Job Title: SAP S/4HANA Production/PP-PI & Integration Consultant
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
Duration: 4+ Months
Pay Rate: $50.00/hr
Start Date: Immediate
“We provide a competitive pay and benefits package. This position is offering a pay rate of $50/hr, however, Belcan considers several factors when extending an offer, including but not limited to education, experience, geographic location, and discipline. Benefits offered may include health care, dental, vision, life insurance; 401(k); education assistance; paid time off including PTO, holidays, and any other paid leave required by law.
Job Description:
The role involves collaborating with global and regional Client organizations, as well as Shared Services and Production Sites, to drive solution consulting and design new solutions aligned with best practices. The objective is to achieve the highest level of efficiency and sustainability in the global manufacturing and logistics solutions for Client.
Key Responsibilities
- Implement and support SAP S4/HANA PP-PI module according to business requirements
- Design and develop integration solutions between SAP and plant MES systems as well as logistics integration
- Provide technical expertise during all project phases from design to go-live
- Develop functional specifications and support testing activities
- Conduct knowledge transfer sessions and create documentation
- Troubleshoot and resolve production-related system issues
Skills/Qualifications of the Candidate
Bachelor's degree in information technology, business administration/management, or a related field, with at least four years of related experience, OR a master's degree in information technology, business administration/management, with at least two years of related experience.
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on SAP PP-PI implementation experience
- Strong understanding of S4/HANA production processes and functionalities
- Proficient in troubleshooting and leading the evaluation and design of corrections for complex incidents, maintaining a high level of functional competency in the standard configuration of PP-PI (including control recipe integration), and leveraging best practices and new trends in Covestro's current and future projects.
- Proven experience integrating SAP with plant MES systems. Expertise in configuring and testing an SAP-MES interface with Control recipes/Characteristic-based process instructions/Process messages
- Strong knowledge of SAP integration technologies (RFC, BAPI, API, IDocs, SFTP)
- Knowledge of logistics and warehousing integration with production modules
- Experience with production planning, execution, and control processes
- Experience communicating technical and business issues/solutions to individuals at all levels, including process owners and stakeholders.
- Strong active listening skills and the ability to translate needs, concerns, and solutions across functional and stakeholder groups.
- Demonstrated ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a tight project timeline.
- Demonstrated creativity balanced with practicality to meet business objectives and team needs.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Extensive experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently and under pressure.
- Strong understanding of IT architecture/cloud and ERP development.
Preferred Qualifications
- Knowledge of Oracle databases, SQL Server and .NET applications including T-SQL skills (Transact-SQL)
- Experience with SAP EWM (Extended Warehouse Management) simple logistics, and RF integration.
- Prior work with integrated production systems
- Experience with chemical industry-specific production processes
- Knowledge of manufacturing best practices