Sap PPQM Consultant

Job Summary

We are looking for an experienced SAP PPQM Consultant with 6+ years of hands-on experience in SAP Production Planning (PP) and Quality Management (QM). The candidate will be responsible for SAP PP/QM implementation, configuration, rollout, enhancement, and production support activities.

The ideal candidate should have strong knowledge of end-to-end production planning, shop-floor processes, quality inspection, quality planning, and quality control, along with good integration knowledge across SAP modules.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and translate them into effective SAP PP/QM solutions.
• Configure and support SAP Production Planning (PP) processes.
• Configure and support SAP Quality Management (QM) processes.
• Handle end-to-end production planning processes including:
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Demand Management
• Master Production Scheduling (MPS)
• Production Orders
• Planned Orders
• Work Centers
• Routings
• Bills of Materials (BOM)
• Production Versions
• Capacity Planning
• Order Confirmation
• Goods Movement
• Production Order Settlement
• Configure and support SAP QM processes including:
• Quality Planning
• Inspection Planning
• Inspection Characteristics
• Inspection Methods
• Inspection Lots
• Results Recording
• Usage Decision
• Quality Notifications
• Defect Recording
• Quality Certificates
• Configure different inspection types and inspection processes for procurement, production, and customer-related scenarios.
• Work on integration between SAP PP/QM and MM, SD, FI/CO, WM/EWM, and other relevant modules.
• Support production and quality-related business processes and resolve functional issues.
• Conduct requirement gathering, gap analysis, solution design, configuration, testing, UAT, deployment, and post-go-live support.
• Prepare functional specifications and coordinate with ABAP/technical teams for enhancements, reports, interfaces, forms, and workflows.
• Perform root-cause analysis for complex production and quality issues.
• Coordinate with business users, process owners, technical teams, and other SAP functional consultants.
• Prepare functional documentation, test scenarios, test scripts, process flows, and training materials.
• Provide knowledge transfer and mentoring to junior consultants.
• Participate in SAP implementation, rollout, upgrade, and support projects.

SAP PP Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP PP configuration.
• Good understanding of end-to-end production planning and execution.
• Experience with:
• BOM
• Work Centers
• Routings
• Production Versions
• Demand Management
• MRP
• Planned Orders
• Production Orders
• Capacity Planning
• Confirmation and Goods Movements
• Good understanding of Make-to-Stock (MTS), Make-to-Order (MTO), and repetitive/discrete manufacturing processes.
• Experience in production order processing and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of MRP planning strategies and production scheduling.

SAP QM Required Skills

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP QM configuration.
• Good understanding of quality management processes throughout the supply chain and manufacturing lifecycle.
• Experience with:
• Inspection Plans
• Inspection Characteristics
• Inspection Methods
• Sampling Procedures
• Inspection Lots
• Results Recording
• Usage Decision
• Quality Notifications
• Defect Management
• Quality Certificates
• Experience with Incoming, In-Process, and Final Inspection processes.
• Knowledge of integration between QM and MM, PP, SD, and warehouse processes.
• Ability to troubleshoot quality inspection and master-data-related issues.

Integration Knowledge

Strong understanding of integration with:

• SAP MM Procurement, goods receipt, material movements, batch management.
• SAP FI/CO Accounting documents, production order costing, settlement.
• SAP SD Sales order, delivery, customer complaints, quality-related processes.
• SAP WM/EWM – Warehouse and inventory processes.
• Understanding of master-data dependencies across PP, QM, and other SAP modules.