SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant

SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant12-Month contract - Inside IR35 - £600-£650 per dayFully onsite - based in either Birmingham, Liverpool or Leamington SpaManufacturingWe are seeking a highly skilled and experienced SAP S4 HANA PPDS (Production Planning and Detailed Scheduling) Consultant to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in SAP PPDS implementation, configuration, and support, with a deep understanding of supply chain planning processes. You will work closely with business stakeholders to design and deliver solutions that optimize production planning and scheduling.Your responsibilities:Support SAP BAU operations and implement, configure, and optimize 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 such as PP, MM, SD, APO migration scenarios, and external MES or production automation systems.Configure key PP/DS master data including planning versions, PDS (Production Data Structures), resources, modes, and heuristics.Design and configure heuristics, planning strategies, optimization profiles, and pegging strategies to meet customer-specific planning needs.Support capacity planning, finite scheduling, order sequencing, and model planning scenarios to improve manufacturing efficiency.Enable and manage processes for DS planning board, alert monitor, CIF integration, ..... full job details .....