Job Title: SAP PP-DS Consultant – Contract
Location: Remote (India based role working IST hours)
Duration: 6 months with possibility of extension
Start Date: May 2025
Job Summary:
We are seeking an experienced SAP PP-DS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling) Consultant to join our core project team on a contract basis. The consultant will play a key role in supporting batch job monitoring, issue resolution, and functional validations across multiple supply chain processes. This role will require close coordination with cross-functional teams and key users in North America, with a particular emphasis on intercompany production and logistics flows.
Key Responsibilities:
Monitor and manage daily batch jobs related to SAP PP and PP-DS processes.Troubleshoot and resolve errors in scheduled background jobs related to:
- Intercompany movements (US to Canada)
- Inventory adjustments
- Variance reports
- Production planning and order creation
- Stock Transport Requisition (STR) creation for both single and mixed loads
- Date reconciliation for multi-line STRs
- Scheduling dunnage runs and creation of related production orders
- Settlement receiver validation and updates
- Planning board updates and exception message handling
- Stock Transport Orders (STOs) for Third-Party Logistics Operator (TLO) runsTLO execution coordination
- Production order updates and releases
- Verification of SAP to MES integration for production order confirmations
- STR to STO conversion processesValidation of data accuracy in custom tables for delivery and shipping updates
- Liaise with business users to understand issues and provide timely resolutions.
- Document and escalate recurring errors and propose long-term solutions.
- Assist with end-to-end process testing, data validations, and planning cycle activities.
- Provide functional support during cutover, hypercare, and post-go-live activities.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in SAP PP and/or PP-DS, ideally in a manufacturing or CPG environment.
- Hands-on experience with intercompany production flows, production order management, and supply chain integration points (e.g., MES, MM, SD).
- Strong understanding of STR, STO, TLO, and dunnage processes within SAP.
- Ability to work independently to triage and resolve batch job failures and system errors.
- Experience with SAP ECC and/or S/4HANA platforms.
- Familiarity with custom tables and data validation techniques in SAP.
- Strong problem-solving and communication skills; able to interface with both technical and functional stakeholders.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, distributed team environment with shifting priorities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience supporting SAP-MES integration and production execution verification.
- Background in SAP APO or PP/DS heuristic planning and planning board usage.
- Prior involvement in SAP implementation, rollout, or support projects across US and Canada operations.