SAP - Production Planning - PP - QM - Senior Manager - Consulting - Location OP

EY•Los Angeles, NY

7d•Hybrid

About The Position

At EY, we’re all in to shape your future with confidence. We’ll help you succeed in a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams and take your career wherever you want it to go. Join EY and help to build a better working world. Our objective is to provide clients with a unique business perspective on how to leverage SAP technology to improve their operations. This is rooted in the EY SAP service line capabilities (Supply Chain, FICO, BPC, Data & Analytics, Customer, Tech/Arch and SuccessFactors) that are focused on helping clients improve performance and increase productivity. The opportunity We innovate with SAP to co-create more innovative answers, drawing on our integrated competencies in tax, assurance, transactions, and risk, as well as our work in implementing SAP. Together, we help clients provide better outcomes and long-lasting results, from strategy to execution. We take a comprehensive, business-first view to address strategy, customer value, user experiences, processes, technology, and operational impacts in tandem. Our SAP Manufacturing professionals deliver strategic solutions to help clients transform their manufacturing operations improving cost, efficiency, quality, and effectiveness. As a Senior Manager in our Technology practice, you will play a pivotal role in interacting with business stakeholders to evaluate and analyze business models, processes, and operations. You will translate business requirements into technical specifications and ensure that newly implemented technology solutions meet these requirements. Your collaboration with technical teams will be crucial in designing and delivering effective system architecture solutions.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree; a Master’s degree is preferred.
Typically, 5 - 7 years of relevant experience.
At least five (5) years of experience in SAP Production Planning (PP) within a functional consulting or system configuration role.
Strong written and verbal communication, presentation, client service and technical writing skills.
Proven experience managing SAP projects or work streams, including oversight of project-based team members.
Knowledge of best practices in supply chain, along with benchmarking and advisory experience related to supply chain-specific technology functions.
Ability and comfort-level researching client inquiries and emerging issues, including regulations, industry practices and new technologies.
Experience in conducting technology cost-benefit analyses.
Familiarity with technology business architecture frameworks.
Skills in training design and delivery.
Strong technical skills in application functional design and technology business requirements definition.
Proven ability to analyze and map technology cost-benefit scenarios.
Expertise in system configuration design and business architecture frameworks.
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence and negotiate effectively.

Nice To Haves

Prior consulting industry experience.
SAP certification(s).
Experience as a workstream/team lead for manufacturing with SAP.
Experience with at least two full lifecycle implementations of SAP ERP (ECC and/or S/4HANA) specifically working with the SAP Production Planning (PP) module.
Experience with at least one full lifecycle implementation with SAP Material Requirement Planning (MRP).
Experience integrating SAP PP with a Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and SAP Quality Management (QM).
Experience performing hands-on SAP system configuring in PP.
Experience designing custom RICEF solutions and writing functional specifications.
Knowledge of integration between SAP PP and: FICO for product costing and order settlement, Extended Warehouse Management (EWM) for production supply and receiving, PPDS, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, including ownership of Bills of Material (BOM), Master Data Management (MDM) tools/systems for manufacturing data, Materials Management, for both Inventory Management and Procurement functions.
Knowledge of manufacturing operations, preferably in complex industrial equipment (or similar) and assembly line operations.
Knowledge of product lifecycle management, including Engineering BOMs and Manufacturing BOMs.
Experience with both Make to Stock and Make/Engineer/Configure to Order business models.

Responsibilities

Manage and deliver complex processes and solutions while maintaining a strong focus on quality and risk management.
Lead engagement delivery and managing client relationships on a daily basis.
Oversee program/project management and ensuring engagement economics are met.
Develop resource plans and budgets for complex engagements.
Lead large-scale SAP client engagements or work streams, ensuring alignment with client objectives.
Stay abreast of current business and industry trends relevant to the client's business and demonstrating the ability to assimilate to new knowledge.
Consistently deliver high-quality client services by monitoring progress, managing risks, and keeping key stakeholders informed of developments and expected outcomes.
Build and maintain relationships with client personnel at all levels to foster collaboration and trust.
Effectively lead and motivate diverse teams, providing constructive feedback and coaching.
Foster an innovative, inclusive, and team-oriented work environment while mentoring junior consultants.
Identify and generate new business opportunities by understanding EY’s service lines and proactively assessing ways to meet client needs.
Cultivate long-term client relationships and collaborating with team members across EY practices to serve client needs.
Initiate the requirement gathering, architect solutions, blueprinting, testing, and complete the workflow and documentation, as well as the functional design of the solution.
Liaise with the stakeholders and technical team to translate needs into business solutions and complete the configurations and/or integrations with SAP and non-SAP systems.
Write and execute test scripts.
Write and deliver training materials for end users.