Job Title: SAP PPDS Consultant

Location: Remote

Rate: £700 - £750 per day (Inside IR35) Umbrella Only

Interview process: One stage process - Technical interview via Microsoft Teams

Job Description:

Requirement for PPDS consultant:

Experience in delivering Shelf life planning, Safety and Target Stock Level planning, Pegging, Set up matrix, Campaign Planning, Tank Planning, Detailed Scheduling, Optimizer, Graphic Planning Board, Alerts monitor
Experience of Process Manufacturing industry
Must have worked on at least 2 SAP projects and on all phases of the SAP implementation life cycle with strong project management, consulting knowledge in the area of supply chain. Knowledge of S/4HANA implementation is required.
Excellent communication. German speaker desirable.
Strong analytical skills with a knack for problem solving and often comes up with solutions to complex problems.

Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling, PPDS consultant with experience in the following:

PPDS basic set up / config for global settings
PPDS heuristic customization / set up, ideally at least:
Use of multiple resources / multi resource scheduling
Backward scheduling / sequencing from finished good requirement date
Grouping and prioritising products
Product interchangeability / run in & run out processes
PPDS Optimiser set up
Use of changeover / set up matrix
New \"tank planning\" functionality in 2021 release and integration with live silo / container information from MES (Manufacturing Execution System)
What if scenarios - evaluation of different simulation scenarios in the plan monitor
Configuring alert profiles to show in the PPDS apps
Resource Capacity definition
Internal vs external capacity maintenance
Set up of capacity/shift templates using capacity variants for mass maintenance

Desirable skills: