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  • SAP PP Consultant  | USA-IL-Normal  |  | 14-APR-21
    Responsibilities:
    
    • Work with business to get the requirements and plot the traceability matrix
    • Providing robust solution to ensure business solution meet long term business objectives
    • Work with programme stakeholders and partners to manage and resolve cross programme solution issues.
    • Advise on standard SAP best practice application solution design in warehouse management.
    • Prepare and present recommended design to Solution Design Authority
    • Prepare solution design changes and assess their impact on the programme.
    • Prepare GAP list for development work and ensure adequate justification is given for development over standard SAP functionality
    • Guide the process team for the analysis and decomposition of current business processes, perform the scripting exercises, and design and configure the EWM system to support the organization’s "To-Be" process vision.
    • Conduct workshops and presentations to validate business design with the end user community.
    • Working with Team leads / Project Manager in the analysis and decomposition of current deliverables, business processes, perform the scripting exercises, and design and configure the SAP systems to support the organization's "To-Be" process vision. This implies providing design for integration with all upstream and downstream processes.
    • Plan and deliver the execution of the system unit, integration and performance testing.
    • Support cutover activities and deployments
    • Support all aspects of UAT
    • Support end user training sessions
    • Assist with the handover to Production and knowledge transfer to customer and internal Support teams
    • Work on site at customer locations in accordance with their policies and requirements
    • Ensure suitable communication/updates are being provided to internal and external clients in a timely manner.
    • Work with programme stakeholders, partners and IT

    Qualifications

    Skills:
    
    • Good knowledge of APO and PP  
    • Good experience of SAP APO and integration with R3 PP and costing / finance areas
    • Complex Variant Configuration and BoM experience including iPPE
    • Manufacturing experience including Make to Order, Make to Stock, Engineer to Order, Knock
    • Down Kits
    • Automotive assembly plant and inbound supply chain experience a large plus
    • Full lifecycle experience in large scale implementation.
    • Hands on Experience in IS-Auto (FLO, ACT , PVS) 
    • Planning in ECC w.r.t. APO Planning. 
    • Error Handling in CIF
    • Hands on Experience in PPDS, Sequencing, MMP Set-up, Control Cycle Set-up, Rapid Planning Matrix, Restriction Planning. 
    • EWM system integration with APO (Advanced Planning and Optimizing)
    • Experience of defining and resourcing support teams
    • Excellent communications skills and proven ability to manage/balance senior stakeholder interests