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# SAP S/4HANA Supply Planning Consultant Manufacturing

- **Company:** ActiveSoft, Inc
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Temporary contract
- **Skills:** SAP APO, SAP (Applications), SAP R/3, SAP S/4HANA, Data Management
- **Published:** September 28, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/dc704f90-a5cd-4cf2-9ec6-d4df84ed240b

## About the Role

* Strong hands-on SAP S/4HANA Supply Planning / Production Planning experience.
 * Strong SAP PP / MRP expertise.
 * Practical manufacturing and plant-planning experience.
 * Strong experience with:
 + Supply Planning
 + Production Planning
 + Material Planning
 + MRP / MRP Live
 + Production Scheduling
 + Manufacturing Planning
 + Procurement
 + Inventory Management
 + Planning Master Data
 * Strong understanding of MRP parameters, lead times, lot sizing, safety stock, planning strategies, and material availability.
 * Experience troubleshooting planning and master-data issues in SAP.
 * Experience with SAP S/4HANA implementation, deployment, stabilization, or optimization.
 * Ability to independently assess manufacturing-planning problems and recommend practical solutions.
 * Strong communication, documentation, coaching, training, and change-management skills.

Manufacturing Experience

Candidates should have experience within process manufacturing, preferably:

 * Food Manufacturing
 * Confectionery
 * Beverage
 * Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG)
 * Food & Beverage
 * Other high-volume process manufacturing environments

Preferred Qualifications

 * Previous experience as a Plant Planner, Production Planner, Production Scheduler, Supply Planner, Material Planner, or Supply Chain Lead.
 * Hands-on SAP PP/DS experience.
 * MRP Live experience.
 * SAP IBP experience.
 * SAP PP-PI / Process Industry experience.
 * Experience with S/4HANA post-go-live stabilization and optimization.
 * Experience driving SAP adoption within manufacturing plants.
 * Experience training experienced planners and schedulers on standardized SAP processes.

## Description

We need an independent consultant who combines strong SAP S/4HANA planning expertise with practical manufacturing knowledge and can improve supply planning, production planning, MRP, master data, scheduling, and overall adoption of standard S/4HANA processes., * Assess existing Supply Planning, Production Planning, Material Planning, MRP, and Production Scheduling processes.

 * Identify gaps and establish standardized planning best practices across manufacturing plants.
 * Troubleshoot SAP S/4HANA supply and production planning issues.
 * Analyze and optimize MRP / MRP Live parameters, lead times, lot sizing, safety stock, planning strategies, and procurement settings.
 * Identify and resolve master-data issues affecting planning results.
 * Support planning-related master data including Material Masters, BOMs, Routings, Work Centers, and Production Versions.
 * Improve material availability, production scheduling, procurement, and inventory-planning processes.
 * Guide planners and schedulers on appropriate SAP transactions, tables, reports, and work processes.
 * Support production simulation and planning scenarios.
 * Partner directly with plant planners, production schedulers, manufacturing teams, procurement, and supply-chain leadership.
 * Coach planners and schedulers on standardized SAP S/4HANA processes.
 * Drive adoption of new processes and help overcome resistance to change.
 * Document processes and develop sustainable planning procedures.
 * Develop and deliver training to manufacturing and planning teams.
 * Support continued post-go-live S/4HANA stabilization and optimization.


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