SAP PP-APO Specialist

Manager is actively looking for SAP PP-APO Specialist
• Provide expertise in SAP Production Planning (PP) related to:
• Configuration of all aspects of PP for new roll outs
• Support existing configuration of PP for all manufacturing plants
• In house production: receipts, consumption, transfers, etc.
• Use of Recipes/Bill of Materials
• Integration to MES systems
• Provide expertise in PPDS
• Detailed scheduling and process order scheduling
• Scheduling of orders on assets
• Co product/By product
• Drag and drop on extruders
• Provide expertise in SAP APO Demand & Supply Planning
• Production batches
• APO planning board
• Asset capacity planning
• Facilitation of thoughtful design discussions to meet business needs using best practices and SAP product capabilities.
• Independently gather business requirements, design technical solution, and configure/implement solutions, either alone or by coordinating with other IT and business resources
• Create detailed design documents and functional specifications in order to facilitate business approval and sign off of the proposed system changes
• Consult with ABAP developers and provide technical specifications to develop RICEF solutions
• Manage unit testing of changes in development and testing environments, including regression testing of functionality that may be impacted by new changes
• Provide ad hoc training and consulting to business users as required
• Provide support for other activities that impact the system, such as configuration changes to support changing business conditions, SAP ECC upgrades, projects, etc.
• Proactively addresses continuous improvement requests and drives them to completion
• Consistently demonstrate initiative to acquire and utilize new technical skills within job function
• Consistently achieve target dates for assigned tasks aiding in on budget delivery of the project
• Maintain system reliability as defined by service level agreements
• Successful delivery of IT enhancements and project demands with anticipated results
• Use Ascend project management practices and tools to provide tracking information
• Utilization of Ascend methodology to ensures development lifecycle and controls processes are followed