SAP Production Planning (PP) Functional Lead

Ford Motor • Dearborn, MI

4d • Hybrid

About The Position

Enterprise Technology plays a critical part in shaping the future of mobility. If you’re looking for the chance to leverage advanced technology to redefine the transportation landscape, enhance the customer experience and improve people’s lives, this is the opportunity for you. Join us and challenge your IT expertise and analytical skills to help create vehicles that are as smart as you are. The Material Management Platform is multi-year transformation initiative aimed at transforming Ford’s Material Requirement Planning & Inventory Management capabilities. This is part of a larger Industrial Systems IT Transformation effort. This position responsibility of S/4 HANA Production Planning module including PPDS. This is a hybrid position, and the SAP Functional Lead will lead different aspects of the end-to-end delivery, work with large cross-functional team, Systems integrator, manufacturing business subject matter experts, and IT leads from numerous integrating systems. This is a hybrid position and will collaborate with colleagues and teams in our Dearborn, MI office.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or related field or a combination of education and equivalent work experience.
• 13+ years of functional/technical experience with SAP Production Planning Module.
• 4+ years hands-on experience in designing, implementing business processes end to end, and optimization within S/4 HANA ePPDS and iPPE.
• Strong knowledge on planning processes Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order, Configure-to-Order.
• Experience in Automotive / Manufacturing industry
• Experienced in at least 2 full life cycle of S/4 HANA and Fiori implementation.
• Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States.
• Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s Degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field
• SAP PP integration with other modules MM, IM, QM
• Experience in integrating with upstream/downstream systems like PLM, MDG, MES, etc.
• Overall SAP S/4 HANA knowledge
• Strong project management skills with effective communication and collaboration
• Knowledge and practical experience of agile delivery
• Support in an onshore/offshore model
• Demonstrated ability to deliver product roadmap milestones.

Responsibilities

• Understand the current business process across all regions / plants.
• Understand the functionality of current Legacy Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and associated upstream and downstream systems.
• Work with various stakeholders to study the transformation of current process / legacy systems to Industry best standards / technology/ systems focusing on the SAP PP module including ePPDS and iPPE functionalities.
• Perform Requirements Gathering, Business Analysis, and Fit-Gap/ Fit-to-Standard Analysis to understand the as-is/to-be states and identify key functionalities /process gaps.
• Recommend possible technology / process solutions to address gaps.
• Support system integration test, UAT, cutover activities, data migration, Post Go-Live support.
• Provide recommendations for continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with Ford’s internal S/4 HANA Platform team.
• Working closely with management to prioritize business goals and information needs.
• Stay current on SAP trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to drive continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
• Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up childcare and more
• Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
• Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
• Tuition assistance
• Established and active employee resource groups
• Paid time off for individual and team community service
• A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day
• Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior