and capacity-related process support
- Integration with EWM staging, QM inspection and quality notifications, QTI demand signals, purchasing, costing, and MDG
Key Responsibilities
Business Process Ownership
- Own the FTP process and serve as the internal escalation point for SAP planning and production execution issues.
- Partner with Operations, Production Planning, Engineering, Supply Chain, and BPO/GPO stakeholders to identify and resolve process gaps.
- Drive process standardization, adoption, and stabilization across current SAP plants and future rollout locations.
- Analyze MRP behavior, demand signals, production order execution, staging, and completion processes to identify improvement opportunities.
SAP Solution Ownership
- Own SAP PP and QM configuration within COE governance.
- Support enhancements involving production order types, MRP parameters, routings, BOM dependencies, production versions, confirmations, backflushing, inspection lots, quality notifications, usage decisions, and related integration points.
- Partner with QTI, EWM, PTP, RTR, MDG, technical, and integration teams to ensure complete end-to-end process design.
- Challenge AMS or project team recommendations when they create unnecessary customization, operational risk, or long-term support complexity.
Stabilization and Continuous Improvement
- Lead root cause analysis for recurring planning, production execution, and quality-related issues.
- Improve planning accuracy, shop floor transaction discipline, and visibility to production priorities.
- Support initiatives involving WIP visibility, staged inventory, cycle counts, component consumption, inspection execution, nonconformance handling, and production scheduling improvements.
- Create a roadmap of short-term fixes, medium-term process improvements, and future-state capabilities.
Documentation, Testing, and Mentorship
- Ensure FTP configuration documents, process flows, FS/TS inputs, test scripts, and training materials remain accurate and current.
- Mentor FTP analysts on SAP manufacturing concepts, troubleshooting methods, configuration, and end-to-end process thinking.
- Lead FTP testing for releases, fixes, enhancements, and plant rollouts.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years SAP PP, QM, or manufacturing functional experience.
- Hands-on experience with production orders, MRP, BOMs, routings, work centers, confirmations, manufacturing execution, and SAP QM processes such as inspection lots, quality notifications, and usage decisions.
- Experience supporting complex manufacturing environments.
- Ability to troubleshoot production and planning issues across master data, configuration, transactions, and integrations.
- Strong business-facing communication and problem-solving skills.
Preferred Qualifications
- SAP S/4HANA manufacturing experience.
- Experience with CTO, ETO, variant configuration, or project-based manufacturing.
- Experience with EWM staging, SAP QM integration, shop floor mobility, MES, Teamcenter/PLM integration, or advanced planning tools.
- SAP certification in PP, Manufacturing, or S/4HANA Production Planning.
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