SAP PP Solution Lead

The SAP PP Solution Lead will play a key role in designing and delivering production planning capabilities as part of a large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation. This individual will lead solution architecture, functional design, and configuration standards to support manufacturing operations and ensure alignment with the organization’s long-term technology strategy.

Duties:

• Direct the SAP PP solution design for the S/4HANA carve-out and transformation, establishing target architecture, configuration guidelines, and a strategic roadmap across production planning, with integration to WM, MM, and demand planning.

• Lead the design and implementation of core SAP PP functionality, including production orders, material requirements planning (MRP), capacity planning, shop floor control, and repetitive manufacturing.

• Act as the primary SAP PP expert and strategic partner to IT, manufacturing, and supply chain leaders, advising on system capabilities, implementation risks, and future enhancements.

• Establish and maintain design standards for production planning processes, promoting clean-core practices, system reliability, scalability, and optimal performance.

• Conduct fit-gap assessments and oversee the quality of functional designs, configurations, and technical solutions.

• Lead cross-functional design sessions with manufacturing, production planning, and warehouse teams, converting business requirements and technical considerations into actionable recommendations.

• Oversee bills of material (BOM) and routing updates associated with engineering changes, ensuring production planning dependencies are identified and properly managed.

• Participate in architecture governance and review activities, providing direction on system integrations, master data standards, and material master alignment.

• Define and coordinate testing activities, including unit, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT), with a focus on critical processes such as MRP-to-procurement and production-to-warehouse.

• Provide functional leadership during deployment, cutover, go-live, and post-launch support while coaching and developing SAP PP analysts.

• 7+ years of hands-on SAP PP functional experience, including participation in a full-cycle SAP S/4HANA or ECC implementation. Experience with brownfield transformations, system carve-outs, or consolidations is highly desirable.

• Advanced knowledge of SAP PP and practical experience with at least one related module, such as MM, WM, QM, or demand planning.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes across engineered-to-order, configure-to-order, make-to-order, and make-to-stock environments.

• Demonstrated experience with MRP, BOM management, routing, and production capacity planning.

• Knowledge of master data governance and migration activities involving material masters, bills of material, and work centers.

• Hands-on experience with SAP Engineering Change Management (ECM), including change masters and change number processes.

• Experience delivering ERP or supply chain initiatives using hybrid Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to influence senior executives and business leaders.

• Proven ability to coach and mentor junior and mid-level SAP analysts through complex projects and implementations.

• Understanding of integrations among SAP ECM, Quality Management (QM), and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) platforms; Teamcenter experience is preferred.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Systems, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

Preferred Qualifications

• SAP certifications or relevant enterprise architecture framework certifications.

• Familiarity with public cloud, hybrid cloud, and on-premises infrastructure environments.