SAP PP-DS Consultant

24x7 Manufacturing Support | Biopharmaceutical Industry

Position

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

•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