Description :

The Senior SAP PP/QM Consultant will lead the design, configuration, and delivery of SAP Production Planning (PP) and Quality Management (QM) solutions across implementation and support engagements. The role will own end-to-end manufacturing and quality business processes, ensure smooth integration with adjacent modules, and drive delivery across the full project lifecycle through go-live and hypercare.

Key responsibilities :

- Lead 23 end-to-end SAP PP/QM implementations (requirements to hypercare), including solution design, configuration, and business adoption.

- Conduct requirement workshops, map business processes (as-is/to-be), perform fit-gap

analysis, and define functional solutions aligned to manufacturing and quality controls.

Configure SAP PP processes including (as applicable) :

1. Organizational and master data : plants, work centers, BOM/routings, production versions, MRP parameters, planned independent requirements.

2. Planning : MRP/MPS, capacity planning, scheduling, and exception handling.

3. Execution : production orders/process orders (as applicable), order release, confirmations, goods issues/receipts, backflushing, and variance-related process alignment.

4. Repetitive manufacturing / kanban (if applicable) and shop floor execution touchpoints.

Configure SAP QM processes including (as applicable) :

i. Quality planning : inspection types, inspection plans, sampling procedures, and specifications.

ii. Quality inspection : incoming, in-process, and final inspection; results recording; usage decisions; quality notifications.

iii. Quality certificates and batch/traceability processes (if applicable).

Ensure cross-module integration and correct end-to-end process flow with :

a. MM (procurement, incoming inspection, inventory movements), WM/EWM (warehouse execution), and FI/CO (production postings, variances, settlement, inventory valuation touchpoints).

b. SD (customer returns/complaints and quality notifications where relevant).

- Define functional specifications for reports, enhancements, workflows, forms, and interfaces; coordinate with technical teams and validate deliverables.

- Own testing strategy and execution : unit testing, SIT, UAT support, defect triage, root-cause analysis, and closure; ensure traceability from requirements to test cases.

- Plan and execute cutover/go-live activities : master data readiness, open order reconciliation, stock/WIP considerations, user readiness, and hypercare stabilization.

- Deliver training and documentation : process flows, SOPs, configuration documentation, and end-user guides.

- Mentor junior consultants and contribute to governance : estimation, planning, RAID management, and quality reviews.

Required experience and qualifications :

- 10+ years of relevant SAP PP and QM consulting experience with strong hands-on

configuration in manufacturing and quality processes.

- Minimum 23 end-to-end SAP PP/QM implementations (blueprint through go-live and hypercare) in a lead or independent delivery role.

- Strong functional knowledge of manufacturing planning/execution and quality processes, including compliance and audit readiness where applicable.

- Bachelors degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, IT, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Skills and competencies :

- Strong PP/QM configuration and process design skills; ability to propose standard-first solutions and minimize custom developments.

- Strong stakeholder management and workshop facilitation skills, with the ability to work with plant/shop-floor and quality teams.

- Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills across integrated process flows (PPQMMMFI/CO).

- Strong documentation discipline and communication skills; ability to create clear test scripts, training content, and functional specs.

- Preferred : exposure to S/4HANA manufacturing and quality capabilities, integration with MES/SCADA/3rd-party lab systems, and regulated-industry validation practices (where relevant).