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SAP - Production Planning - PP - QM - Senior Manager - Consulting - Location OP

EY · Providence, RI · 2 mo ago
Hybrid$172k–$392k/yrFull-time

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. Our objective is to provide clients with a unique business perspective on how to leverage SAP technology to improve their operations, rooted in EY’s SAP service line capabilities (Supply Chain, FICO, BPC, Data & Analytics, Customer, Tech/Arch, and SuccessFactors).

About the role

We innovate with SAP to co-create more innovative answers, drawing on our integrated competencies in tax, assurance, transactions, and risk, as well as our work in implementing SAP. Together, we help clients provide better outcomes and long-lasting results, from strategy to execution. We take a comprehensive, business-first view to address strategy, customer value, user experiences, processes, technology, and operational impacts in tandem.

Our SAP Manufacturing professionals deliver strategic solutions to help clients transform their manufacturing operations, improving cost, efficiency, quality, and effectiveness. As a Senior Manager in our Technology practice, you will play a pivotal role in interacting with business stakeholders to evaluate and analyze business models, processes, and operations. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure that newly implemented technology solutions meet these requirements. Your collaboration with technical teams will be crucial in designing and delivering effective system architecture solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead engagement delivery and manage client relationships on a daily basis.
  • Oversee program/project management and ensure engagement economics are met.
  • Develop resource plans and budgets for complex engagements.
  • Lead large-scale SAP client engagements or work streams, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
  • Demonstrate in-depth technical capabilities and strong business acumen.
  • Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client’s business and assimilate new knowledge.
  • Consistently deliver high-quality client services by monitoring progress, managing risks, and keeping key stakeholders informed of developments and expected outcomes.
  • Build and maintain relationships with client personnel at all levels to foster collaboration and trust.
  • Effectively lead and motivate diverse teams, providing constructive feedback and coaching.
  • Foster an innovative, inclusive, and team-oriented work environment while mentoring junior consultants.
  • Identify and generate new business opportunities by understanding EY’s service lines and proactively assessing ways to meet client needs.
  • Cultivate long-term client relationships and collaborate with team members across EY practices to serve client needs.
  • Work with key stakeholders to understand their needs and advise on SAP system capabilities.
  • Initiate requirement gathering, architect solutions, blueprinting, testing, and complete workflow and documentation, as well as the functional design of the solution.
  • Liaise with stakeholders and the technical team to translate needs into business solutions and complete configurations and/or integrations with SAP and non-SAP systems.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s degree; a Master’s degree is preferred.
  • Typically, 5 - 7 years of relevant experience.
  • At least five (5) years of experience in SAP Production Planning (PP) within a functional consulting or system configuration role.
  • Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service, and technical writing skills.
  • Proven experience managing SAP projects or work streams, including oversight of project-based team members.
  • Knowledge of best practices in supply chain, along with benchmarking and advisory experience related to supply chain-specific technology functions.
  • Ability and comfort researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices, and new technologies.
  • Flexibility and willingness to travel to meet client needs; travel is estimated at 40-60%.
  • Experience in conducting technology cost-benefit analyses.
  • Familiarity with technology business architecture frameworks.
  • Skills in training design and delivery.

Skills

  • Strong technical skills in application functional design and technology business requirements definition.
  • Proven ability to analyze and map technology cost-benefit scenarios.
  • Expertise in system configuration design and business architecture frameworks.
  • Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.

Qualifications

  • Prior consulting industry experience.
  • SAP certification(s).
  • Experience as a workstream/team lead for manufacturing with SAP.
  • Experience with at least two full lifecycle implementations of SAP ERP (ECC and/or S/4HANA) specifically working with the SAP Production Planning (PP) module.
  • Experience with at least one full lifecycle implementation with SAP Material Requirement Planning (MRP).
  • Experience integrating SAP PP with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and SAP Quality Management (QM).
  • Experience performing hands-on SAP system configuring in PP.
  • Experience designing custom RICEF solutions and writing functional specifications.
  • Experience writing and executing test scripts.
  • Experience writing and delivering training materials for end users.
  • Knowledge of integration between SAP PP and:
    • FICO for product costing and order settlement
    • Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) for production supply and receiving
    • PPDS
    • Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, including ownership of Bills of Material (BOM)
    • Master Data Management (MDM) tools/systems for manufacturing data
    • Materials Management, for both Inventory Management and Procurement functions
  • Knowledge of manufacturing operations, preferably in complex industrial equipment (or similar) and assembly line operations.
  • Knowledge of product lifecycle management, including Engineering BOMs and Manufacturing BOMs.
  • Experience with both Make to Stock and Make/Engineer/Configure to Order business models.

Benefits

At EY, we’ll develop you with future-focused skills and equip you with world-class experiences. We’ll empower you in a flexible environment and fuel you and your extraordinary talents in a diverse and inclusive culture of globally connected teams.

  • Comprehensive compensation and benefits package where you’ll be rewarded based on your performance and recognized for the value you bring to the business.
  • Medical and dental coverage, pension, and 401(k) plans.
  • Wide range of paid time off options, including flexible vacation policy, designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Pay

The base salary range for this job in all geographic locations in the US is $171,600 to $392,100. The base salary range for New York City Metro Area, Washington State, and California (excluding Sacramento) is $205,900 to $445,700. Individual salaries within those ranges are determined through a wide variety of factors including but not limited to education, experience, knowledge, skills, and geography.

Schedule

Join us in our team-led and leader-enabled hybrid model. Our expectation is for most people in external, client-serving roles to work together in person 40-60% of the time over the course of an engagement, project, or year.

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