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Job Title: SAP PP Consultant
Location: Hybrid (Onsite travel to Cleveland, OH as needed)
Type: Contract
We are seeking an experienced SAP Production Planning (PP) Consultant to support design, configuration, testing, and deployment of PP processes in an S/4HANA environment. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with manufacturing execution, planning strategies, MRP, shop floor operations, and integration with other SAP modules.
Responsibilities
Location: Hybrid (Onsite travel to Cleveland, OH as needed)
Type: Contract
We are seeking an experienced SAP Production Planning (PP) Consultant to support design, configuration, testing, and deployment of PP processes in an S/4HANA environment. The ideal candidate should have hands-on experience with manufacturing execution, planning strategies, MRP, shop floor operations, and integration with other SAP modules.
Responsibilities
- Lead requirement-gathering workshops with business stakeholders at the Cleveland site.
- Configure and customize SAP PP (S/4HANA preferred) including MRP, work centers, BOMs, routings, production orders, and planning strategies.
- Support integration with SAP MM, SD, QM, PM, and FI/CO modules.
- Work with global and local teams to design end-to-end manufacturing solutions.
- Develop functional specifications for enhancements, interfaces, and reports.
- Perform unit testing, integration testing, and support UAT.
- Provide production support and resolve PP-related issues.
- Work closely with manufacturing, operations, and supply chain teams.
- Train users and support deployment/go-live activities.
- 5 years of hands-on SAP PP configuration and project experience.
- Strong knowledge of production order processing, shop-floor control, capacity planning, and demand management.
- Experience with S/4HANA PP is strongly preferred.
- Understanding of PP-PI (Process Industries) is a plus.
- Excellent communication and client-facing skills.
- Ability to travel to Cleveland, OH (20–40% depending on project stage).
- Experience in discrete manufacturing environments.
- Knowledge of SAP Activate methodology.
- SAP PP certification is a plus.