Senior SAP PP/DS Expert – Detailed Scheduling

Valiant Technologies LLC; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 84,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC in Dallas, TX seeks a Senior SAP PP/DS Functional Consultant for a 12-month engagement. You will configure PP/DS details, master data, and integration with SAP PP, MM, and production execution.

The role emphasizes detailed scheduling, capacity analysis, and optimizer configuration, with hands-on setup of PDS, resources, work centers, and sequence optimization. Strong documentation, testing, SIT/UAT, and go-live support are required to ensure a smooth deployment and

Qualifications

• 8+ years SAP experience with at least 4+ years in PP/DS implementation.
• Hands-on S/4HANA Embedded PP/DS or SCM-APO PP/DS.
• Deep knowledge of detailed scheduling, finite-capacity planning, and strategies.
• Hands-on configuration of PDS, resources, work centers, and production versions.
• Experience configuring Detailed Scheduling Planning Board and alerts.
• Understanding production scheduling, setup times, and constraints.
• Proven SAP PP, MM integration with production execution.
• PP/DS product master data, model/version management, setup groups.
• Block planning, campaign planning, and advanced sequencing.
• PP/DS optimizer profiles, objectives, and sequencing strategies.
• Configuring planning procedures, heuristic profiles, and alert profiles.
• Troubleshooting planning runs and master data issues.

Responsibilities

• PP/DS Configuration: configure scheduling heuristics, planning procedures, finite-capacity scheduling, strategies, and parameters.
• Master Data Integration: configure/validate production master data including products, PDS, resources, and work centers.
• Detailed Scheduling & Optimization: set up Planning Board, profiles, optimizer settings, sequence optimization, and setup-time reduction.
• Pegging & Exception Management: pegging strategies, order prioritization, alerts, scheduling exceptions, constraints.
• Capacity & Production Planning: analyze bottlenecks, resource use, material shortages, and conflicts.
• Manufacturing Integration: coordinate PP/DS with SAP PP, MM, demand management, orders, and execution.
• Advanced Planning Configuration: setup groups, matrices, block planning, campaign planning, and sequencing.
• Planning Master Data: maintain PP/DS product data, version management, resource capacities, and DS.
• Optimization: configure/execute optimizer runs, objectives, profiles, and setup-time minimization.
• Planning Monitoring: alert profiles, run monitoring, exception analysis, performance tracking.
• Technical Troubleshooting: resolve planning failures and integration issues.
• Project Delivery: lead design, docs, SIT/UAT, defect resolution, go-live, and hypercare.

Skills

SAP PP/DS experience

S/4HANA Embedded PP/DS

Detailed scheduling

PP/DS master data

PDS & resources

Detailed Scheduling Board

SAP PP/MM integration

PP/DS optimizer

Block/campaign planning

CIF configuration

Tools

CIF configuration

Job description

Valiant Technologies LLC in Dallas, TX seeks a Senior SAP PP/DS Functional Consultant for a 12-month engagement. You will configure PP/DS details, master data, and integration with SAP PP, MM, and production execution.

The role emphasizes detailed scheduling, capacity analysis, and optimizer configuration, with hands-on setup of PDS, resources, work centers, and sequence optimization. Strong documentation, testing, SIT/UAT, and go-live support are required to ensure a smooth deployment and