PPDS Consultant

·         Graduate or Postgraduate in computer science.

·         Supply chain certification and SAP PPDS certification if preferrable.

·          implementation of SAP APO or S/4Hana PPDS.

·         Experience in large auto mobile planning process.

·     experience in SAP PP, APO and PPDS modules.

Experience:

·         Hands on experience of APO Production Planning heuristics -(Configuration, testing, solutioning). S/4HANA PPDS implementation.

·         Specifically, MRP, Configurations like planning board, DS board, Different profiles, PPDS Subcontracting process, Alerts configuration & monitoring.

·         Knowledge and experience of master data distribution of work centres / Resources, production versions, PPMs, PDS, capacities, Time-streams, CIF-ing between ECC and APO.

·         Knowledge of working on Production orders/Planned orders, Material Master, BOM, Routing, Work Centres, Production Version.

·         Material Planning using SAP MRP and LTP.

·         Should be familiar with Integration of SAP PP with Material Management, WM and QM.

·         Perform custom & standard configurations in SAP system to satisfy business requirements.

·         Hands on Experience in SAP enhancements, reports, interfaces and developments as meet business needs.

·         Ability to work closely with client personnel to ensure requirements are correctly identified and documented.

·         Contribution/Experience in SAP Implementation, rollout and support Project.

·         Experience in SAP Supply Chain Planning product implementation, Sales and Operations planning application, Demand Planning & Response and Supply.

·         Good knowledge of SCM Integration with SAP ERP & overview of other related modules.

·         Knowledge in IBP preferable

·         Consulting experience in SCM domain specifically in demand planning and PPDS.

Role and Responsibility:

·         Prepare and execute client workshops.

·         Interface with clients to discover their business challenges.

·         Perform quantitative and observational data analyses.

·         Create and present client recommendations.

·         Lead the SAP S/4Hana PPDS implementation project for Auto OEM.

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·         Lead the planning and roll out of PPDS for multiple shops in phased and agile way.

·         Understand challenges in SAP PPDS implementation and its success and prepare a handholding plan.

·         Analyse the organization processes which are must to be as per standard to make PPDS working and recommend improvement.

·         Understand front end Sales process, inventory processes and recommend improvements to make PPDS result as expected.

·         Design solution and plan its implementation to make SAP PPDS result as expected for an organization.

·         User handholding, user manual preparation and training to users.