SAP Production Planning (PP)​/Plant Maintenance (PM) Senior Architect

Career Opportunities: SAP Production Planning (PP)/Plant Maintenance (PM) Senior Architect (527324)

CRH's Americas Materials division is the leading integrated supplier of aggregates, asphalt, ready mixed concrete and paving and construction services in North America. Our operations span North America with over 29,000 employees at close to 1,660 locations in 45 US States and 2 Canadian provinces.

We are seeking an SAP PP/PM Resource with 10+ years of hands‑on experience configuring and supporting production planning and plant maintenance processes, including material master data, bills of material (BOM), and production recipes. The ideal candidate is skilled at hands‑on integration of SAP with in‑house and third‑party production systems as well as plant maintenance/EAM platforms such as Hexagon. This role will partner closely with Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Quality teams to improve production planning accuracy, equipment reliability, and system integration across the plant floor.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily.

• Act as the primary business-facing process owner for PP and PM — spending regular, recurring time with business leads in Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Quality.
• Partner directly with business stakeholders to understand gaps and pain points, translate business needs into functional requirements, and design scalable, efficient PP and PM processes.
• Define and track KPIs and process performance metrics jointly with business owners, and report progress back to them on a regular cadence.
• Establish and run a standing business process governance forum (e.g., monthly PP and PM process review) to surface emerging issues, prioritize backlog items, and keep process design decisions transparent and business-led.

• Own end-to-end workshop planning and delivery: define objectives, identify the right stakeholders, build the agenda, and drive the session to concrete, documented decisions and next steps.
• Plan and facilitate requirements-gathering and process design workshops with cross-functional stakeholders across Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Quality — driving discussions toward decisions rather than open-ended brainstorming.
• Run fit-gap and solution design sessions with business and technical teams, presenting options, trade-offs, and recommendations, and driving alignment on process decisions and configuration approaches.
• Use visual facilitation techniques (process maps, whiteboarding, journey maps) in live sessions to help business stakeholders see and agree on the proposed design in real time.
• Manage constructive conflict in workshops — surfacing and resolving competing priorities between functions (e.g., Manufacturing, Maintenance, and Quality) to reach a workable, business-endorsed outcome.

• Configure and support SAP Production Planning, including material master data, bills of material (BOM), master recipes, routings, and work center setup across multiple production lines.
• Maintain material master records, BOMs, and recipes to support new product introductions and production process changes.
• Support production order processing, back flushing, and goods movements within SAP PP.
• Support SAP Plant Maintenance processes, including maintenance order types, work orders, and equipment master data (functional locations, equipment records).
• Support preventive and corrective maintenance processes to improve equipment reliability and reduce unplanned downtime.
• Assist in plant maintenance master data setup, including functional locations and equipment records.

• Lead and support hands‑on integration between SAP PP and in‑house production execution systems, ensuring accurate flow of production orders, confirmations, and material consumption data.
• Manage integration between SAP PP and third‑party production systems, coordinating with internal application teams to resolve data mapping and…