What are the responsibilities and job description for the SAP Business Analyst position at Aditi Consulting?
Payrate: $35.00 - $37.00/hr.
Summary:
This role provides day-to-day manufacturing execution support by ensuring production orders are accurately created, released, executed, and closed in SAP. The position partners closely with the finite scheduling and manufacturing teams to support reliable plan execution while driving data-driven reporting, automation, and process improvement, particularly in support of the SAP S/4HANA implementation.
Responsibilities:
- Create, release, monitor, and close production orders in SAP in alignment with the approved manufacturing schedule.
- Verify execution data accuracy in SAP, including order status, confirmations, material consumption, and inventory movements.
- Coordinate daily with Manufacturing, Finite Scheduling, Materials, and Quality to ensure orders are executed and reflected correctly in the system.
- Support resolution of execution issues (e.g., order errors, data discrepancies, material issues) by coordinating with the appropriate teams.
- Ensure SAP transactions reflect actual shop floor execution and timing.
- Monitor execution performance indicators and escalate risks that could impact schedule adherence or data integrity.
- Prepare and maintain daily and weekly execution reports for Manufacturing and Supply Chain leadership.
- Analyze execution data to identify trends, recurring issues, and improvement opportunities.
- Maintain and enhance dashboards and automated reports to reduce manual effort and improve visibility.
- Support SAP S/4HANA activities including testing, validation, defect resolution, and end-user support.
- Validate master data and transactional changes related to production execution.
- Document and maintain standard work, SOPs, and job aids related to production order management.
- Manufacturing Execution Support
- Serve as the primary point of coordination between Manufacturing, Finite Scheduling, and Supply Chain to ensure production orders are managed correctly in SAP.
- Create, release, monitor, and close production orders in SAP in alignment with approved schedules and execution priorities.
- Ensure execution data integrity across order status, confirmations, material consumption, and inventory movements.
- Proactively identify execution issues, data gaps, or process breakdowns and coordinate resolution with the appropriate teams.
- Support short-term execution changes by ensuring SAP transactions and system updates accurately reflect operational reality.
- Support and maintain Master Data accuracy.
- Data Analysis, Reporting & Dashboards
- Develop and maintain execution-focused reporting and dashboards (e.g., order status, execution performance, schedule adherence inputs, execution losses).
- Analyze execution data to identify trends, gaps, and improvement opportunities.
- Automate recurring reports and transactional tasks to reduce manual effort and improve data reliability.
- Provide clear, actionable insights to Manufacturing and Supply Chain leadership through data-driven reporting.
- Process Improvement & Standard Work
- Drive continuous improvement of manufacturing execution and planning-related processes.
- Define, document, and improve SOPs, work instructions, and standard work related to production order management.
- Ensure alignment with global standards while improving site-specific execution effectiveness.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Partner closely with Manufacturing, Quality, Materials Management, Finite Scheduling, and Supply Chain teams.
- Support site initiatives related to execution performance, digital enablement, and process optimization.
- Communicate execution risks, data issues, and improvement opportunities clearly and proactively.
- Provide informal coaching and knowledge sharing to strengthen execution discipline and system usage.
Qualifications:
- Doctorate degree OR Master’s degree and 3 years of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Operations experience OR Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, or Operations experience OR Associate’s degree and 10 years of Manufacturing, Supply Chain
- Strong experience supporting manufacturing execution and production order management in an ERP environment.
- Advanced SAP experience, preferably including S/4HANA, with emphasis on production orders and execution processes.
- Experience supporting ERP implementations or major system transitions.
- Demonstrated strength in data analysis, reporting, and dashboard development (e.g., Excel, Smatsheets, Power BI, SAP analytics).
- Experience automating reports or transactional workflows.
- Familiarity with WERUM MES and SAP integration.
- Experience with CDOCS, or similar quality systems.
- Strong problem-solving skills with attention to data accuracy and execution discipline.
- Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
- Clear communicator capable of translating execution data into actionable insights.
Desired Skills:
- Moving to S/4HANA- looking for candidate with SAP experience to assist with that transition (does not need to be an expert)
- Planning/ MRP experience
- SAP manufacturing execution expertise (production order management, S/4HANA)
- Advanced data analysis, reporting, and task automation
- Cross-functional manufacturing execution coordination and process improvement
Pay Transparency: The typical base pay for this role across the U.S. is: $35.00 - $37.00 /hour. Non-exempt positions are eligible for overtime at a rate of 1.5 times the base hourly rate for all hours worked in excess of 40 in a work week, or as required by state or local law. Final offer amounts, within the base pay set forth above, are determined by factors including your relevant skills, education and experience. Full-time employees are eligible to select from different benefits packages. Packages may include medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts with qualified medical plan enrollment, 10 paid days off, 3 days paid bereavement leave, 401(k) plan participation with employer match, life and disability insurance, commuter benefits, dependent care flexible spending account, accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, accommodations and reimbursement for work travel, and discretionary performance or recognition bonus. Sick leave and mobile phone reimbursement provided based on state or local law.
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