SAP PP-DS Consultant

SAP PP-DS Consultant

24x7 Manufacturing Support | Biopharmaceutical Industry

Position

SAP PP-DS Consultant

Module

SAP PP-DS (Production Planning
and Detailed Scheduling)

Experience

5-7 years (relevant SAP
experience)

Industry

Pharmaceutical / Biotech -
process manufacturing (GMP)

Engagement

Production support for 24x7
manufacturing operations

Work schedule

Rotational shifts / on-call;
weekend and holiday support for critical incidents

Location

Chennai / Bangalore - Hybrid

About the Client

Our client is a global biopharmaceutical
company focused on the development and manufacture of biosimilar medicines. SAP
is their enterprise ERP platform, covering manufacturing, quality management,
planning, production scheduling, warehouse management, finance and HR. Their
GMP manufacturing plants operate 24x7, and the SAP landscape supporting them
must be available and stable around the clock.

Role Summary

We are looking for an SAP PP-DS consultant to
support detailed production planning and scheduling for a biopharmaceutical
client whose plants run 24x7. The consultant will keep planning runs, schedules
and integration flows healthy so that production can execute on time, and will
help planners get the most out of PP-DS in a process-industry setting.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide
L1.5, L2/L3 support for SAP PP-DS (embedded in S/4HANA or on SAP APO/SCM),
resolving incidents within SLA

• Monitor
and troubleshoot planning runs, heuristics, optimizer runs and background jobs

• Support
the detailed scheduling planning board, alerts, pegging and order rescheduling

• Maintain
and troubleshoot master data: PDS, resources, setup matrices, campaign and
cleaning logic

• Resolve
integration issues between PP-DS and ERP (CIF / core interface, queue
monitoring, inconsistency checks)

• Support
capacity planning, finite scheduling and shelf-life-aware planning for
batch-managed products

• Analyse
recurring planning issues, perform root-cause analysis and deliver permanent
fixes through change control

• Prepare
functional specifications, test scripts and validation documentation for
enhancements

• Work
closely with PP-PI, IBP and EWM consultants and with the planning team on
end-to-end supply chain issues

Required Skills and Experience

• 5-7
years of SAP experience with hands-on PP-DS (S/4HANA embedded or APO PP/DS)

• Process-industry
experience (pharma, biotech, life sciences, chemicals or similar)

• Strong
knowledge of heuristics, the optimizer, planning board, PDS and resource
modelling

• Hands-on
experience with CIF monitoring and planning-run troubleshooting

• Good
understanding of PP-PI process orders and their integration with PP-DS

• At
least one production support engagement and preferably one full-cycle
implementation

Preferred / Added Advantage

• Combined
PP-DS and IBP experience (strong advantage)

• Pharma
or biotech manufacturing experience, including campaign planning and
cleaning/changeover constraints

• Exposure
to GMP / GxP and computer system validation

• Working
knowledge of PP-PI, QM or EWM

Work Conditions

• This
is a 24x7 production support role for live GMP manufacturing operations. The
candidate will work in a rotational shift / on-call model as agreed with the
client.

• Must
be flexible to work on weekends and public holidays when a critical (P1/P2)
incident affecting manufacturing needs to be resolved.

• Must
follow ITIL-based incident, problem and change management, and the client's GxP
change-control procedures.

• Must
be able to work with global, multi-time-zone teams including business users,
IT, QA/compliance and other SAP module consultants.

Soft Skills

• Clear
written and spoken English; able to explain issues and fixes to shop-floor, QA
and business users

• Calm,
structured approach under pressure during production-down situations

• Strong
root-cause analysis and documentation discipline (RCA, KEDB, SOPs, test
evidence)

• Ownership
mindset: follows an incident through to closure and permanent fix

Qualifications

• Bachelor's
degree in Engineering,

• SAP
certification in the relevant module is preferred

• Valid
passport and willingness to travel to client sites for short periods if
required