SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant

SAP S4 HANA PPDS Consultant

12-Month contract - Inside IR35 - £600-£650 per day

Fully onsite - based in either Birmingham, Liverpool or Leamington Spa

Manufacturing

We 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, and custom planning rules.
Provide end-user training, process documentation, functional specs, and operational SOPs for planning teams.
Troubleshoot and resolve PP/DS-related issues, perform root cause analysis, and ensure system stability, CIF consistency, and planning performance.
Support project activities including unit testing, integration testing, UAT, cutover planning, and go-live support for PP/DS processes.
Collaborate closely with business stakeholders, production planners, and IT teams to ensure seamless planning and scheduling operations.

Your Profile

Essential skills/knowledge/experience:

8+ years of hands-on experience in SAP PPDS
Strong understanding of production planning, MRP, and scheduling
Experience with CIF, Idocs, queues, and Fiori apps
Excellent problem-solving and communication skillsDesirable skills/knowledge/experience:

Deep expertise in SAP PPDS configuration and design, including master planning and detailed scheduling scenarios
Proficiency in PPDS heuristics, planning strategies, IPPE, PDS
Hands‑on experience in PPDS with S/4HANA Embedded PPDS
Ability to align PPDS solutions with business planning objectives and constraints
Understanding of core S/4HANA logistics and manufacturing processes
Proven ability to analyse complex planning issues and design scalable, sustainable PPDS solutions.Disclaimer:

This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission. Where the role is marked as Outside IR35 in the advertisement this is subject to receipt of a final Status Determination Statement from the end Client and may be subject to change
Only candidates based in UK and eligible to work in UK are allowed