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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # SAP S/4HANA PP/DS Hands-on Technical Consultant - **Company:** CogniSoft Technologies - **Location:** East Brunswick, NJ, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Software Bug Management, System Configuration, Data Migration, SAP ERP, Regression Testing, SAP (Applications), SAP Configuration, SAP R/3, SAP Project System, SAP Sales and Distribution, Integration Tests, SAP S/4HANA, Data Management, Infor - **Published:** September 18, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/02c49993-f244-4ab6-89f2-8cd6e76a1869 ## About the Role * 8+ years of SAP experience with strong hands-on experience in SAP PP and PP/DS. * Practical implementation experience with SAP S/4HANA embedded PP/DS. * Strong configuration experience in: * PP/DS planning board * Detailed scheduling * Finite capacity planning * Heuristics * Production planning integration * Resource and capacity setup * Order scheduling and sequencing * Strong understanding of SAP PP processes, including MRP, production orders, planned orders, BOMs, routings, work centers, production versions, and shop-floor execution flows. * Experience supporting manufacturing planning in discrete manufacturing environments. * Ability to troubleshoot planning, scheduling, and capacity issues directly in SAP. * Experience working with complex manufacturing environments involving product variability, configuration, constraints, and frequent planning changes. * Hands-on experience supporting SIT, UAT, cutover, go-live, and hypercare phases. * Ability to work with business users to understand planning issues and convert them into SAP configuration or process changes. * Strong defect resolution, testing, and documentation skills. Preferred Skills * Experience with configure-to-order or make-to-order manufacturing environments. * Exposure to SAP AVC integration with PP/DS or PP. * Experience with Infor to SAP S/4HANA migration programs. * Experience in consumer goods, industrial manufacturing, or other discrete manufacturing environments. * Understanding of how configurable products impact planning, scheduling, capacity, and production execution. * Experience working in global delivery models with onsite/offshore teams. * Ability to support both project implementation and post-go-live production stabilization. ## Description We are looking for a hands-on SAP S/4HANA PP/DS Technical Consultant with strong configuration, build, troubleshooting, and implementation experience in Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling. This role requires someone who can work directly in the SAP system, configure PP/DS functionality, support integration with core PP, SD, and AVC, analyze planning issues, resolve defects, support testing cycles, and help stabilize the solution through go-live. The ideal candidate should be comfortable working with business users, functional leads, technical teams, and offshore/onshore stakeholders, but the primary expectation is hands-on execution rather than high-level advisory., * Configure and support SAP S/4HANA embedded PP/DS functionality in a greenfield implementation environment. * Perform hands-on configuration for: * Production planning * Detailed scheduling * Finite capacity planning * Planning heuristics * Scheduling board setup * Resource and capacity modeling * Production constraints * Setup times and changeovers * Work on integration between PP/DS and core SAP PP, including MRP, planned orders, production orders, BOMs, routings, work centers, and resource/capacity master data. * Support integration of PP/DS with sales demand from SD and configurable product inputs from SAP AVC. * Translate business planning requirements into SAP configuration and executable planning logic. * Analyze current Infor planning processes and support the mapping of those processes into SAP S/4HANA PP/DS. * Build and validate planning scenarios for make-to-order, configure-to-order, and make-to-stock environments. * Troubleshoot PP/DS planning issues, scheduling failures, capacity mismatches, order sequencing issues, master data gaps, and integration defects. * Support master data validation related to materials, BOMs, routings, work centers, resources, production versions, calendars, and planning-relevant parameters. * Work with business users and functional teams during workshops, requirement clarification sessions, defect reviews, and solution walkthroughs. * Prepare and execute test scenarios for SIT, UAT, regression testing, integration testing, and mock cutover cycles. * Support defect triage, root-cause analysis, issue resolution, and retesting. * Work closely with technical teams for interfaces, reports, enhancements, data migration, and integration-related dependencies. * Support data migration validation for planning and manufacturing master data. * Assist with go-live readiness activities, cutover planning, hypercare, and post-go-live stabilization. * Document configuration decisions, test results, issue resolutions, and operational handover notes. ## Related Videos - [Headless by Design: Building Enterprise Systems That Agents Can Actually Use](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100092-headless-by-design-building-enterprise-systems-that-agents-can-actually-use) - [Design as an algorithm, not as a feature](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/471-design-as-an-algorithm-not-as-a-feature) - [AI Pair Programming with GitHub Copilot at SAP: Looking Back, Looking Forward!](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1546-ai-pair-programming-with-github-copilot-at-sap-looking-back-looking-forward) - [Replacing Excel with SAP APIs & Python validation](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1944-replacing-excel-with-sap-apis-python-validation) ## Related Articles - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Coding Boot Camps in Germany](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/237-best-coding-boot-camps-in-germany) - [Résumé-Driven Development: How IT trends affect the job market for software developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/59-resume-driven-development-how-it-trends-affect-the-job-market-for-software-developers) - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [Everything a Developer Needs to Know About MCP with Neo4j](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/604-everything-a-developer-needs-to-know-about-mcp-with-neo4j)