SAP PP & Manufacturing Transformation

15+ years of SAP experience with deep expertise in SAP PP and end-to-end manufacturing processes. • Proven leadership of multiple full-lifecycle SAP implementations, global rollouts, or S/4HANA transformation program for manufacturing clients. Strong client-facing consulting capability with the confidence to advise senior stakeholders, facilitate workshops, present best practices, and influence transformation decisions. Deep manufacturing domain capability, with a strong understanding of plant operations, production planning, scheduling, shop-floor execution, quality, inventory, and supply chain interdependencies. Ability to translate manufacturing challenges and business KPIs—such as schedule adherence, throughput, capacity utilisation, inventory, yield, and downtime—into practical process and SAP-enabled improvements. Hands-on expertise in demand management, MRP, production planning, capacity planning, production orders, confirmations, backflushing, goods movements, and manufacturing master data. Strong knowledge of discrete and repetitive manufacturing; PP-PI experience for process manufacturing environments is desirable. Demonstrated integration expertise across MM, SD, QM, EWM/WM, PM, CO, MES/shop-floor systems, procurement, logistics, and finance. Experience with SAP ECC and S/4HANA Manufacturing, including fit-to-standard design, Fiori applications, migration, testing, cutover, deployment, and hypercare. Exposure to SAP BTP, SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP Digital Manufacturing, Advanced Planning, Cloud ALM or Solution Manager, and Service Now is desirable. Understanding of clean-core principles, SAP Activate, process standardisation, automation, embedded analytics, and AI-enabled manufacturing improvement. Excellent executive communication, stakeholder management, consulting, team leadership, problem-solving, and commercial awareness.