SAP Functional Support Lead, Production Planning (Cement Industry)

Key Duties and Responsibilities

• Functional support for SAP Production Planning module.
• Plan, lead, organize and control SAP Production Planning Functional Module Team Members to support the business operations of cement production in the Plants.
• Manage multiple simultaneous SAP projects and Tasks from conception to completion. Requirements gathering and scope definition together with various business stakeholders.
• Plan and coordinate resources and activities to meet business requirements and project completion dates.
• Work with end-users to provide system support to the business while sharing knowledge and understanding.
• Gather business requirements and convert them into development design/programming specifications.
• Perform functional testing, creating documentation, and conducting end-user training in conjunction with other members of the SAP Core team.
• Work with both internal or external design/implementation teams and work cross-functionally between the business and IT to bridge the gap between design, content, and technology.
• Provides analysis for and directs activities of SAP PP resources as determined by and in conjunction with the senior management team.
• Manage end-to-end integration needs with the respective modules and other applications.
• Definition of innovative functional solutions to meet business process requirements in SAP and/ or other supporting application systems.
• Collect & analyse customer requirements on the following:
• Business processes and parameters,
• Assist in the mapping of master and transaction,
• Determining reporting requirements Standard / Customized SAP Reports, Determine, evaluate, and build customization requirements – WRICEF (with proper FS)
• Design, develop and manage Roles and Authorizations.

Education and Work Experience

• Bachelor's Degree or HND Computer Science / Computer Engineering.
• 9 – 12 years of experience with relevant SAP working as a consultant or SAP PP Support Analyst
• Experience in business application system development methodology and business process re-engineering.
• Minimum of 3 end-to-end implementations and hands-on experience in SAP PP support.
• Candidate must have relevant work experience in SAP PM & MM.
• Candidates must have relevant work experience in SAP Quality Management - QM.

Skills and Competence

• Strong leadership skills with customer interfacing experience.
• Strong written, verbal communication, analytical skills, and problem-solving.
• Demonstrated ability/experience in the implementation of major systems applications.
• Strong understanding of user exits would be an added advantage.
• Ability to interact with and present ideas and updates to senior or executive level management.
• Basic ABAP debugging know-how would be an added advantage

Benefits

• Private Health Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Training & Development