Job Title:  Lead Senior Associate | Engineering Foundry & Managed Services | Hyderabad | Engineering as a Servic

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India’s impact on the global economy has increased at an exponential rate and Deloitte presents an opportunity to unleash and realize your potential amongst cutting edge leaders, and organizations shaping the future of the region, and indeed, the world beyond.  

At Deloitte, your whole self to work, every day. Combine that with our drive to propel with purpose, and you have the perfect playground to collaborate, innovate, grow, and make an impact that matters.  

Your work profile  

Role Description: iPPE & Automotive PPDS 

• Design, configure, and implement SAP iPPE models including Product Structure, Process Structure, and Factory Layout for automotive manufacturing scenarios.  
• Develop and maintain iPPE models, ensuring correct representation of product and process engineering requirements.  
• Configure and manage Variant Configuration (VC/AVC) for products with multiple variants, including maintenance of related master data such as Production Versions, PDS, Routing, and BOMs.  
• Generate Production Data Structures (PDS) from iPPE models, including handling of time-dependent process parameters (TDPP) and product structures.  
• Implement and support model mix planning, takt-based planning, and Rapid Planning Matrix (RPM) processes.  
• Apply finite scheduling techniques on continuous time, manage bottleneck resources, and optimize sequence-dependent setup activities.  
• Handle CIF error management, support integration with EWM, and manage master data migration activities.  
• Support implementation of Engineering Change Management using iPPE models.  
• Work closely with business stakeholders to evaluate business models and manufacturing processes.  
• Support issue resolution related to material master, BOMs, routings, and production orders in automotive contexts. 

As a prospective candidate, you should possess: 

• Demonstrated expertise in SAP APO-PPDS or SAP S/4HANA Manufacturing (PP/DS) with a focus on iPPE (Integrated Product and Process Engineering).  
• Strong background in discrete and repetitive manufacturing environments.  
• Experience with Variant Configuration and automotive industry-related processes.  
• Proven capability in developing iPPE models and working with Product Structure, Process Structure, and Factory Layout.  
• Proficiency in generating and managing Production Data Structures (PDS) including TDPP and related configurations.  
• Experience with model mix planning, takt-based planning, and Rapid Planning Matrix (RPM).  
• Hands-on experience with CIF error handling, EWM integration, and master data migration.  
• Familiarity with Engineering Change Management processes using iPPE models.  
• Automotive industry experience, including handling operational and configuration-related challenges. 

Desired qualifications 

• Bachelor's or master’s in computer science or related field or equivalent work experience. 
• Experience working closely with business stakeholders on manufacturing process evaluation. 
• Business Experience:  7-9 years of experience.  

Location and way of working. 

Base location: Hyderabad 

Your role as a Lead Senior Associate 

We expect our people to embrace and live our purpose by challenging themselves to identify issues that are most important for our clients, our people, and for society.   

In addition to living our purpose, Senior Executive across our organization must strive to be:  

• Inspiring - Leading with integrity to build inclusion and motivation.  
• Committed to creating purpose - Creating a sense of vision and purpose.  
• Agile - Achieving high-quality results through collaboration and Team unity.  
• Skilled at building diverse capabilities - Developing diverse capabilities for the future.  
• Persuasive / Influencing - Persuading and influencing stakeholders.  
• Collaborating - Partnering to build new solutions.  
• Delivering value - Showing commercial acumen. 
• Committed to expanding business - Leveraging new business opportunities.  
• Analytical Acumen - Leveraging data to recommend impactful approaches and solutions through the power of analysis and visualization.  
• Effective communication – Must be able to have well-structured and well-articulated conversations to achieve win-win possibilities.  
• Engagement Management / Delivery Excellence - Effectively managing engagement(s) to ensure timely and proactive execution as well as course correction for the success of engagement(s). 
• Managing change - Responding to changing environment with resilience. 
• Tech Savvy - Leveraging ethical technology practices to deliver high impact for clients and for Deloitte.  
• Empathetic leadership and inclusivity - creating a safe and thriving environment where everyone is valued for who they are, use empathy to understand others to adapt our behaviors and attitudes to become more inclusive.