Solution in scope: Plan 2 Produce (Pl2Pr)
City State: Remote
Requirement US Citizen preferred, Green Card or H1B visa would work
Seniority: Expert/Principal
Role Description: Plan 2 Produce (Pl2Pr) SAP Solution Expert
Scope of tasks:
Please ensure candidates are properly pre-screened against this scope before forwarding resumes to team for consideration
Candidate MUST HAVE
- A&D / discrete manufacturing experience. Note: A&D does not equal Public Sector - so we do not care about candidates that have only PS experience.
- experience as a Value Stream Lead involving a US deployment of an SAP S/4HANA global design with localization in US geography.
- specific SAP module configuration and deployment experience:
Production Planning (PP), Quality Management (QM), PMMO (GPD replacement)... - Must be experienced with these modules in a complex OEM Aviation, Aerospace & Defense manufacturer (preferred),
although experience in Automotive or Industrial Products (e.g., Caterpillar, John Deere, etc.) is also applicable. - understand project based manufacturing in a Project Systems (PS) related Sales Order entry process.
- understanding of Work Centers and BOM's working with Pl2Pr team.
- experience with the aspects of PP and PEO integration to legacy MES or Dassault Apriso systems.
- experience and or knowledge of Dassian or Cognitus solutions.
- Understanding of aatp and integration through to O2C processes.
- Understanding of government contracting and billing.
- knowledge of QM in manufacturing and production work in-process (Quality witness and electronic stamping).
- Familiarity with SAP Roadmap for respective Value Stream and ability to define a target end-state and transitional plan within context of customer project portfolio
- Maintain a forward looking vision for how customer drives the most value from their existing investment in SAP software
- Identify relevant 'blind spots' and provide targeted PoV/recommendations to mitigate this includes addressing impact of items on SAP's simplification list
Responsibilities of Role:
- Collaborate in the development and articulation of strong value propositions for transformational initiatives from process SME and S/4HANA perspectives
- Apply strong knowledge of the business processes for developing and testing ERP functions associated with business operations.
- Facilitate Explore workshops (solution architecting, requirements gathering) with business managers, client staff, and end-users to determine business and functional requirements
- Review and/or perform design and configuration of SAP S/4HANA systems to meet client business requirements
- Conduct knowledge transfer and training of end-users, including sharing best practices
- Provide leadership to junior systems analysts and client personnel assigned to projects
Other Qualifications:
- A minimum of five (5) years prior professional consulting or equivalent business process industry experience
- At least five (5) years of hands-on systems configuration experience within a leading ERP module (SAP)
- Successful completion of at least three full life cycle implementations of S/4HANA
- Successful completion of the rollout and localization of a global template
- Strong communication and presentation skills
- Strong ability to facilitate discussions and negotiate mutually beneficial solutions when necessary
- Willingness to travel as needed to client locations