Start date: ASAP
Job Title : SAP S/4HANA Production Planning (PP) and Production Execution (PE) Lead
Job Experience : 12+ years
Role Summary: We are seeking an experienced SAP S/4HANA Production Planning (PP) and Production Execution (PE) Lead to drive complex manufacturing transformations across discrete, process, and hybrid manufacturing environments. This role requires deep functional expertise in SAP PP/PE combined with strong experience integrating MES platforms and third-party Warehouse Management Systems within large-scale, global manufacturing programs. The ideal candidate brings a business-first mindset, understands shop floor realities, and can translate manufacturing operations into scalable, standardized SAP solutions.
Key Responsibilities
Production Planning & Execution: Lead end-to-end design and implementation of SAP S/4HANA PP and Production Execution capabilities, including:
• Demand-driven planning and MRP
• Capacity planning and sequencing
• Production orders, confirmations, and backflushing
• Scrap, rework, yield, and variance management
• Regrind, co-products, and by-products (where applicable)
• Drive fit-to-standard workshops with manufacturing stakeholders while protecting true operational differentiators
• Design scalable planning and execution models across multi-plant environments
MES & Shop Floor Integration
• Define and lead integration between SAP S/4HANA and MES systems
• Align system responsibilities across:
• SAP (planning, costing, inventory, order management).
• MES (execution, machine data, performance, quality signals).
• Design integration patterns for:
• Production order dispatching.
• Confirmations, scrap, downtime, and performance feedback.
• Quality signals and exception handling.
• Partner with IT, OT, and automation teams to ensure reliable, real-time data flows.
Warehouse & Logistics Integration
• Collaborate with WMS teams (SAP EWM or third-party WMS) to align:
• Material staging and backflushing.
• Production supply areas and kanban.
• Finished goods putaway and shipment readiness.
• Design robust integration models between Production Execution and Warehouse operations, including 3PL interactions where applicable.