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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Principal SAP PP Solution Lead - **Company:** Cooper Machinery Services - **Location:** Houston, TX, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $78,000.0 - $84,500.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Information Systems, Data Governance, Data Migration, SAP (Applications), SAP R/3, HybridCloud, SAP S/4HANA, Teamcenter (Software) - **Published:** September 29, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.jofdav.com/jobs/59907048-principal-sap-pp-solution-lead ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in information systems, business administration, or a related field. * 7-10 years of SAP PP functional experience, including at least one full lifecycle S/4HANA or ECC implementation; brownfield, carve-out, or consolidation experience strongly preferred. * Deep PP expertise plus working knowledge of at least one adjacent module (MM, WM, QM, or demand planning). * A strong manufacturing background across engineered-to-order, configure-to-order, make-to-order, and make-to-stock environments, with hands-on MRP, BOM, routing, and capacity planning experience. * Solid grounding in master data governance and data migration considerations for material masters, BOMs, and work centers. * Experience with SAP Engineering Change Management (ECM), including change masters and change number workflow. * Comfort operating in hybrid Agile/Waterfall delivery within ERP or supply chain programs. * Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the credibility to influence director and C-suite audiences. * A track record of mentoring junior and mid-level SAP analysts through complex implementation work. PREFERRED * Experience in electronics, heavy industrial, engineered products, or complex manufacturing and field services environments. * SAP or architecture framework certifications, and familiarity with public/hybrid/on-prem cloud platforms. * Familiarity with integration between SAP ECM, QM, and PLM systems (Teamcenter preferred) for change propagation. ## Description * Own the production planning solution architecture for the S/4HANA carve-out and transformation - setting the target-state design, configuration standards, and roadmap across SAP PP, with reach into WM, MM, and demand planning. * Lead end-to-end PP solution design within S/4HANA, covering production orders, MRP, capacity planning, shop floor control, and repetitive manufacturing. * Serve as the principal SAP PP subject matter expert and trusted advisor to IT, manufacturing operations, and supply chain leadership on capabilities, risks, and roadmap. * Hold design authority for all PP-enabled processes, ensuring solutions follow clean-core principles and support performance, stability, and scale. * Run fit-gap analysis and oversee solution quality across functional and non-functional dimensions. * Facilitate cross-functional workshops with manufacturing, planning, and warehouse stakeholders, translating complex configuration decisions into clear recommendations for leadership. * Manage BOM and routing changes driven by engineering change orders, ensuring downstream production planning impacts are assessed and controlled. * Represent the PP domain on the architecture review board, shaping integration patterns, master data governance, and material master consistency. * Guide end-to-end testing strategy - unit, integration, regression, and UAT - across critical touchpoints like MRP-to-procurement and production-to-warehouse. * Provide expert-level support through cutover, go-live, and hypercare, and mentor analysts across the PP practice. ## Related Videos - [Design as an algorithm, not as a feature](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/471-design-as-an-algorithm-not-as-a-feature) - [Migrating half a million users to a new payment service provider](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/730-migrating-half-a-million-users-to-a-new-payment-service-provider) - [Remote Driving on Plant Grounds with State-of-the-Art Cloud Technologies](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/251-remote-driving-on-plant-grounds-with-state-of-the-art-cloud-technologies) ## Related Articles - [Now is the time for industrialized software development](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/601-now-is-the-time-for-industrialized-software-development) - [What’s the Difference between a Junior, Mid, and Senior Developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/238-what-s-the-difference-between-a-junior-mid-and-senior-developer) - [System change: restart as developer?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/39-system-change-restart-as-developer) - [A Guide to Green Tech and Green IT Careers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/374-a-guide-to-green-tech-and-green-it-careers) - [Best Companies to Work For in Germany: Top 25 Companies in 2023 ](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/33-best-companies-to-work-for-in-germany-top-25-companies-in-2023) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager)