Manufacturing Lead (PP/QM) – SCM Deployment

Job Description:

• Lead SAP Manufacturing workstream activities throughout blueprint, design, build, testing, deployment, and hypercare phases.
• Design and configure SAP S/4HANA Production Planning and Quality Management processes to support global manufacturing operations.
• Facilitate fit-gap workshops and business process design sessions with manufacturing, quality, operations, and supply chain stakeholders.
• Configure and optimize production order management, shop floor control, capacity planning, material requirements planning (MRP), and quality inspection processes.
• Define and maintain manufacturing master data including Bills of Material (BOMs), routings, work centers, production versions, and inspection plans.
• Lead cross-functional integration activities across PP, QM, PP/DS, EWM, Procurement, and Finance workstreams.
• Review and approve functional specifications, configuration documents, testing scripts, and deployment deliverables.
• Manage Manufacturing Consultant activities and ensure compliance with project standards and governance.
• Drive testing strategy, including Unit Testing, SIT, UAT support, defect resolution, and business validation activities.
• Support manufacturing data migration, cutover planning, production readiness assessments, and go-live execution.
• Identify process improvement opportunities and provide recommendations aligned with SAP best practices and operational excellence initiatives.
• Collaborate with global delivery teams to ensure successful implementation and knowledge transfer.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain Management, Information Technology, or related field.
• Typically 5+ years of SAP PP/QM implementation experience within manufacturing environments.
• Strong expertise in SAP S/4HANA Production Planning, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), capacity planning, and production execution processes.
• In-depth knowledge of manufacturing master data structures including BOMs, routings, work centers, production versions, and recipes.
• Experience implementing SAP Quality Management processes including quality planning, inspection processing, quality notifications, and quality control.
• Proven experience leading manufacturing workstreams in SAP transformation or SCM deployment programs.
• Strong understanding of both discrete and process manufacturing business processes.
• Experience conducting fit-gap analysis, solution design workshops, testing, data migration, and deployment activities.
• Strong analytical, leadership, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

Other Qualifications

• SAP PP, QM, or Manufacturing certification preferred.
• Experience integrating SAP PP/QM with PP/DS, EWM, MES, Digital Manufacturing, and Finance (CO-PC) solutions.
• Knowledge of SAP Digital Manufacturing Cloud (DMC), MES integration, or Industry 4.0 initiatives is highly desirable.
• Experience with SAP Activate methodology and Agile delivery approaches.
• Familiarity with manufacturing execution, production scheduling, quality compliance, and operational excellence initiatives.
• Experience supporting global template deployments and multi-country rollout programs preferred.
• Background in industrial manufacturing, automotive, consumer products, life sciences, chemicals, or process industries is a plus.
• Strong consulting, leadership, and business transformation skills with the ability to engage executive and operational stakeholders.

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