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SAP PP-PI Consultant (with QM)

24x7 Manufacturing Support | Biopharmaceutical Industry

Position

SAP PP-PI Consultant (with QM)

Module

SAP PP-PI (Production Planning for Process Industries) with QM

Experience

5-7 years (relevant SAP experience)

Industry

Pharmaceutical / Biotech - process manufacturing (GMP)

Engagement

Production support for 24x7 manufacturing operations

Work schedule

Rotational shifts / on-call; weekend and holiday support for critical incidents

Location

Chennai / Banglaore

About the Client

Our client is a global biopharmaceuticalcompany focused on the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines. SAPis their enterprise ERP platform, covering manufacturing, quality management,planning, production scheduling, warehouse management, finance and HR. TheirGMP manufacturing plants operate 24x7, and the SAP landscape supporting themmust be available and stable around the clock.

Role Summary

We are looking for an SAP PP-PI consultantwith strong Quality Management (QM) knowledge to provide 24x7 functionalsupport for process manufacturing at a biopharmaceutical client. The consultantwill keep production orders, batch execution and quality processes runningsmoothly on the plant floor, resolve incidents quickly, and drive continuousimprovements in a GMP-regulated environment.





Key Responsibilities

• ProvideL1.5, L2/L3 functional support for SAP PP-PI and QM, resolving incidents andservice requests within agreed SLAs

• Supportprocess order lifecycle: creation, release, material staging, confirmation,goods movements, settlement and TECO

• Maintainand troubleshoot master data: master recipes, resources, BOMs, productionversions, control recipe destinations

• SupportPI sheets / XSteps and integration with MES and shop-floor systems

• Supportbatch management: batch classification, batch determination, shelf life /expiry, batch where-used and genealogy

• HandleQM processes: inspection plans, inspection lots (incoming, in-process, final,stability), results recording, usage decisions, quality notifications andcertificates of analysis

• Supportrelease and quarantine processes in coordination with QA and the warehouse

• Performroot-cause analysis on recurring issues and implement permanent fixes throughthe GxP change-control process

• Preparefunctional specifications, test scripts and validation evidence (IQ/OQ/PQ, UAT)for changes and enhancements

• Workclosely with PP-DS, EWM, MM and FI/CO consultants on cross-module issues

Required Skills and Experience

• 5-7years of SAP experience with hands-on PP-PI in a process industry (pharma,biotech, life sciences, chemicals, food or similar)

• Strongworking knowledge of SAP QM integrated with PP-PI





• Atleast one production support engagement and preferably one full-cycleimplementation

• Solidunderstanding of batch management, process orders, master recipes and goodsmovements

• Workingknowledge of GMP and GxP, computer system validation (CSV), 21 CFR Part 11 andEU Annex 11

• Abilityto read and debug basic configuration, user exits and IDocs with technicalteams

Preferred / Added Advantage

• Pharmaor biotech manufacturing experience

• Exposureto MES integration and SAP ME/MII

• Workingknowledge of PP-DS, EWM or MM

• Experienceon SAP S/4HANA in addition to ECC

Work Conditions

• Thisis a 24x7 production support role for live GMP manufacturing operations. Thecandidate will work in a rotational shift / on-call model as agreed with theclient.

• Mustbe flexible to work on weekends and public holidays when a critical (P1/P2)incident affecting manufacturing needs to be resolved.

• Mustfollow ITIL-based incident, problem and change management, and the client's GxPchange-control procedures.

• Mustbe able to work with global, multi-time-zone teams including business users,IT, QA/compliance and other SAP module consultants.

Soft Skills

• Clearwritten and spoken English; able to explain issues and fixes to shop-floor, QAand business users

• Calm,structured approach under pressure during production-down situations

• Strongroot-cause analysis and documentation discipline (RCA, KEDB, SOPs, testevidence)

• Ownershipmindset: follows an incident through to closure and permanent fix

Qualifications

• Bachelor'sdegree in Engineering.

• SAPcertification in the relevant module is preferred

• Validpassport and willingness to travel to client sites for short periods ifrequired

📌 SAP PP-PI Consultant (with QM) (Bengaluru)
🏢 SRM Technologies
📍 Bengaluru