SAP PP/MRP Solution Consultant

Stellar Consulting Solutions, LLC; Campbellsville (KY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Stellar Consulting Solutions, LLC in Kentucky seeks a SAP ECC Production Planning expert for a 6-8 week engagement with a potential extension. The role focuses on PP, ATP, MRP configuration, and confirmation logic to optimize planning and inventory control.

The consultant will review current processes, perform root-cause analysis of shortages, and deliver actionable recommendations for remediation and improved configuration, including cross-functional coordination with planners.

Qualifications

• Hands-on SAP ECC PP experience with ATP and MRP configuration.
• Experience with Full vs. Partial Confirmation Logic and MDVP interactions.
• Practical knowledge of planned order firming behavior and its implications.
• Ability to assess configuration, process, and development options, including BAPI automation.
• Audit ability for shortage reports and quantity calculations in relation to confirmation logic.

Responsibilities

• Current-state planning flow assessment.
• Root-cause analysis of shortages.
• Quantification of shortages due to supply lateness, planning logic, and inventory accuracy.
• Develop tactical short-term operating methods to minimize shortages.
• Provide operation and configuration recommendations.
• Estimate effort and costs for remediation options.

Skills

SAP ECC Production Planning

ATP & MRP configuration

Confirmation logic (Full vs Partial)

Planned order firming experience

BAPI automation familiarity

MD04/MD11/MD12 literacy

Change-management instinct

Tools

SAP ECC

Job description

Duration: 6-8 weeks with possible Extension

CORE EXPERTISE REQUIRED

• Deep, hands-on SAP ECC Production Planning (PP). ATP and MRP configuration — MRP groups, MRP1–4 views, lead-time scheduling, and MRP group–level confirmation settings (OPPR/OPPJ)
• Working fluency with Full vs. Partial Confirmation Logic and its interaction with component availability checks (MDVP), evaluated as a business trade-off, not just a config toggle
• Practical experience with planned order firming behavior — what it freezes, what it doesn’t, and how it can silently serve two unrelated purposes at the same site
• Ability to evaluate configuration, process, and custom-development alternatives, including BAPI-based automation where justified.
• Ability to audit an existing shortage report and confirm whether its logic reflects the same committed-quantity calculation as the confirmation logic setting

ADJACENT SKILLS THAT MATTER

• MD04/MD11/MD12 exception-message literacy — distinguishing a real signal from a silently wrong one
• Change-management instinct: able to interview planners and separate habitual firming from deliberate, reservation-protecting firming

EXPECTED DELIVERABLES

• Current-state planning flow assessment
• Root-cause analysis of shortages
• Quantification of shortages attributable to:
• Supply lateness
• Planning logic
• Inventory accuracy
• Tactical short term operating method to minimize material shortages
• Operation recommendations
• Configuration recommendations
• Effort/cost estimate for remediation options