SAP S/4HANA Production Planning (PP) Consultant

NTT DATA Business Solutions; Cyberjaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Hybrid working hours

Inhouse Academy

Certification opportunities

Diversity & Inclusion initiatives

Job summary

NTT DATA Business Solutions is seeking a SAP S/4HANA Production Planning Consultant to design, configure, and support production planning and manufacturing execution within SAP S/4HANA.

The role involves gathering requirements, configuring end-to-end PP processes, and integrating with MM, SD, QM, EWM/WM, FI/CO, PM, and MES during implementation or conversion projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering or related field.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Production Planning in a live project.
• Experience in configuring MRP, planning strategies, capacity planning, and shop-floor execution.

Responsibilities

• Gather manufacturing and planning requirements and translate into SAP S/4HANA PP solutions.
• Design and configure end-to-end production planning, including MRP, DMP, MPS, and capacity planning.
• Configure master data (BOMs, routings, work centers, production versions).
• Support PP-PI, MES interfaces, and integration with MM, SD, QM, EWM/WM, FI/CO, PM.

Skills

SAP S/4HANA

SAP PP configuration

Discrete manufacturing

MRP and planning

Master data management

System integration

PP-DS / advanced planning

Fiori / analytics

Lifecycle experience

Education

Bachelor’s in Industrial Engineering

SAP S/4HANA PP certification

Tools

SAP S/4HANA

PP/DS

ABAP integration

SAP Fiori

Job description

At NTT DATA Business Solutions, we drive innovation – from advisory and implementation to managed services and beyond, powered by a global team of over 18,500 experts representing over 90 nations in more than 30 countries. With SAP at our core and a powerful ecosystem of partners like Microsoft and ServiceNow, we continuously improve solutions and AI-driven technology to make them work for companies – and for their people.

We are part of NTT DATA, a $30+billion business and technology services, AI and digital infrastructure leader. As a Global Top Employer, NTT DATA serves 75% of the Fortune Global 100 and, with experts in over 70 countries, co-innovates solutions that encourage experimentation and recognize great work.

With us,you have endless opportunities to think big, act bold and take ownership. Make this the place where you belong, learn, and build your network.

Make this the place whereyougrow.

What makes us special:

• Team-oriented corporate culture, collaboration as equalsandsteady knowledge transfer
• Diversity & Inclusion(e.g. various initiatives & communities)
• Flexible working hours,(e.g. hybrid working)
• Inhouse Academywith a variety of professional technical training, soft skills training, SAP Learning Hub and certification opportunities
• Company health benefits(e.g. Health Insurance,Optical, Dental and Medical checkup benefits)

The SAP S/4HANA Production Planning Consultant designs, configures, implements, and supports production planning and manufacturing execution processes in SAP S/4HANA. The role enables efficient material planning, production scheduling, capacity utilization, shop-floor control, and integration across supply chain and finance functions.

Key Responsibilities

• Gather manufacturing and planning requirements and translate them into SAP S/4HANA PP solutions.
• Design and configure end-to-end production planning processes, including:
• Demand management and planned independent requirements
• Material Requirements Planning (MRP)
• Planned orders, purchase requisitions, and production orders
• Master production scheduling (MPS)
• Capacity planning and leveling
• Production order processing and shop-floor control
• Order release, printing, confirmation, goods issue, goods receipt, and settlement
• Rework, scrap, yield, co-products, and by-products
• Make-to-stock, make-to-order, engineer-to-order, and repetitive manufacturing scenarios
• Configure production master data, including:
• Material master settings relevant to planning and production
• Bills of materials (BOMs)
• Work centers and capacities
• Routings, rate routings, and production versions
• Production resources/tools
• MRP groups, planning strategies, lot-sizing procedures, and scheduling parameters
• Configure and support MRP Live and planning processes in S/4HANA.
• Support production-order lifecycle management, including availability checks, component staging, confirmations, backflushing, goods movements, and order settlement.
• Configure capacity requirements planning, work center formulas, shift definitions, and scheduling parameters.
• Integrate PP with:
• MM for procurement, inventory, component availability, and goods movements
• SD for demand, sales orders, ATP, and make-to-order production
• QM for in-process inspections, inspection lots, and quality-related stock postings
• EWM/WM for material staging, consumption, and finished-goods receipt
• FI/CO for product costing, work-in-process, variance calculation, and settlement
• PM/Asset Management for production asset availability and maintenance coordination
• PP-PI for process manufacturing where relevant
• MES and shop-floor systems through interfaces, confirmations, and production reporting
• Facilitate fit-gap workshops and define future-state planning and production processes.
• Create functional specifications for reports, forms, interfaces, data conversions, enhancements, and workflows.
• Support master data cleansing, migration, validation, and governance during implementation or S/4HANA conversion projects.
• Execute unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover, go-live, and hypercare support.
• Analyze production-planning issues, resolve incidents, and identify opportunities for process improvement.
• Prepare process documentation, training materials, and end-user support guides.

Required Skills and Experience

• Strong hands-on SAP PP configuration experience in SAP S/4HANA.
• Good knowledge of discrete manufacturing processes and planning-to-production workflows.
• Experience with MRP, demand management, production orders, capacity planning, scheduling, and shop-floor execution.
• Strong understanding of production master data: BOMs, routings, work centers, production versions, and material master planning views.
• Experience with planning strategies, consumption modes, lot sizing, safety stock, reorder point planning, and procurement types.
• Knowledge of production-order costing concepts, confirmations, backflushing, variances, WIP, and settlement.
• Solid integration knowledge across MM, SD, QM, EWM/WM, FI/CO, PM, and MES systems.
• Familiarity with SAP Fiori manufacturing apps, embedded analytics, and MRP Live is preferred.
• Experience with PP/DS, embedded PP/DS, advanced planning, or SAP Digital Manufacturing is advantageous.
• Participation in at least one full SAP implementation lifecycle or S/4HANA conversion, including design, configuration, testing, deployment, and support.
• Ability to prepare functional specifications and work effectively with ABAP, integration, data migration, and technical teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Information Technology, or a related discipline.
• SAP S/4HANA Production Planning certification is preferred.
• Typically 4–8+ years of SAP PP consulting, implementation, or support experience, depending on seniority.
• Experience in manufacturing sectors such as automotive, industrial equipment, consumer products, electronics, chemicals, or life sciences is beneficial.

Key Competencies

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Practical understanding of manufacturing planning, scheduling, and shop-floor operations.
• Ability to balance business requirements with standard SAP capabilities.
• Effective communication with production planners, supervisors, procurement teams, warehouse teams, finance, and IT stakeholders.
• Attention to detail in master data, process controls, testing, and documentation.
• Ability to manage priorities in both project-delivery and production-support environments.

Typical Deliverables

• Current-state and future-state production process maps
• Business requirements and solution design documents
• PP configuration workbooks
• Production master-data templates and migration validation reports
• Functional specifications for enhancements, reports, forms, and interfaces
• Integration design documents
• Test plans, test scripts, and test evidence
• Training manuals and end-user work instructions
• Cutover, go-live, and hypercare support plans
• MRP, capacity, production-performance, and continuous-improvement recommendations