At Thoucentric, we offer end-to-end consulting solutions designed to address the most pressing business challenges across industries. Leveraging deep domain expertise, cutting-edge technology, and a results-driven approach, we help organizations streamline operations, enhance decision-making, and accelerate growth. We are headquartered in Bangalore with presence across multiple locations in India, US, UK, Singapore & Australia Globally.

We help clients with Business Consulting, Program & Project Management, Digital Transformation, Product Management, Process & Technology Solutioning and Execution including Analytics & Emerging Tech areas cutting across functional areas such as Supply Chain, Finance & HR, Sales & Distribution across US, UK, Singapore and Australia. Our unique consulting framework allows us to focus on execution rather than pure advisory. We are working closely with marquee names in the global consumer & packaged goods (CPG) industry, new age tech and start-up ecosystem.

We have been certified as "Great Place to Work" by AIM and have been ranked as "50 Best Firms for Data Scientists to Work For".

We have an experienced consulting team of over 500+ world-class business and technology consultants based across six global locations, supporting clients through their expert insights, entrepreneurial approach and focus on delivery excellence. We have also built point solutions and products through Thoucentric labs using AI/ML in the supply chain space.

Job Description:

About Thoucentric:

Thoucentric is a niche management consulting firm focused on helping organizations overcome business challenges, maximize growth & overall performance through effective problem solving, efficient people, process, and technology solutioning, end to end execution and management.

We are a group of seasoned professionals having diverse industry, solution and product experience thereby making us effective business liaisons. We are 300+ consultants strong coming with strong diverse background fueling our growth story in India and across four other global locations viz. US, UK, Singapore, and Australia.

Thoucentric is an Ethos that epitomizes the essence of being a good human living a life of purpose being life itself! We are an extension of ourselves together! We breed the basic human values of trust, freedom, nimbleness, compassion, integrity, passion, persistence & conviction.

Job Title: SAP Senior PP Consultant - S/4HANA

Experience: 8-12 years of SAP PP experience

Minimum 1-2 end-to-end S/4HANA PP implementations

Role Summary:

- The SAP Senior PP Consultant will lead the design, configuration, and rollout of Production Planning processes on SAP S/4HANA, working closely with business stakeholders across manufacturing, supply planning, and operations.

- The role demands deep PP configuration expertise, cross-module integration knowledge, and the ability to drive complex manufacturing transformations.

Key Responsibilities:

- Lead end-to-end SAP PP implementations on S/4HANA

Design and configure core PP processes:

- Demand Management & PIRs

- Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP)

- MRP / MRP Live configuration

- Capacity Planning & Scheduling

- Production Orders & Process Orders

Drive MRP optimization:

- Planning strategies (Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order, Planning with Final Assembly)

- Lot sizing, safety stock, lead times

- Exception handling and performance tuning in MRP Live

- Configure and manage Master Data:

- Material Master (MRP views)

- BOMs, Routings, Production Versions

- Work Centers & Capacity models

Work closely with cross-functional teams:

- MM (Procurement & inventory)

- SD (Demand, ATP, delivery integration)

- QM (In-process & GR inspection)

- FI/CO (Order costing, WIP, variances)

- Support PP-DS integration (embedded PP-DS preferred)

- Lead business workshops, solution design sessions, and fit-gap analysis

- Support UAT, cutover planning, data migration, and post-go-live stabilization

- Mentor junior consultants and review functional specifications

Required Skills & Expertise:

SAP PP Functional:

- Strong hands-on configuration experience in:

- SAP PP on S/4HANA

- MRP Live, Capacity Planning, Production Orders

- Experience in discrete and/or process manufacturing

- Solid understanding of production costing and variance analysis

- SAP PP / S/4HANA certification

S/4HANA & Advanced Planning:

- Experience with:

- Embedded PP-DS on S/4HANA (preferred)

- Advanced ATP (aATP) good to have

- Knowledge of Fiori apps for manufacturing and planning

- Exposure to Clean Core principles and S/4HANA best practices

Good to Have:

- Experience with global rollouts or multi-plant setups

- Exposure to SAP IBP integration (Demand / Response)

- Experience in CPG, Pharma, Manufacturing, or Chemicals

- Agile or Activate methodology experience

Soft Skills:

- Strong business communication and stakeholder management

- Ability to translate manufacturing requirements into scalable SAP solutions

- Experience working independently in client-facing roles

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills

Location / Work Model: Hybrid / Onsite / Remote (based on project requirements)

You Are A Good Fit If This Sounds Like You:

- Ability to cope in a complex and fast-changing business environment and to respond calmly and rationally to changing aspirations in a deadline-driven situation.

- Works independently on complex processes and modules that may be used by one or more programs or systems.

- Strong planning and organizing skills including the ability to manage several work streams simultaneously.

- Excellent communication skills with a capacity to present, discuss and explain issues coherently and logically both in writing and verbally.

- Good influencing and persuasion skills with the ability to enthuse and inspire multidisciplinary teams and build successful relationships at all levels.

- Good team player, self-motivated and able to work on own initiative.

- Clear decision-making ability with the facility to judge complex situations and assess when to escalate issues

Kindly note that we are working in a Hybrid Mode with base location in Bengaluru, Karnataka, this is not a remote role.

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