Product Manager

SAP PP / PPDS Product Manager – LL6 (Primary Skill – Product Development; Secondary – Program management)

• SAP S/4HANA implementation experience of around 14 years

• Understand the current business process across all regions / plants.

• Independently guide, lead and mentor team members, fostering their development and ensuring high-quality deliverables.

• Understand the functionality of current Legacy Material requirements Planning (MRP) and associated upstream and downstream systems

• Work with various stakeholders to study the transformation of current process / legacy systems to Industry best standards / technology/ systems focusing on the SAP PP / PPDS / iPPE modules

• Perform Requirements Gathering, Business Analysis, and Fit-Gap / Fit-to-Standard Analysis to understand the as-is/to-be states and identify key functionality / process gaps

• Recommend possible technology / process solution to address gaps

• Develop roadmap / transformation map without impacting the operations

• Deploy SAP S/4 PP/PPDS across various sites globally and integrate with both legacy & other best-in-breed applications

• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement

• Work closely with product owners and product anchors to establish an inclusive product roadmap for Production planning and Inventory management business transformation

• Lead the blueprinting sessions to understand the Production Planning business requirements, work closely with functional and technical consultants and product owners to derive an overall solution.

• Handle the release and cutover of SAP MMP program. 

• Analyze the need for customization and prioritize the RICEFW objects and size them 

• Ensure the product roadmap and prioritization is aligned across other product teams

• Create functional specification, Key design document, prototypes or Proof-of-Concepts wherever required

• Collaborate with integration team to Integrate SAP MMP system with other supply chain downstream and up-stream system

• Have good functional knowledge on IDOC’s, BADI, Fiori applications etc.

• Troubleshooting and resolving functional issues related to the SAP MM system.

• Collaborating with the technical team to understand and implement business requirements.

• Ensuring the system is performing optimally and securely.

• Industry process knowledge, solution expertise, consultation skills in SAP PP & PPDS

• Experience in deployment of SAP PP & PPDS module in both new and exciting sites

• Excellent understanding of the overall SAP S4 PP/PPDS solution and how it is implemented in conjunction with other components of the S/4 HANA modules like Material / Inventory management

• Good knowledge on automotive assembly and manufacturing domain with good communication skills

• Experience in SAP PP & PPDS module configuration

• Experience working in SAP S4 Hana environment

• Handled / worked with global teams

• Automotive experience is preferred 

• Support in an onshore/offshore model is preferred 

• Respect and empathy for team members, business partner and product customer 

• Excellent at problem solving and prevention.

• Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery 

• Demonstrated ability to deliver product roadmap milestones

• Respect and empathy for team members, business partner and product customer 

• Should possess complete knowledge of every phase of SAP implementation including creation of business blueprint, implementation, data migration, cutover and go-live

• Ability to discover what is valuable, usable, and feasible acting in the intersection of business, technology and user experience.

• Have a strong pulse on the business / IT landscape to determine how to rigorously prioritize features to best suit the market conditions.

• Experience in Agile methodology effectively when performing all tasks.