SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant
3 days ago
Royal Leamington Spa
SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant 12-Month contract - Inside IR35 - £600-£650 per day Fully onsite - based in either Birmingham, Liverpool or Leamington Spa Manufacturing We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SAP S4 HANA PPDS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling) Consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SAP PPDS implementation, configuration, and support, with a deep understanding of supply chain planning processes. You will work closely with business stakeholders to design and deliver solutions that optimize production planning and scheduling. • Support SAP BAU operations and implement, configure, and optimize SAP S/4HANA PP/DS for advanced planning and detailed scheduling., • Analyse business requirements and design solutions for production planning, capacity planning, sequencing, and detailed scheduling., • Integrate PP/DS with relevant SAP modules such as PP, MM, SD, APO migration scenarios, and external MES or production automation systems., • Configure key PP/DS master data including planning versions, PDS (Production Data Structures), resources, modes, and heuristics., • Design and configure heuristics, planning strategies, optimization profiles, and pegging strategies to meet customer-specific planning needs., • Support capacity planning, finite scheduling, order sequencing, and model planning scenarios to improve manufacturing efficiency., • Enable and manage processes for DS planning board, alert monitor, CIF integration, and custom planning rules., • Provide end-user training, process documentation, functional specs, and operational SOPs for planning teams., • Troubleshoot and resolve PP/DS-related issues, perform root cause analysis, and ensure system stability, CIF consistency, and planning performance., • Support project activities including unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover planning, and go-live support for PP/DS processes., • Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, production planners, and IT teams to ensure seamless planning and scheduling operations., • 8+ years of hands-on experience in SAP PPDS, • Strong understanding of production planning, MRP, and scheduling, • Experience with CIF, Idocs, queues, and Fiori apps, • Excellent problem-solving and communication skills, • Deep expertise in SAP PPDS configuration and design, including master planning and detailed scheduling scenarios, • Proficiency in PPDS heuristics, planning strategies, IPPE, PDS, • Hands‑on experience in PPDS with S/4HANA Embedded PPDS, • Ability to align PPDS solutions with business planning objectives and constraints, • Understanding of core S/4HANA logistics and manufacturing processes, • Proven ability to analyse complex planning issues and design scalable, sustainable PPDS solutions. #J-18808-Ljbffr