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.T
* Team player, able to share knowledge and support colleagues.
Nice to Have
* Exposure to SAP S/4HANA projects.
* Experienced with MES
* Experience 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.