SAP PP/DS Consultant

Job title - SAP PP/DS Consultant
Work location - Allen Park, MI 48101 ( Client location )
Travel required - The candidate must be ready to travel anywhere within US client locations 1 2 times every 3 months for 2 7 days. The company will cover the travel and accommodation expenses.
Contract duration - 1 year

Mandatory skills required - 8 to 10 years SAP PPDS and iPPE experience.
Complete job description -8 to 10 years SAP PPDS and iPPE experience.

Business Process Integration
Work closely with Production Planning, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and plant stakeholders to understand current-state processes and future business requirements.
Review SAP S/4HANA business process designs and ensure alignment with operational requirements.
Bridge communication between business stakeholders and the SAP functional/system integration teams.
SAP PP/DS & PP Solution Support
Provide functional expertise across SAP PP/DS and PP processes, including MRP, production planning, production execution, capacity planning, discrete/repetitive manufacturing, and production master data.
Support PP/DS processes related to detailed scheduling, resource and component availability, heuristics, planning runs and planning-board-based scheduling. SAP describes PP/DS as supporting procurement proposals, detailed resource scheduling, production planning runs, interactive planning, and optimization.
Support configuration validation and identify functional gaps or required enhancements.
Requirements & Design
Conduct business workshops to gather, analyze, validate, and document requirements.
Translate manufacturing requirements into functional requirements and work with SAP functional and technical teams on solution realization.
Prepare/review functional specifications for enhancements, interfaces, reports, conversions, and forms where required.
Production Master Data
Support definition and validation of production master data including materials, BOMs, routings, work centers/resources, production versions and relevant PP/DS planning data.
Coordinate with business and data teams to ensure planning master data is complete and ready for testing and deployment.
Cross-Functional Integration
Validate end-to-end integration of PP/DS and PP with Procurement/MM, Sales, Finance, Inventory, Quality, EWM/Warehouse processes and other supply-chain solutions as applicable.
Identify integration gaps and coordinate resolution across functional teams. Cross-functional PP integration is also explicitly called out in the existing internal role definition.
Testing & Defect Management
Develop/review business scenarios and test cases covering end-to-end production planning and execution.
Participate in functional, integration and user acceptance testing.
Analyze defects, coordinate with implementation teams, validate fixes and support business sign-off.
Data Migration & Validation
Support production master-data mapping, cleansing, migration and validation.
Validate migrated data and associated business processes during mock conversions and cutover cycles.
Business Readiness & Training
Develop business process documentation, job aids and training materials.
Conduct SAP S/4HANA PP/DS and PP process familiarization and training for business users.
Support business users through testing, deployment and post-go-live adoption. This aligns directly with the Business Integrator scope found in your internal material, including product awareness, UAT, training, data migration and change-management support.
Cutover, Go-Live & Hypercare
Support cutover planning and business readiness activities for PP/DS and PP.
Assist with production validation, planning runs and critical business-process checks during deployment.
Provide post-go-live/hypercare support and coordinate resolution of business-critical issues.
Stakeholder & Change Management
Coordinate with business SMEs, plant users, SAP functional consultants, technical teams and the System Integrator.
Communicate status, risks, dependencies and business decisions to relevant stakeholders.
Support organizational change-management activities and capture lessons learned during implementation.
Required Skills
Strong hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA Production Planning (PP) and PP/DS
Good understanding of MRP, production orders, capacity planning, BOM, routing, work centers/resources and production versions
Experience with Detailed Scheduling, heuristics, planning strategies and production planning runs
Understanding of PP/DS and PP integration
Strong cross-functional understanding of manufacturing and supply-chain processes
Experience in SAP S/4HANA end-to-end implementation
Experience conducting workshops, preparing functional specifications, testing, UAT, training and deployment support
Strong analytical, communication and stakeholder-management capabilities
Manufacturing/Automotive industry knowledge is highly desirable