?? Job Title: SAP PP Manufacturing Consultant (MES Experience) ?? Location: Portugal (remote w/occasional trips) ?? Industry: Pharmaceutical ?? Employment Type: Freelance, 1 year, extendable ?? Language Requirements: Fluent English (mandatory) About the Company Join a leading global pharmaceutical company committed to innovation, quality, and improving lives. With cutting-edge manufacturing operations and a growing digital transformation program, the company offers a dynamic environment where technology and life sciences meet.
The Role We are seeking a highly motivated SAP PP Consultant to ensure the delivery of high-quality process and technical solutions together with proper documentation, validation and testing and data preparation for SAP Planning processes and in ?particular detailed scheduling processes.
Key Responsibilities Drive the translation of functional business requirements into technical solutions and support business in user requirements definition?.Perform detail analysis of complex business process requirements and propose solutions?.Lead the Design and Fit-To-Template SAP S/4 Hana Planning (ePPDS optional) workshops with local markets/sites, coordinate the identification and resolution of Requirements, Gaps and Deviations, and support the planning Team with the required design activities.Liaise with the relevant stakeholders to drive process standardization & global template alignment?.Create functional design specifications (FDS) and support developers on the creation of the technical design specifications (TDS) ?.Build and Unit Test the functional solution into SAP?.Keep the project documentation updated ( Design Documents, Process Flows, configuration document etc.)?.Provide support to global data standards definition, cleansing and migration?.Support E2E testing activities (testing documentation, data and other prerequisites) and the resolution of testing defects.Support the Cutover Plan activities and execute the necessary cutover tasks. Required Skills & ExperienceAt least 8 years experience in SAP Planning and Manufacturing modules.Very good understanding of the SAP Planning and Manufacturing (PP-PI) processes and integration with other modules of SAP, namely: EWM QM, IM, and PM.Hands on experience dealing with SAP interfaces; experience with SAP Planning interfaces such as IBP, APO or Kinaxis Rapid Response, will be a plus.Proven experience in implementing SAP S/4Hana ePPDS implementation projects (experience in one or more full cycle implementation of SAP S/4 Hana ePPDS is required).Hands on experience in the key SAP S/4 functionalities Planning and Manufacturing, ideally in pharma environment, including SAP configuration, specification and testing.Strong analytical & problem solving skills.Excellent interpersonal, oral and written communication. Good English communication skills.TTeam player, able to share knowledge and support colleagues. Nice to Have Exposure to SAP S/4HANA projects.Experienced with MESExperience in multinational or regulated industries(Life Sciences or F&B)Portuguese language skills are a plus. What's on Offer Opportunity to work on high-impact digital transformation projects in a regulated environment.Collaborative and international team culture.Competitive salary and benefits package.Flexibility with hybrid work options (on-site presence may be required during key phases).Career development support and training programs.Long-term project. Interested? Apply now and be part of a team that shapes the future of pharmaceutical manufacturing.