SAP HANA PPDS Consultant

We are looking for an experienced SAP S/4HANA PPDS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling) Consultant to join a dynamic, forward-thinking team. This role offers the opportunity to design, implement, and optimise production planning solutions that enhance manufacturing efficiency and supply chain performance.

This is a hybrid role that will require 3 days a week onsite in a Liverpool based office.

As an SAP PPDS Consultant, you will:

• Support SAP BAU operations and implement, configure, and optimise SAP S/4HANA PP/DS for advanced planning and detailed scheduling.
• Analyse business requirements and design solutions for production planning, capacity planning, sequencing, and detailed scheduling.
• Integrate PP/DS with relevant SAP modules and external MES or production automation systems.
• Configure key master data including planning versions, production data structures (PDS), resources, modes, heuristics, and planning strategies.
• Support capacity planning, finite scheduling, order sequencing, and model planning scenarios to improve manufacturing performance.
• Manage processes for DS planning board, alert monitor, CIF integration, and custom planning rules.
• Provide training, documentation, and operational guidance for planning teams.
• Troubleshoot PP/DS-related issues, ensuring system stability, planning performance, and data consistency.
• Support testing phases and cutover activities, including unit testing, integration testing, UAT, and go-live.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders, production planners, and IT teams to ensure seamless planning and scheduling operations.

Essential Experience & Skills:

• Hands-on experience in SAP PPDS and production planning.
• Strong understanding of MRP, scheduling, and manufacturing processes.
• Experience with CIF, IDocs, queues, and SAP Fiori apps.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable Skills:

• Expertise in SAP PPDS configuration and design, including heuristics, planning strategies, IPPE, and PDS.
• Experience with SAP S/4HANA Embedded PPDS.
• Ability to align PPDS solutions with business planning objectives.
• Strong understanding of S/4HANA logistics and manufacturing processes.
• Proven ability to analyse complex planning challenges and deliver scalable, sustainable solutions.

This is a chance to work on complex, high-impact projects where your expertise will directly improve production planning and scheduling efficiency. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, drive continuous improvement, and help shape the future of manufacturing technology.