SAP PP Consultant: Intelligent Manufacturing & AI-Driven Planning

Hyundai Translead; Joliet (IL); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel up to 10%

Job summary

Hyundai Translead in Joliet, IL seeks an SAP PP Consultant - Intelligent Manufacturing to own SAP Production Planning end to end. The role strengthens a stable SAP ECC backbone and builds an intelligent production environment linking SAP with AI forecasting, scheduling, quality, and maintenance capabilities.

The consultant translates plant needs into practical SAP solutions and returns actionable insights to production planners, supervisors, and shop-floor teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, CS, Engineering or related field.
• 5 years SAP PP configuration in discrete manufacturing on SAP ECC 6.0.
• Experience delivering at least two full SAP implementations or major rollouts.
• Strong SAP MM and PP-MM-SD-CO integration knowledge with QM/PM exposure.
• Able to read/debug ABAP and create clear functional specs; practical enhancements.
• Experience extracting SAP data and using analytics/ML platforms (Databricks, Azure ML, Python).
• Delivery of at least one AI/advanced-analytics use case into production.

Responsibilities

• Own SAP PP processes for Joliet, including materials, BOMs, routings, orders, confirmations, and goods movements.
• Improve SAP PP integration with MM, SD, QM, PM, CO; work with plant staff to understand constraints.
• Design AI-supported use cases: forecasting, scheduling, quality, preventive maintenance.
• Define integration architecture across RFC/BAPI, IDoc, OData/Gateway, and data extraction.
• Write functional specs and collaborate with ABAP developers; assist in testing and cutover.
• Lead change control, testing, cutover, and go-live with plant management and planners.
• Train key users and reduce dependence on ad-hoc support; monitor KPIs like OEE and throughput.

Skills

SAP PP configuration

ABAP debugging

AI/ML integration with SAP

Databricks

Python tooling

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering

S/4HANA PP knowledge

SAP PP certification

Tools

ABAP

Databricks

Azure Machine Learning

Python

Job description

Hyundai Translead in Joliet, IL seeks an SAP PP Consultant - Intelligent Manufacturing to own SAP Production Planning end to end. The role strengthens a stable SAP ECC backbone and builds an intelligent production environment linking SAP with AI forecasting, scheduling, quality, and maintenance capabilities.

The consultant translates plant needs into practical SAP solutions and returns actionable insights to production planners, supervisors, and shop-floor teams.