MES Consultant – SAP S/4HANA Integration

About The Role

As an MES Senior Consultant / Engineer, you will make an impact by serving as the critical link between SAP S/4HANA and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), ensuring seamless integration, testing readiness, data alignment, and successful MES upgrade initiatives. You will be a valued member of the Manufacturing Digital Transformation team and work collaboratively with SAP program teams, manufacturing stakeholders, MES vendors, solution architects, quality teams, and shop-floor operations to deliver reliable and scalable manufacturing solutions.

Responsibilities

• Lead MES upgrade assessments, evaluating system capabilities, integrations, performance, scalability, and upgrade readiness while providing executive-level recommendations and implementation roadmaps.
• Serve as the primary liaison between SAP S/4HANA and MES teams, coordinating testing schedules, data creation activities, issue escalation, and cross-functional program alignment.
• Drive SAP-to-MES integration activities, ensuring reliable data flows for production orders, material management, shop-floor reporting, genealogy, traceability, quality, and batch/serial management processes.
• Partner with architects and business stakeholders to define integration strategies, governance standards, master data alignment, and end-to-end manufacturing process solutions.
• Plan and support testing, cutover, production readiness, and deployment activities to ensure successful delivery of integrated SAP and MES solutions across manufacturing sites.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on experience with Werum PAS-X, Körber MES, or equivalent Manufacturing Execution Systems.
• Strong expertise in MES administration, configuration, assessment, upgrade planning, and lifecycle management.
• Experience integrating MES solutions with SAP environments, including SAP S/4HANA and manufacturing processes.
• Knowledge of SAP manufacturing modules, including PP/DS, PP-PI, EWM/IM, PM, Batch Management, and Serial Number Management.
• Experience supporting SAP-MES integrations using APIs, IDocs, middleware, event-driven architecture, or related integration technologies.
• Experience leading end-to-end testing activities, including System Integration Testing (SIT), End-to-End testing, interface validation, and production readiness.
• Knowledge of manufacturing master data including materials, BOMs, routings, recipes, work centers, resources, and production versions.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, and program coordination skills.
• Experience managing risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID) within large transformation programs.
• Ability to produce executive summaries, recommendations, and strategic upgrade roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Experience within Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical, Biotechnology, or Medical Device manufacturing environments.
• Knowledge of GMP-regulated manufacturing processes and compliance requirements.
• Experience supporting large-scale SAP S/4HANA transformation programs.
• Experience with multi-site manufacturing deployments and global template rollouts.
• Familiarity with manufacturing data governance, traceability, genealogy, and quality management processes.
• Experience with MES vendor release assessments and upgrade readiness evaluations.
• SAP or MES-related certifications.

Key Technical Expertise

• MES – Werum PAS-X / Körber MES (Expert level, 5+ years)
• SAP-MES Integration (Expert level, 3+ years)
• MES Upgrade Assessment & Management (Expert level, 3+ years)
• SAP PP/DS, PP-PI, EWM/IM, PM, Batch Management, Serial Number Management (Intermediate proficiency, 5+ years)

Pay

The annual salary for this position is between $90,000 - $105,000 depending on experience and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Schedule

This role is a remote position open to qualified applicants in the United States. Occasional travel to manufacturing sites to support assessments, testing, deployment activities, and stakeholder engagement may be required.