ROLE SUMMARY
We are hiring an SAP Production Planning (PP) Consultant to own the Manufacturing workstream on GROW with SAP programs. You will take mid-market manufacturers onto SAP Best Practice production processes in S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition — from Fit-to-Standard through go-live — with a strong clean-core, adopt-not-adapt mindset.
Key Responsibilities
- Fit-to-Standard: Facilitate Fit-to-Standard workshops for the Manufacturing line of business in the Starter system; document requirements, gaps and configuration decisions in SAP Cloud ALM. - Configuration: Configure manufacturing scope in SAP Central Business Configuration across the 3-system landscape — make-to-stock and make-to-order production, production order processing, rework, subcontracting and Kanban scope items as applicable. - Planning processes: Set up demand management, MRP (including predictive MRP where in scope) and capacity evaluation; tune planning parameters with the customer's planners. - Master data: Define and validate manufacturing master data — material masters, BOMs, work centers, routings and production versions — and lead its migration via the SAP S/4HANA Migration Cockpit. - Cross-stream integration: Ensure clean integration with Sourcing & Procurement, Inventory/Warehouse and Quality Management scope items, and with Finance for production costing and Margin Analysis. - Testing & cutover: Author and execute manual and automated test cases (Test Automation Tool); support UAT, cutover rehearsal and hypercare on the shop-floor calendar. - Innovation adoption:
Enable customers on Joule supply-chain capabilities (e.g. backorder processing runs, delivery and stock operations) and embedded manufacturing analytics; drive adoption of new scope with each half-yearly release. - AMS: Provide L2/L3 support and continuous improvement for live manufacturing customers.
Required Skills & Experience
- 5–8 years of SAP PP (ideally PP/QM or PP-PI exposure) with at least one SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition implementation, or solid S/4HANA manufacturing delivery with public-cloud readiness. - Hands-on SAP Central Business Configuration and SAP Cloud ALM experience. - Deep understanding of discrete/repetitive manufacturing processes, MRP logic and capacity planning. - Experience with SAP Best Practice scope items and the fit-to-standard delivery model (SAP Activate). - Manufacturing industry depth — automotive, engineering, chemicals or industrial products preferred, aligned to our client base. - Ability to work with shop-floor and planning teams as comfortably as with CXOs.
Preferred / Nice to Have
- Exposure to embedded EWM/Inventory Management scope in the public edition. - Key-user extensibility (custom fields/logic, custom CDS analytics) within clean-core guardrails. - Familiarity with Joule and AI-assisted supply-chain scenarios.
Certifications & Education
- SAP Certified Associate – Implementation Consultant – SAP S/4HANA Cloud Public Edition (Manufacturing) strongly preferred; SAP Activate certification an advantage. - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Production/Industrial Management or equivalent.
📌 SAP PP Consultant (India)
🏢 In2IT Enterprise Business Services
📍 India
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