Lead Consultant SAP PP (Production Planning)

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Job Title: Lead Consultant SAP PP (Production Planning)

Location: Richardson, TX 75082 (Hybrid 3 Days Onsite / Week)

Duration: 6 Months Contract

Experience Required

8 10 Years (Minimum 10 Years Preferred in SAP PP)

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced SAP PP Lead Consultant with deep expertise in Production Planning and Manufacturing processes. The ideal candidate will lead workshops, solution design, and hands-on configuration, and play a key role in SAP implementations and rollouts.

Key Responsibilities

• Requirement Gathering & Workshops
  
  

Conduct business workshops to capture manufacturing and planning requirements

Translate requirements into functional specifications and SAP solutions

Act as a bridge between business users and technical teams

• Solution Design & Configuration
  
  

Design and configure end-to-end SAP PP solutions, including:

Material Requirements Planning (MRP)

Production Orders / Process Orders

Work Centers & Routings

Bills of Materials (BOM)

Capacity Planning

Shop Floor Control

Ensure seamless integration with:

MM (Materials Management)

SD (Sales & Distribution)

QM (Quality Management)

• Implementation & Rollouts
  
  

Lead or support at least 2 full-cycle SAP implementations/rollouts

Participate in blueprint, realization, testing, and go-live phases

Handle enhancements, change requests, and system improvements

• Testing & Deployment
  
  

Support Unit Testing, Integration Testing, and UAT

Prepare test cases, scenarios, and documentation

Assist in defect resolution and production support

• Stakeholder & Delivery Management
  
  

Collaborate with cross-functional SAP teams (MM, SD, QM, ABAP, BASIS)

Provide status updates and solution walkthroughs to stakeholders

Ensure quality delivery and adherence to timelines

• Travel & Collaboration
  
  

Willingness to travel 10 25% within USA/Canada

Travel expenses covered by client

Mandatory Skills

• Strong expertise in SAP PP (Production Planning)
• Hands-on configuration experience in:
• MRP
• Production Planning & Execution
• BOM & Routing
• Capacity Planning
• Experience in end-to-end SAP implementations and rollouts
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes
• Experience with cross-module integration (MM, SD, QM)
  
  

Preferred Skills

• Experience with SAP S/4HANA PP
• Knowledge of PP-PI (Process Industries)
• Exposure to IDOCs, interfaces, and basic ABAP debugging
• Experience in global or multi-site rollouts
• Strong client-facing experience
  
  

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Ability to lead workshops and drive discussions
• Strong problem-solving and analytical mindset
• Ability to work in fast-paced, hybrid environments
  
  

Nice-to-Have Keywords (for sourcing)

SAP PP, Production Planning, MRP, BOM, Routing, Shop Floor, Capacity Planning, SAP S/4HANA, SAP Manufacturing, SAP Functional Consultant, SAP Rollout