SAP PP-PI Consultant (with QM)

24x7 Manufacturing Support | Biopharmaceutical Industry

Position

Module

SAP PP-PI (Production Planning

for Process Industries) with QM

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 / Banglaore

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-PI consultant
• with strong Quality Management (QM) knowledge to provide 24x7 functional
• support for process manufacturing at a biopharmaceutical client. The consultant
• will keep production orders, batch execution and quality processes running
• smoothly on the plant floor, resolve incidents quickly, and drive continuous
• improvements in a GMP-regulated environment.

Key Responsibilities

•Provide

L1.5, L2/L3 functional support for SAP PP-PI and QM, resolving incidents and

service requests within agreed SLAs

•Support

process order lifecycle: creation, release, material staging, confirmation,

goods movements, settlement and TECO

•Maintain

and troubleshoot master data: master recipes, resources, BOMs, production

versions, control recipe destinations

•Support

PI sheets / XSteps and integration with MES and shop-floor systems

•Support

batch management: batch classification, batch determination, shelf life /

expiry, batch where-used and genealogy

•Handle

• QM processes: inspection plans, inspection lots (incoming, in-process, final,
• stability), results recording, usage decisions, quality notifications and
• certificates of analysis

•Support

release and quarantine processes in coordination with QA and the warehouse

•Perform

root-cause analysis on recurring issues and implement permanent fixes through

the GxP change-control process

•Prepare

functional specifications, test scripts and validation evidence (IQ/OQ/PQ, UAT)

for changes and enhancements

•Work

closely with PP-DS, EWM, MM and FI/CO consultants on cross-module issues

Required Skills and Experience

•5-7

years of SAP experience with hands-on PP-PI in a process industry (pharma,

biotech, life sciences, chemicals, food or similar)

•Strong

working knowledge of SAP QM integrated with PP-PI

•At

least one production support engagement and preferably one full-cycle

implementation

•Solid

understanding of batch management, process orders, master recipes and goods

movements

•Working

knowledge of GMP and GxP, computer system validation (CSV), 21 CFR Part 11 and

EU Annex 11

•Ability

to read and debug basic configuration, user exits and IDocs with technical

teams

Preferred / Added Advantage

•Pharma

or biotech manufacturing experience

•Exposure

to MES integration and SAP ME/MII

•Working

knowledge of PP-DS, EWM or MM

•Experience

on SAP S/4HANA in addition to ECC

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