SAP S4 HANA PP/DS Consultant

Role/Job title: SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant

Work Location: Birmingham/Liverpool, Leamington Spa

Role type: Contract InsideIR35

Mode of working: Onsite 5 Days/week

Unit: Manufacturing

Duration of assignment: 12 Months

The Role:

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SAP S4 HANA PPDS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling) Consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SAP PPDS implementation, configuration, and support, with a deep understanding of supply chain planning processes. You will work closely with business stakeholders to design and deliver solutions that optimize production planning and scheduling.

Your responsibilities:

• Support SAP BAU operations and implement, configure, and optimize SAP S/4HANA PP/DS for advanced planning and detailed scheduling.
• Analyze business requirements and design solutions for production planning, capacity planning, sequencing, and detailed scheduling.
• Integrate PP/DS with relevant SAP modules such as PP, MM, SD, APO migration scenarios, and external MES or production automation systems.
• Configure key PP/DS master data including planning versions, PDS (Production Data Structures), resources, modes, and heuristics.
• Design and configure heuristics, planning strategies, optimization profiles, and pegging strategies to meet customer-specific planning needs.
• Support capacity planning, finite scheduling, order sequencing, and model planning scenarios to improve manufacturing efficiency.
• Enable and manage processes for DS planning board, alert monitor, CIF integration, and custom planning rules.
• Provide end-user training, process documentation, functional specs, and operational SOPs for planning teams.
• Troubleshoot and resolve PP/DS-related issues, perform root cause analysis, and ensure system stability, CIF consistency, and planning performance.
• Support project activities including unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover planning, and go-live support for PP/DS processes.
• Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, production planners, and IT teams to ensure seamless planning and scheduling operations.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

• 8+ years of hands-on experience in SAP PPDS
• Strong understanding of production planning, MRP, and scheduling
• Experience with CIF, Idocs, queues, and Fiori apps
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills

Desirable skills/knowledge/experience:

• Deep expertise in SAP PPDS configuration and design, including master planning and detailed scheduling scenarios
• Proficiency in PPDS heuristics, planning strategies, IPPE, PDS
• Hands‑on experience in PPDS with S/4HANA Embedded PPDS
• Ability to align PPDS solutions with business planning objectives and constraints
• Understanding of core S/4HANA logistics and manufacturing processes
• Proven ability to analyse complex planning issues and design scalable, sustainable PPDS solutions.