SAP Senior Functional Lead - Production & Planning

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** Job Summary
** The Senior SAP PP Consultant will lead production planning, scheduling, and integrated business planning solution design across S/4

HANA and SAP IBP within a global manufacturing environment. This role requires deep functional expertise in core PP processes, strong understanding of supply chain planning, and the ability to architect end-to-end planning solutions that connect shop-floor execution with advanced planning capabilities.

** Essential Duties
*** Lead full lifecycle S/4

HANA PP and SAP IBP implementations, including requirement gathering, blueprinting, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
* Conduct workshops with manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams to capture business requirements and translate them into functional specifications.
* Configure and optimize core SAP PP components:  
• Master data (Material Master, BOM, Routing, Work Centers)  
• MRP & MRP Live  
• Production Orders & Process Orders  
• Capacity Planning  
• Demand Management  
• Repetitive Manufacturing  
• Shop-floor execution
* Design and implement SAP IBP capabilities:  
• Demand Planning  
• Supply Planning  
• Inventory Optimization  
• S&OP / Integrated Business Planning cycles  
• Time-series and order-based planning
* Ensure seamless integration between IBP and S/4

HANA for end-to-end planning and execution.
* Support manufacturing-specific scenarios:  
• Make-to-Stock (MTS)  
• Make-to-Order (MTO)  
• Engineer-to-Order (ETO)  
• Subcontracting & external processing
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams (MM, SD, FI/CO, QM, EWM) to ensure integrated business flows.
* Prepare functional specs for RICEFW objects and work closely with ABAP and integration teams.
* Lead testing cycles: unit testing, SIT, UAT, regression testing, and defect resolution.
* Support data migration, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.
* Ensure alignment with SAP Activate methodology and S/4

HANA/IBP best practices.  
** Qualifications Required
*** Bachelor’s Degree required or
* Associate’s Degree with 20+ years of experience required
* 12+ years of hands-on SAP PP experience required
* 2–3 full-cycle S/4

HANA PP implementations, ideally in manufacturing required
* Hands-on SAP IBP implementation experience (at least one full cycle) required  
** General Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

*** Strong understanding of:
Production planning & scheduling, Demand and supply planning, S&OP cycles, MRP & capacity planning, Integration with procurement, sales, finance, and quality
* Expertise in: S/4

HANA Fiori apps, MRP Live, IBP configuration & planning operators, Batch management, IDocs/EDI
* Experience working in multi-plant, global manufacturing environments.
* Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.  
** Qualifications Preferred
*** Experience with IBP Control Tower, Response & Supply, or Inventory Optimization preferred
* Exposure to IBP, MES/MII, or WM integration preferred
* SAP PP or IBP certification preferred
* Experience with global template design and rollouts preferred
* Experience with multi plant operations preferred
* Experience with complex BOM and routing structures preferred
* Experience with integration of planning (IBP) with real time execution(S/4 Hana) preferred

Base salary and/or rate of pay ranges listed are exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Individual compensation offers will be…