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# SAP PPDS Project Manager

- **Company:** SAP LTD.
- **Location:** United States
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** Personal Printer Data Stream, SAP (Applications), SAP Implementation, Software Requirements Analysis, Sap Fiori, SAP S/4HANA, Data Management
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://computerjobs.com/us/en/mob/job/D21E5A5A9E821A3D13

## About the Role

* For this role you must have a strong PPDS technical background with strong project management experience (more so managing the individual project, there will be no budget responsibility), * Extensive hands-on experience with SAP S/4HANA PP/DS, covering production planning, detailed scheduling, capacity management, resource optimisation, heuristics and planning-related applications.
 * Strong understanding of how PP/DS integrates with other SAP and manufacturing systems across complex production environments.
 * Proven ability to translate business needs into functional designs and oversee technical delivery involving enhancements, interfaces, Fiori applications, CDS views and WRICEF objects.
 * Detailed knowledge of production-planning master data, including materials, BOMs, routings, production versions, resources and work centres.
 * Strong business analysis, workshop facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, with experience supporting large-scale SAP transformation programmes.

## Description

* Gather, assess and refine business requirements, ensuring they are clear, complete and suitable for solution design and estimation.
 * Produce detailed functional documentation and review technical designs to ensure developments meet the agreed business and system requirements.
 * Design and validate planning solutions across production, scheduling, project-related processes and connected manufacturing platforms.
 * Support the standardisation of planning processes and master data, including migration preparation, data ownership and the management of local requirements.
 * Maintain solution documentation and monitor delivery progress by tracking actions, dependencies, blockers, estimates and readiness for implementation.


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