SAP Senior Functional Lead - Production & Planning

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And under this roof, we own our opportunities. Becoming the market leader only happens when everyone feels they have the opportunity, and the support, to thrive. We are GAF. And under this roof, we protect what matters most.

The Senior SAP PP Consultant will lead production planning, scheduling, and integrated business planning solution design across S/4

HANA and SAP IBP within a global manufacturing environment. This role requires deep functional expertise in core PP processes, strong understanding of supply chain planning, and the ability to architect end-to-end planning solutions that connect shop-floor execution with advanced planning capabilities.

• Lead full lifecycle S/4
  
  HANA PP and SAP IBP implementations, including requirement gathering, blueprinting, configuration, testing, deployment, and hypercare.
• Conduct workshops with manufacturing, supply chain, and operations teams to capture business requirements and translate them into functional specifications.
• Configure and optimize core SAP PP components:
  Master data (Material Master, BOM, Routing, Work Centers); MRP & MRP Live;
  Production Orders & Process Orders;
  Capacity Planning;
  Demand Management;
  Repetitive Manufacturing;
  Shop-floor execution.
• Design and implement SAP IBP capabilities:
  Demand Planning;
  Supply Planning;
  Inventory Optimization; S&OP / Integrated Business Planning cycles;
  Time-series and order-based planning.
• Ensure seamless integration between IBP and S/4
  
  HANA for end-to-end planning and execution.
• Support manufacturing-specific scenarios:
  Make-to-Stock (MTS);
  Make-to-Order (MTO);
  Engineer-to-Order (ETO);
  Subcontracting & external processing.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (MM, SD, FI/CO, QM, EWM) to ensure integrated business flows.
• Prepare functional specs for RICEFW objects and work closely with ABAP and integration teams.
• Lead testing cycles: unit testing, SIT, UAT, regression testing, and defect resolution.
• Support data migration, cutover planning, and post-go-live stabilization.
• Ensure alignment with SAP Activate methodology and S/4
  
  HANA/IBP best practices.

• Bachelor’s Degree required or
• Associate’s Degree with 20+ years of experience required
• 12+ years of hands-on SAP PP experience required
• 2–3 full-cycle S/4
  
  HANA PP implementations, ideally in manufacturing required
• Hands-on SAP IBP implementation experience (at least one full cycle) required

• Strong understanding of:
  Production planning & scheduling, Demand and supply planning, S&OP cycles, MRP & capacity planning, Integration with procurement, sales, finance, and quality
• Expertise in: S/4
  
  HANA Fiori apps, MRP Live, IBP configuration & planning operators, Batch management, IDocs/EDI
• Experience working in multi-plant, global manufacturing environments.
• Strong analytical, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Experience with IBP Control Tower, Response & Supply, or Inventory Optimization preferred
• Exposure to IBP, MES/MII, or WM integration preferred
• SAP PP or IBP certification preferred
• Experience with global template design and rollouts preferred
• Experience with multi plant operations preferred
• Experience with complex BOM and routing structures preferred
• Experience with integration of planning (IBP) with real time execution(S/4 Hana) preferred

Base salary and/or rate of pay ranges listed are exclusive of fringe benefits and potential bonuses. Individual compensation offers will be determined based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to geographic location, relevant candidate experience and skill, education, and/or qualifications. Base Salary Range: $160,000-$220,000