Job Description: SAP PP/DS Consultant (Consultant Level)

Position: SAP PP/DS Consultant

Level: Consultant

Location: All Locations (Delhi/NCR preferred)

Role Overview

We are seeking an SAP Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling (PP/DS) Consultant to deliver solutions for finite capacity planning, detailed scheduling, and order orchestration. The ideal candidate has hands-on experience in embedded PP/DS on S/4HANA (or APO PP/DS), deep understanding of discrete/process industry planning, and can collaborate across Production, Procurement, Quality, and Warehouse teams to optimize service, throughput, and asset utilization.

Key Responsibilities

1) Solution Design & Build

• Lead/participate in requirements workshops, process discovery, and fit–gap analysis for mid- to short-term planning.
• Configure PP/DS components:
• Master Data: PP/DS PDS (from BOM/Routings/Recipes), resources (single/multi-activity, capacity versions), secondary resources, production versions, work centers, calendars, setup groups, setup matrix.
• Planning Functions: Heuristics (e.g., Product Heuristic, Planning with Demand, Schedule Sequence), DS Optimizer, PeGging (dynamic/fixed), pegging strategies, lot-sizing and safety stock influence on planning.
• Detailed Scheduling: DS Planning Board, product view, resource view, sequencing rules, synchronization, alternate/parallel resources, sequence‑dependent setup, campaign/ block planning (where applicable).
• Alerts & Monitoring: PP/DS Alert Monitor, exception management, late/early orders, capacity overloads.
• Define and maintain planning procedures, horizons, buckets (bucketed vs. non-bucketed), and time streams.
• Prepare Functional Specifications for WRICEF objects (reports, enhancements, interfaces, forms).

2) Integration & Data

• Integrate with S/4HANA (MM, PP, QM, SD, EWM/WM) for end-to-end flow: demand (sales/forecast), supply (planned/production/process orders), confirmations, and GI/GR.
• Coordinate generation and transfer of PP/DS PDS (from BOM/ routings/recipes/production versions).
• Collaborate with IBP/S&OP teams for hand-off from medium-term planning to PP/DS short-term scheduling (where applicable).
• Manage data quality, calendars, and capacity modeling; validate performance of heuristics/operators/optimizer.

3) Testing, Cutover & Support

• Build test scripts and execute UT/SIT/UAT; manage defects and re-tests.
• Plan and execute cutover: initial data loads, planning file setup, pegging/fixings, and freeze periods.
• Provide hypercare and steady-state support; monitor alerts, resolve incidents within SLAs, and deliver incremental enhancements.

4) Governance, Change & Adoption

• Maintain documentation (BRDs, configuration workbooks, data mapping, SOPs, training materials).
• Drive user enablement (planning board training, exception handling, sequencing best practices).
• Ensure compliance with quality, audit, and change control processes.

Required Skills & Experience

Functional Expertise

• 3–5 years of hands-on experience in SAP PP/DS (embedded S/4HANA PP/DS preferred; APO PP/DS experience is a plus).
• Strong knowledge of:
• Finite capacity planning, detailed scheduling, and pegging.
• PP/DS heuristics and DS Optimizer configuration (profiles, costs/penalties, constraints).
• Sequence-dependent setup, alternate resources, mode selection, overlaps, splits.
• Master data: PDS, resources, calendars, setup groups, production versions.
• Order types and flows: planned orders, production orders, process orders, confirmations.
• Exposure to process industry features (recipes/PP-PI, campaigns) or discrete/automotive (rate/line scheduling) is beneficial.

Integration Knowledge

• Integration with MM/SD/QM/EWM for materials, batches, quality checks, staging, and logistics execution.
• Familiarity with IBP (Supply/Response) integration points and planning horizons.
• Understanding of MRP vs. PP/DS roles, planning strategy alignment, and demand handover.

Technical/Tooling

• Proficiency with DS Planning Board, product/resource views, Alert Monitor, pegging analysis.
• Ability to write clear Functional Specifications and collaborate with ABAP/Integration teams.
• Comfort with Fiori apps for PP/DS (embedded S/4), background jobs, and performance tuning.

Soft Skills

• Strong communication and stakeholder management (production, planners, plant ops).
• Analytical problem-solving and attention to detail under time-constrained planning cycles.
• Ability to work independently and in cross-functional/agile teams.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Technical.
• SAP PP or PP/DS certification (preferred).
• APICS/ASCM CPIM/CSCP is a plus.