Senior Technical Lead

Pune, Maharashtra

Job Summary

SAP Inhouse Consultant for Manufacturing & Quality (PP/QM) to join our India‑based SAP Application Management Services team.

This role focuses on ensuring stable global manufacturing and quality operations, driving enhancements, supporting production and planning transformation initiatives , and enabling continuous improvement of SAP S/4HANA Production Planning (PP) and Quality Management (QM) processes in an international environment.

Key Responsibilities

- Ensure end‑to‑end business operations (L3 support) for SAP Schedule‑to‑Fulfill (S2F), Forecast‑to‑Plan (F2P) and Idea‑to‑Product (I2P) manufacturing processes
- Analyze, process and resolve incidents, problems and service requests within the SAP PP/QM environment
- Prepare functional and technical specifications and maintain solution, process and test documentation
- Perform root‑cause analysis and implement sustainable corrective and preventive actions
- Plan and implement change requests, enhancements and continuous improvements for PP/QM processes
- Ensuring all changes are executed within a validated, GxP‑regulated SAP environment , including documentation of test evidence, risk assessments and quality approvals
- Configure and enhance SAP PP and QM components, including routing/recipes, bills of material, MRP, production orders, in‑process inspections, usage decisions, and quality notifications etc.
- Support integration topics between PP/QM and MM, (e)WM, SD, FI/CO, PS and EHS
- Advise business stakeholders on SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing & Quality capabilities, standard processes and Clean‑Core‑aligned solution designs
- Collaborate with ABAP and Fiori development teams for enhancements, defect fixes and technical implementations




- Support functional and automated regression testing together with test automation teams
- Contribute to SAP rollouts, upgrades, migrations and continuous system improvements
- Participate in AMS initiatives using agile and classical project management methodologies Support lifecycle management of the SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing & Quality applications

Skill Requirements

- > 5 years of experience in Manufacturing & Quality Management (PP/QM) ,
incl. > 1 year of experience working in a validated GxP SAP environment with robust focus on documentation, CSV/CSA & regulatory compliance
- Hands-on exposure to SAP S/4HANA PP/QM simplifications and Fiori
- Basic understanding of ABAP/4, ABAP OO, and SAP Fiori concepts, enhancements, and debugging
- Experience in agile and classical project delivery models
- Experience as a (sub) project manager is desirable
- Team player with the ability to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines
- Ability to quickly understand complex processes and issues, with strong communication skills
- Experience in business consulting, demand management, and service provider management is an advantage
- Knowledge and initial experience with agile methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban is desirable
- Team player with the ability to work effectively with people from diverse backgrounds and disciplines
- Ability to quickly understand complex processes and issues, with strong communication skills

Other Requirements

- High attention to detail and accuracy
- Proactive communication and coordination skills
- Ability to prioritize tasks and work under SLA driven environments
- Willingness to learn and adapt to SAP updates and process changes

Tools & Systems Experience

- SAP ECC and S/4HANA systems
- ServiceNow (SNOW) for ticket tracking

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