Senior Specialist

Job Description
ROLE: Senior SAP PPDS Consultant

Role Description
The Senior PPDS Consultant will be responsible for issue diagnosis, analysis and solutioning of the Plan to Manufacture process area in a project.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES On PROJECTS

• Serve as conduit between business and technology.
• Assist clients in the selection, implementation and support of SAP S4 HANA Plan to Manufacture functions.
• Architecting, designing and SAP PPDS module implementation for the Customer.
• Lead project teams for implementation.
• Understand client system and assist clients in support of SAP S4 HANA PPDS and plan to manufacture Products.
• Supervise and mentor project subordinates and manage client engagements.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES For BRISTLECONE PLAN TO MANUFACTURE PRACTICE

• Liaising with Pre Sales Teams to help grow the Business around Plan to Manufacture in line with Organizational Strategy and Practice Goals.
• Ability to devise and lead Go To Market strategies for SAP Plan to Manufacture to assist Sales and Alliance teams in expanding Bristlecone footprint globally.
• Build Assets, Pre Configured Solutions and Accelerators to reduce the overall cost to serve.
• Participate in Assessment, Scoping and Estimation activities for RFQs.
• Participate in suggesting or leading Process Improvement for the Practice.
• Understanding, analysing, explore and test new features introduced in S4HANA Plan to Manufacture processes.
• Build technical competency and knowledge management.
• Build strong business relationships with potential clients.
• Track and align with technology updates for S4HANA editions.

Experience
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

• Minimum 8 years of experience in SAP APO PPDS or SAP S4 HANA PPDS for RB 5.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in SAP APO PPDS or SAP S4 HANA PPDS for RB 4.
• Functional proficiency in various kind of projects like Green field Implementations or Rollouts or Upgradation specific to SAP PPDS i.e. SAP APO PPDS or S4 HANA PPDS.
• Experience in Production Support and developments raised by change request.
• Certification in SAP PP and SAP S4HANA Manufacturing will be an added advantage.

PROCESS KNOWLEDGE

• Shall be well versed with end to end process for manufacturing involving demand management, MRP and constraint planning.
• Shall able to differentiate between constraint and infinite planning and various manufacturing scenarios like make to stock, make to order, engineer to order and configure to order.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

• Configuration knowledge of Production Planning and detailed scheduling involving product heuristics, scheduling heuristics, requirement strategies, pegging and optimization etc.
• Master data creation for PPDS involving production process model i.e. PPM and product data structure i.e. PDS.
• Configuration of standard PPDS scenarios like block planning, alternate resource planning etc.
• Experience in unit testing, integration testing and user acceptance testing.
• Ability to work on complex configuration scenarios along with writing functional specifications for complex customizations.
• Ability to lead and conduct Design workshops in front of an audience comprising of both Business and IT teams.
• End to end impact assessment and flawless solution design.
• Knowledge of integration aspects between SAP IBP and SAP S4 HANA.
• Basic understanding of integration with other modules of SAP especially APO DP, APO SNP, MM, SD.

Soft Skills

• Excellent communication skills, verbal as well as written.
• Positive attitude with flexibility and maturity to work in a challenging client environment.
• Mentoring and grooming subordinates.
• Excellent interpersonal relations and demonstrated ability to work with others effectively in teams.

About Us
ABOUT US
Bristlecone is the leading provider of AI-powered application transformation services for the connected supply chain. We empower our customers with speed, visibility, automation, and resiliency – to thrive on change.

Our transformative solutions in Digital Logistics, Cognitive Manufacturing, Autonomous Planning, Smart Procurement and Digitalization are positioned around key industry pillars and delivered through a comprehensive portfolio of services spanning digital strategy, design and build, and implementation across a range of technology platforms.

Bristlecone is ranked among the top ten leaders in supply chain services by Gartner. We are headquartered in San Jose, California, with locations across North America, Europe and Asia, and over 2,500 consultants. Bristlecone is part of the $19.4 billion Mahindra Group.

Equal Opportunity Employer
Bristlecone is an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status .

Information Security Responsibilities

• Understand and adhere to Information Security policies, guidelines and procedure, practice them for protection of organizational data and Information System.
• Take part in information security training and act while handling information.
• Report all suspected security and policy breach to InfoSec team or appropriate authority (CISO).
• Understand and adhere to the additional information security responsibilities as part of the assigned job role.