ERP Planning Senior Manager Digital Product

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Job Description

OBJECTIVES/PURPOSE (3-4 bullets)

• Provide expert guidance in implementing heuristic methods, PPDS optimization, and SAP configurations, including custom enhancements and CIF troubleshooting.
• Ensure seamless cross-functional integration, enabling efficient coordination across logistics, procurement, inventory management, sales controlling, and plant maintenance.
• Contribute to business operations by driving efficient material, capacity, and resource planning with focus on customization, SAP FIORI applications, and robust incident and change management.
• Align SAP capabilities with business requirements to deliver operational excellence and continuous process improvement.

Possessing 15 + years of expertise in SAP PPDS/ePPDS with a strong command of various PPDS scenarios and concepts.

Key Skills and Expertise:

• Advanced Knowledge in PPDS: Extensive experience in heuristic methods, PPDS optimization, PPDS master data, and SAP ECC/S4 planning relevant master data, including Materials, BOMs, Work Centers, Routings, Recipes, Production Versions, Setup Groups/Matrices, Capacity Profiles.
• SAP Custom Enhancements: Skilled in designing and delivering PPDS and CIF custom enhancements with hands-on experience in CIF model creation and troubleshooting.
• SAP Manufacturing: Deep knowledge of SAP Manufacturing processes, including transformation projects for SAP S/4 HANA PPDS.
• Implementation Proficiency: Proven experience in implementing PPDS concepts such as subcontracting processes, setup matrix optimization (Campaign & Block Planning), safety stock management with PP heuristics, and DS heuristics.
• Production Planning & Scheduling: Expertise in Production Planning and Scheduling in SAP APO and S/4 HANA PPDS coupled with a strong integration knowledge covering logistics, procurement, inventory management, sales controlling, and plant maintenance.

Proficiencies with SAP Tools and Applications:

• Familiar with SAP FIORI applications and its utility in PPDS scenarios.
• Skilled in MRP live processes, heuristic planning, interactive planning, product views, PPDS heuristic functions, pegging, and detailed scheduling functions.
• Experience in configuring and utilizing PPDS planning views, such as DS planning boards, resource utilization boards, and order boards, including strategy profiles & time profiles.
• Experience with configuration of PPDS alert monitoring.
• Proficient in PPDS heuristics, covering configuration, testing, and solutioning, including MRP configurations, PPDS subcontracting processes.
• Participate in the definition of user requirements, user stories, functional/technical specifications and the update/review of Design Papers and process flows. Work closely with the key business and IT stakeholders and third-party providers to deliver new application solutions and enhancements to existing applications. 

Development Experience:

• Hands-on experience in SAP enhancements, reports, interfaces, and developments tailored to business needs.
• Strong understanding of SCM integration with SAP ERP and an overview of other related modules.

Specialized Areas:

• Material planning using SAP MRP and SAP PPDS.
• PPDS subcontracting, campaign planning, block planning, strategy profiles, time profiles configuration, and alert management.

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