Managing Consultant - SAP S4 HANA PP/QM

Introduction

A career in IBM Consulting is rooted by long-term relationships and close collaboration with clients across the globe. You'll work with visionaries across multiple industries to improve the hybrid cloud and AI journey for the most innovative and valuable companies in the world. Your ability to accelerate impact and make meaningful change for your clients is enabled by our strategic partner ecosystem and our robust technology platforms across the IBM portfolio

Your Role And Responsibilities

The successful candidate will be responsible for validating the functionality, performance, and integration of the SAP SCM (Supply Chain Management) with a focus on Production Planning (PP) modules on the SAP S/4HANA platform. This role ensures that system changes meet business requirements and maintain a high level of system reliability.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with SAP functional consultants, developers, and business stakeholders to understand requirements and create test plans and scenarios.
• Develop, maintain, and execute test cases for SAP SCM, particularly PP (Production Planning), covering discrete, process, and repetitive manufacturing processes.
• Validate end-to-end supply chain processes, including MRP, production orders, BOM, routings, work centers, and capacity planning.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and system testing for SAP HANA PP module enhancements and new implementations.
• Ensure test traceability, documentation, and defect lifecycle management using test management tools like HP ALM, JIRA, or SAP Solution Manager.
• Participate in UAT (User Acceptance Testing) cycles and support end-users during testing phases.
• Validate interfaces between SAP and third-party systems (MES, WMS, etc.) related to the PP module.
• Identify quality issues, provide recommendations, and escalate risks proactively.
• Support go-live and post-go-live activities as required.
  
  

Preferred Education

Bachelor's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or related field.
• Professional Expertise with SAP Configuration: 5+ years Hands-on SAP configuration experience in SAP QM, with at least 3 years focused on SCM PP in S/4HANA environments.
• SAP Process knowledge: Experience with SAP QM and SAP PP processes and workflows.
• Strong understanding of SAP PP processes: MRP, production order management, capacity planning, shop floor control, and BOM management.
• Strong knowledge of production processes, discrete or process manufacturing, and MRP logic.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA: Strong understanding of SAP S/4HANA and its application in client environments & with Artificial Intelligence models and their use in SAP implementation.
• Leadership skills: Strong leadership skills and experience leading teams.
• Familiarity with integration to other modules such as MM and SD.
• SAP Certifications: Holder of SAP certifications.
  
  

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

Experience in test automation (optional but a plus).

Familiarity with Cloud Computing Platforms: Including IBM Cloud, AWS, Microsoft Azure, and GCP.

Knowledge of Agile methodologies: Hands on experience with project management methodologies like Agile.